Six teams placed more than two players on the first team as follows:
Despite finishing in last place in the conference,
Pittsburgh (0–7 record in conference play) led the conference with four players on the All-Big East first team. The Pitt honorees were: wide receiver
Dietrich Jells, linebacker
Tom Tumulty, placekicker Chris Ferencik, and punter Nate Cochran.[1]
Conference champion
Virginia Tech was ranked No. 10 in the final
AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: offensive lineman
Bill Conaty and defensive linemen
Cornell Brown and J. C. Price.[1]
Miami was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: running back Danyell Ferguson, defensive lineman
Kenny Holmes, and linebacker
Ray Lewis.[1]