The 1988 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 1988.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1988 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), the Gannett News Service (GNS),[7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[8] Scripps Howard (SH),[9] and The Sporting News (TSN).
[10] The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1988 and displays which first-team designations they received.