The 1986 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1986.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1986 season.
[1] They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA);[4] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[5] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).
[6] Other notable selectors included Football News (FN),[7] Gannett News Service (GNS),[8] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[9] Scripps Howard (SH),[10] and The Sporting News (TSN).
[11] The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1986 and displays which first-team designations they received.