1968 College Football All-America Team
The 1968 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1968.
The NCAA recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1968 season. They are the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the Central Press Association, the Football Writers Association of America, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the United Press International. Four of the six teams were selected by polling of sports writers and/or broadcasters. The Central Press team was selected with input from the captains of the major college teams. The AFCA team was based on a poll of coaches. Other notable selectors, though not recognized by the NCAA as official, included Football News, a national weekly football publication, Time magazine, The Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
No single team dominated the All-America selections in 1968 with Ohio State and Notre Dame both having three first-team players.Offensive selections
Ends
- Ted Kwalick, Penn State
- Jerry Levias, SMU
- Ron Sellers, Florida State
- Jim Seymour, Notre Dame
- Steve Zabel, Oklahoma
- Gene Washington, Stanford
- Eddie Hinton, Oklahoma
Tackles
- George Kunz, Notre Dame
- Dave Foley, Ohio State
- Rufus Mayes, Ohio State
- Malcolm Snider, Stanford
- Ken Carmon, Ohio
- Greg Shelly, Virginia
- Jim Anderson, Missouri
Guards
- Charles Rosenfelder, Tennessee
- Jim Barnes, Arkansas
- Mike Montler, Colorado
- Guy Dennis, Florida
- John Shinners, Xavier
- Joe Armstrong, Nebraska
- Malcolm Snider, Stanford
- Don King, Texas Tech
- Ken Mendenhall, Oklahoma
- Gary Roberts, Purdue
- Alvin Samples, Alabama
- John Miller, Lehigh
Centers
- John Didion, Oregon State
- Carey Matts, North Carolina State
- Joe Kolb, Oklahoma State
- Jerry Murphy, Brown
Quarterbacks
- Terry Hanratty, Notre Dame
- Bobby Douglass, Kansas
- Greg Cook, Cincinnati
- Steve Sogge, USC
- Brian Dowling, Yale
Running backs
- O.J. Simpson, USC
- Leroy Keyes, Purdue
- Chris Gilbert, Texas
- Bill Enyart, Oregon State
- Paul Gipson, Houston
- Ron Johnson, Michigan
- Larry Smith, Florida
- Steve Owens, Oklahoma
- Mercury Morris, West Texas State
- Charley Jarvis, Army
- Jim Otis, Ohio State
Defensive selections
Defensive ends
- Ted Hendricks, Miami
- John Zook, Kansas
- Bob Stein, Minnesota
- Ron Carpenter, North Carolina State
- Jim Gunn
- Mike Ford, Alabama
- Bill Payne, Georgia
Defensive tackles
- Bill Stanfill, Georgia
- Joe Greene, North Texas State
- Loyd Wainscott, Texas
- Rolf Krueger, Texas A&M
- David Campbell, Auburn
- Mike Reid, Penn State
- Tom Nelson, Arizona
- Art Thoms, Syracuse
Middle guards
- Ed White, California
- Chuck Kyle, Purdue
- Ernie Calloway, Texas Southern
- Carl Crennel, West Virginia
Linebackers
- Dennis Onkotz, Penn State
- Steve Kiner, Tennessee
- Bob Babich, Miami
- Ron Pritchard, Arizona State
- Mike Hall, Alabama
- Ken Johnson, Army
- Mike Widger, Virginia Tech
- Bill Hobbs, Texas A&M
- Chip Healy, Vanderbilt
- Dale McCullers, Florida State
- Jim Sniadecki, Indiana
- Ken Criter, Wisconsin
Defensive backs
- Roger Wehrli, Missouri
- Jake Scott, Georgia
- Al Worley, Washington
- Mike Battle, USC
- Al Brenner, Michigan State
- Tony Kyasky, Syracuse
- Jim Marsalis, Tennessee State
- Tom Maxwell, Texas A&M
- Jim Weatherford, Tennessee
- Ted Provost, Ohio State
- Tom Curtis, Michigan
- Bill Kishman, Colorado State
- Johnny Peacock, Houston
- Jim Livingston, Southern Methodist
Special teams
Kicker
- Kenny Vinyard, Texas Tech
Punter
- Steve O'Neal, Texas A&M
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AFCA = American Football Coaches Association
- AP = Associated Press
- CP = Central Press Association
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
- UPI = United Press International
Unofficial selectors
- FN = The Football News, consisting of the 33 best college football players as selected by the staff and correspondents of The Football News
- Time = Time magazine
- TSN = The Sporting News
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
