The 1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, under head coach Howard Jones, compiled a 7–0 record and won the Big Ten championship.
Quarterback Aubrey Devine and tackle Duke Slater received first-team All-American honors.
Devine, Slater, fullback Gordon Locke, and end Lester Belding received first-team All-Big Ten honors.
[1] The 1921 Chicago Maroons football team, under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, compiled a 6–1 record, finished in a tie for second place in the Big Ten, and led the conference in scoring defense (1.9 points allowed per game).
The 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Fielding H. Yost compiled a 5–1–1 record, shut out five of seven opponents, and led the Big Ten in scoring offense (26.7 points per game).
Guard Robert J. Dunne served as the team's captain and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.
[20][21][22][23] It also includes players listed as members of the 1921 "All-Conference Team" as published in the "ESPN Big Ten Football Encyclopedia" (BTFE).