How many preseason all-conference selections each Big Ten team has: Michigan tied for fourth most
Michigan Wolverines football has six preseason All-Big Ten selections ahead of the 2024 campaign, according to the Lindy’s college football preview magazine.
Michigan’s six choices are tied with Penn State as the fourth most in the conference, behind Ohio State (11), Iowa (8) and Oregon (7). Tied at the bottom of the league are Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue, Maryland, Rutgers, UCLA and Northwestern, all of which have two selections.
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The Maize and Blue have three first-team honorees — a trio of juniors in tight end Colston Loveland, cornerback Will Johnson and defensive tackle Mason Graham — which is tied with USC for the third most, trailing Ohio State (6) and Iowa (4). All three athletes were also named preseason first-team All-America by Lindy’s.
Michigan also has three second-teamers (senior running back Donovan Edwards, graduate left guard Josh Priebe and junior defensive tackle Kenneth Grant. In terms of first- and second-team selections, Ohio State leads the way with 10, while Michigan and Oregon are tied second with six.
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The Wolverines didn’t have any representatives on the third team. There were three teams whose only preseason All-Big Ten players appeared on the third team: Rutgers, UCLA and Northwestern, all with two.
Here’s a look at each Big Ten team and how they fared with Lindy’s preseason season all-conference teams:
| Team | First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Total | 1st and 2nd Team |
| Ohio State | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Iowa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Oregon | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Penn State | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| USC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Michigan State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Illinois | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Indiana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Purdue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Maryland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Last season, Michigan had 17 players that earned first-, second- or third-team All-Big Ten honors by at least one of the coaches or the media, including eight that were named to the first team. The additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington from the Pac-12, though, will make putting up such a large number much more difficult going forward.
