The 1961 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1961 college football season.
The selectors for the 1961 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).
Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.
AP = Associated Press[1] UPI = United Press International[2] Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI