The 2012 College Football All-America Team includes those players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions.
The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season.
[4] Since 1952, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, covering all NCAA championship sports.
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources.
Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points.