The AP team was limited to players form the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and was based on votes of football writers of more than 20 AP member newspapers on the west coast.
[1] The UP team included players from non-PCC schools.
[2] The 1955 UCLA Bruins football team won the PCC championship and was ranked No.
Six UCLA players were selected by either the AP or UP on the first team: backs Sam Brown and Bob Davenport; end Rommie Loudd; guards Hardiman Cureton and Jim Brown; and center Steve Palmer.
[3] AP = Associated Press, "selected by a vote of more than a score of football writers from AP member newspapers up and down the West Coast"[1] UP = United Press[2]