| 1926 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1926 college football season |
| 1924 1925 ← → 1927 1928 |
The 1926 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 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
Other notable selectors included Billy Evans, the Central Press Association, the New York Sun, and Walter Eckersall.
For the year 1926, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
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| Frank Wickhorst | Tackle | Navy | 6/6 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UP | BE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE |
| Herb Joesting | Fullback | Minnesota | 5/6 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA | BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE |
| Bud Boeringer | Center | Notre Dame | 5/6 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA | BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE |
| Mort Kaer | Halfback | USC | 5/6 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA | BE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WE |
| Bernie Shively | Guard | Illinois | 5/6 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA | BE, WC, WE |
| Harry Connaughton | Guard | Georgetown | 4/6 | AP, COL, NEA, UP | BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE |
| Benny Friedman | Quarterback | Michigan | 4/6 | AP, COL, INS, NEA | BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE |
| Bennie Oosterbaan | End | Michigan | 4/6 | AAB, COL, NEA, UP | BE, CEP, ES, WC, WE |
| Vic Hanson | End | Syracuse | 4/6 | AP, COL, INS, UP | ES, HF, LP, NYS, WE |
| Ralph Baker | Halfback | Northwestern | 2/6 | AP, COL | CP, LP, NYS, WE |
| Bud Sprague | Tackle | Army | 1/6 | AP | CP, CEP |
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1926 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
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