Virginia Tech, an independent school, lost only to Navy and claims a southern championship for 1905.
[1] The All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included: Bold = Consensus selection † = Unanimous selection C = consensus of newspapers published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928.
WRT = selected by W. Reynolds Tichenor of Auburn, published in the Atlanta Journal.
"[5] AJ = An attempt at a composite by the Journal, "players most favored by experts"[5] JLD = selected by John Longer Desaulles.
[8] NB = selected by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.