| YEAR |
SELECTOR |
| 1911 | National Championship Foundation |
| 1912 | National Championship Foundation |
| 1969 | FACT, Sagarin (ELO-Chess) |
| 1981 | Dunkel |
| 1982 | AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB
News, Football Research, FW, Helms, Litkenhous, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, NY
Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI, USA/CNN |
| 1986 | AP, Billingsley, FACT, FB News, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI, USA/CNN |
| 1994 | DeVold, Eck, FACT, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NY Times, Sagarin |