1974 All-America college football team

The 1974 All-America college football 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 1974. The National Collegiate Athletic Association recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1974 season. They are: the American Football Coaches Association ; the Associated Press selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; the Football Writers Association of America selected by the nation's football writers; the United Press International selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Other selectors included Football News, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, The Sporting News, and Time magazine.
Six players were selected unanimously by all five of the official selectors. The six unanimous All-Americans included running backs Archie Griffin of Ohio State, Joe Washington of Oklahoma, and Anthony Davis of USC. On defense, the unanimous All-Americans were defensive back Dave Brown of Michigan, linebacker Rod Shoate of Oklahoma, and defensive end Randy White of Maryland.
The Ohio State and Oklahoma teams each had eight players who received first-team honors. The Ohio State honorees were Archie Griffin, tight end Doug France, tackle Kurt Schumacher, center Steve Myers, defensive end Van DeCree, defensive tackle Pete Cusick, defensive back Neal Colzie, and punter Tom Skladany. The Oklahoma honorees were Joe Washington, Rod Shoate, receiver Tinker Owens, guard John Roush, center Kyle Davis, defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon, middle guard Dewey Selmon, and defensive back Randy Hughes.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1974 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Dave Brown	Defensive back	Michigan	5/4/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, NEA, Time, TSN
Rod Shoate	Linebacker	Oklahoma	5/4/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, NEA, Time, TSN
Randy White	Defensive end	Maryland	5/4/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, NEA, Time, TSN
Archie Griffin	Running back	Ohio State	5/3/8	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, NEA, TSN
Joe Washington	Running back	Oklahoma	5/3/8	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, NEA, TSN
Anthony Davis	Running back	USC	5/2/7	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN, TSN
Ken Huff	Offensive guard	North Carolina	4/3/7	AFCA, AP, UPI, WC	NEA, Time, TSN
Kurt Schumacher	Offensive tackle	Ohio State	4/3/7	AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC	NEA, Time, TSN
Peter Demmerle	Wide receiver	[1974 1974 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\|Notre Dame]	4/1/5	AFCA, AP, UPI, WC	NEA
Mike Hartenstine	Defensive tackle	Penn State	4/0/4	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI	--
Marvin Crenshaw	Offensive tackle	[1974 1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\|Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\|Nebraska]	3/1/4	AFCA, FWAA, UPI	FN
Ken Bernich	Linebacker	Auburn	3/0/3	AFCA, AP, WC	--
Bennie Cunningham	Tight end	[1974 1974 Clemson Tigers football team\|Clemson Tigers football team\|Clemson]	3/0/3	AFCA, AP, UPI	--
Pat Donovan	Defensive end	[1974 1974 Stanford Cardinals football team\|Stanford Cardinals football team\|Stanford]	3/0/3	AFCA, FWAA, UPI	--
Steve Bartkowski	Quarterback	[1974 1974 California Golden Bears football team\|California Golden Bears football team\|California]	2/2/4	AP, UPI	NEA, Time
Richard Wood	Linebacker	USC	2/2/4	AP, UPI	FN, NEA
Gerry DiNardo	Offensive guard	Notre Dame	2/1/3	AFCA, UPI	FN
Louie Kelcher	Defensive tackle	SMU	2/1/3	AP, FWAA	FN
Woodrow Lowe	Linebacker	Alabama	2/1/3	UPI, WC	FN
Steve Myers	Center	Ohio State	2/1/3	AP, UPI	FN
John Roush	Offensive guard	Oklahoma	2/1/3	FWAA, UPI	FN
Pat Thomas	Defensive back	Texas A&M	2/1/3	AP, FWAA	NEA
Rubin Carter	Middle guard	Miami	2/0/2	AFCA, UPI	--
Leroy Cook	Defensive end	Mississippi State	2/0/2	AP, FWAA	--
John Provost	Defensive back	Holy Cross	2/0/2	AP, WC	--
Jimmy Webb	Defensive end	Mississippi State	2/0/2	AFCA, WC	--