The 1941 Missouri Tigers football team won the Big Six championship, was ranked No.
7 in the final AP Poll, and placed five players on the first team: quarterback Harry Ice (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Bob Steuber (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Norville Wallach (AP-1, UP-1); guard Robert Jeffries (AP-1, UP-1); and center Darold Jenkins (AP-1, UP-1).
The 1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team finished second in the conference and placed two players on the first team: halfback Dale Bradley (AP-1, UP-1) and guard George Abel (AP-1, UP-1).
One All-Big Six Conference selection would later become more notable as a coach in another sport.
Second-team back Ralph Miller of Kansas was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.