Teams used in compiling the NCAA consensus All-America teams, including years used by the NCAA (notes in parentheses)
All-American Board, 1924-46, 1949-55
American Football Coaches Association, 1945-current (published by Saturday Evening Post magazine 1945-47; by Collier's 1948-56)
Associated Press, 1925-current
Caspar Whitney, 1889-1908 (published in The Week's Sport in association with Walter Camp 1889-90; published in Harper's Weekly 1891-96 and in Outing magazine, which he owned, 1898-1908. Walter Camp substituted for Whitney, who was on a world tour, and selected the Harper's Weekly team for 1897).
Central Press, 1964-70
Collier's magazine, 1925-1947 (selections by Grantland Rice 1925-47;
Colliers published the American Football Coaches Association teams 1948-56)
CNNSI.com, 2001-current
Football News, 1993-current
Football World magazine, 1921, 1923-25
Football Writers Association of America, 1944-current (published by Look magazine 1946-70)
Frank Menke Sydnicate, 1916-1920
International News Service, 1913-1917, 1920, 1924-57 (merged with United Press in 1958 to form UPI)
Liberty magazine, 1924-25, 1931-41
Look magazine, 1942-45 (published Football Writers teams 1946-70)
Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1917, 1924-42, 1944-1973
Newsweek magazine, 1937-1942
North American Newspaper Alliance, 1927-30, 1932-37
The Sporting News, 1934-1947, 1949-1963, 1993-current
United Press, 1925-1957 (merged with INS in 1958 to form UPI)
United Press International, 1958-1995
Walter Camp, 1897-1924 (published in Harper's Weekly 1897; in Collier's magazine, 1898-1924; in 1917, the squad was an all-service, all-military All-American team comprised of military personnel)
Walter Camp Foundation, 1972-74, 1983-current.
SOURCES: "NCAA Football's Finest." Also, web sites for the NCAA, AFCA,CNNSI.com, FWAA, Walter Camp Foundation, and other university sports information sites and college football web sites.