The 1986 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Three players were unanimously chosen as first-team players by the Associated Press media panel: quarterback Jim Harbaugh, receiver Cris Carter, and linebacker Chris Spielman.
Conference co-champions Michigan and Ohio State led the conference with seven first-team players each. Michigan's first-team selections included Harbaugh, Jumbo Elliott, Mark Messner and Andy Moeller. Ohio State's first-team selections included unanimous choices Carter and Spielman. Iowa followed with four first-team honorees, including running back Rick Bayless.
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jim Karsatos, Ohio State (AP-2)
Darrell Thompson, Minnesota (AP-1; UPI-1)
Rick Bayless, Iowa (AP-1)
Jamie Morris, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
Larry Emery, Wisconsin (AP-2)
Bob Maggs, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ray Hitchcock, Minnesota (AP-2)
Mark Hammerstein, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jeff Uhlenhake, Ohio State (AP-1)
Bob Kratch, Iowa (UPI-1)
Troy Wolcrow, Minnesota (AP-2)
Scott Kehoe, Illinois (AP-2)
Dave Croston, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jumbo Elliott, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Jim Hobbins, Minnesota (AP-2)
Bob Riley, Indiana (AP-2)
Ed Taggert, Ohio State (AP-1)
Rich Borresen, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-1)
Cris Carter, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Andre Rison, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Mark Ingram, Sr., Michigan State (AP-2)
Stephen Pierce, Illinois (AP-2)
Jeff Drost, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
Eric Kumerow, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Van Waiters, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
Dave Haight, Iowa (AP-1)
Mark Messner, Michigan (AP-1)
Bob Dirkes, Northwestern (AP-2)
John Budde, Michigan State (AP-2)
Kevin Holley, Purdue (AP-2)
Mark Nichols, Michigan State (AP-2)
Darryl Lee, Ohio State (AP-2)
Andy Moeller, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
Chris Spielman, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Shane Bullough, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Bruce Holmes, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-1)
Michael Reid, Wisconsin (AP-1)
Fred Strickland, Purdue (AP-2)
Nate Odomes, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-1)
Rod Woodson, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
Garland Rivers, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
Sonny Gordon, Ohio State (AP-1)
Leonard Bell, Indiana (AP-2)
Alex Green, Indiana (AP-2)
John Duvic, Northwestern (AP-1)
Chip Lohmiller, Minnesota (UPI-1)
Rob Houghtlin, Iowa (AP-2)
Greg Montgomery, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
Tom Tupa, Ohio State (AP-2)
AP = Associated Press, selected by a panel of 17 sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten
UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
