Talk:1985 College Football All-America Team

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Consensus 1985 All-Americans[edit]

Can someone please advise as to why these individuals below are listed under the Consensus section. As I understand it, in order to be considered a consensus All-American, they need to be recognized as first-team by at least half of the official selectors. So for 1985 that means a minimum of three. None of these listed below meets that criteria. Am I missing something? Thank you.

Name	Position	School	Number^[1]	Official	Other
John Rienstra	Offensive guard	Temple	2/3/5	AP, FWAA	GNS, NEA, SH
Jamie Dukes	Offensive guard	Florida State	2/1/3	FWAA, WC	SH
Reggie Dupard	Running back	SMU	1/0/1	FWAA	-
Napoleon McCallum	Running back	Navy	1/0/1	WC	-
Thurman Thomas	Running back	Oklahoma State	1/0/1	UPI	-
Johnny Holland	Linebacker	Texas A&M	2/0/2	AP, FWAA	-

Jb45424 (talk) 23:13, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The NCAA-published "Football Award Winners" (here), at page 13, lists each of them as consensus All-Americans. It's my understanding that, if nobody gets a majority of the designations, the NCAA recognizes as consensus those with the most designations. I do, however, recall looking at this in the past and finding some contradictions in how NCAA determines its list of consensus AAs. Cbl62 (talk) 02:19, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks cbl62,

I have reviewed the document, and yes, it appears they did not follow their own criteria, which is disappointing. I've noticed the same thing on other All-America Team pages that I have been editing. I have some questions about the All-America Team pages, where would be the best place to ask them? Jb45424 (talk) 17:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.

[Key-1] This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.

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