College Football All-America Team

Starting in 2009, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes the All-America teams selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, and the WCFF to determine consensus All-Americans.

Five players have earned that honor four times:[4] They are: The Associated Press has a panel of sportswriters who vote to determine the AP All-America Team.

The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) has selected an All-America team every year since 1945.

Some who have helped to select this team over the years: Mark Blaudschun, Grantland Rice, Bert McGrane, Blackie Sherrod, Furman Bisher, Pat Harmon, Fred Russell, Edwin Pope, Murray Olderman, Paul Zimmerman.

From 1946 to 1970, Look published the FWAA team and brought players and selected writers to New York City for a celebration.

During that 25-year period, the FWAA team was introduced on national television shows by Bob Hope, Steve Allen, Perry Como and others.

The Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF) All-America team is selected by the head coaches and sports information directors of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and certified by UHY Advisors, a New Haven-based accounting firm.

Walter Camp, "The Father of American Football", first selected an All-America team in 1889.

UPI continued to choose an All-America team, based on a poll of sportswriters, through the 1996 season.

ESPN's selections are made by veteran college football writer Ivan Maisel.

During the 1930s, Chester L. Washington, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, selected All-America teams of players at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).