An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best college players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), The Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP and USBWA also list honorable mention selections.

The Consensus 2026 College Basketball All-American team will be determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.

Typically the All-American team is predicted prior to the start of a given season by many publications, most prominently by the Associated Press, whose voters later select the official AP team after the close of the regular season. On October 20, 2025 the AP named its preseason All-America team. The only unanimous selection, and also the only guard on the team, was Purdue's Braden Smith. The other honorees were Texas Tech forward JT Toppin, Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg, BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, and Florida forward Alex Condon.

2026 Consensus All-America team

PG – Point guard SG – Shooting guard PF – Power forward SF – Small forward C – Center

+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Darius Acuff Jr. PG Freshman Arkansas Cameron Boozer PF Freshman Duke AJ Dybantsa SF Freshman BYU Yaxel Lendeborg SF/PF Senior Michigan Braden Smith PG Senior Purdue

+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Kingston Flemings PG Freshman Houston Thomas Haugh PF Junior Florida Joshua Jefferson SF/PF Senior Iowa State JT Toppin PF Junior Texas Tech Keaton Wagler SG Freshman Illinois Caleb Wilson PF Freshman North Carolina

Individual All-America teams

By player PlayerSchoolAPUSBWANABCSNNotes Darius Acuff Jr. Arkansas Bob Cousy Award, SEC Player of the Year Cameron Boozer Duke John R. Wooden Award, Naismith Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, The Sporting News Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NABC Player of the Year, USBWA National Freshman of the Year, NABC Freshman of the Year, Karl Malone Award, Pete Newell Big Man Award, ACC Player of the Year AJ Dybantsa BYU Julius Erving Award, NCAA scoring champion Yaxel Lendeborg Michigan Big Ten Player of the Year Braden Smith Purdue Joshua Jefferson Iowa State JT Toppin Texas Tech Keaton Wagler Illinois Jerry West Award Kingston Flemings Houston Thomas Haugh Florida Caleb Wilson North Carolina Jeremy Fears Jr. Michigan State NCAA assists champion Labaron Philon Jr. Alabama Christian Anderson Jr. Texas Tech Jaden Bradley Arizona Big 12 Player of the Year Graham Ike Gonzaga WCC Player of the Year

By team All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Darius Acuff Jr. Arkansas Jeremy Fears Jr. Michigan State Christian Anderson Jr. Texas Tech Cameron Boozer Duke Joshua Jefferson Iowa State Kingston Flemings Houston AJ Dybantsa BYU Braden Smith Purdue Thomas Haugh Florida JT Toppin Texas Tech Keaton Wagler Illinois Graham Ike Gonzaga Yaxel Lendeborg Michigan Caleb Wilson North Carolina Labaron Philon Jr. Alabama USBWA Darius Acuff Jr. Arkansas Kingston Flemings Houston Christian Anderson Jr. Texas Tech Cameron Boozer Duke Joshua Jefferson Iowa State Jaden Bradley Arizona AJ Dybantsa BYU JT Toppin Texas Tech Jeremy Fears Jr. Michigan State Yaxel Lendeborg Michigan Keaton Wagler Illinois Thomas Haugh Florida Braden Smith Purdue Caleb Wilson North Carolina Labaron Philon Jr. Alabama NABC Darius Acuff Jr. Arkansas Kingston Flemings Houston Jaden Bradley Arizona Cameron Boozer Duke Thomas Haugh Florida Jeremy Fears Jr. Michigan State AJ Dybantsa BYU Joshua Jefferson Iowa State Graham Ike Gonzaga Yaxel Lendeborg Michigan JT Toppin Texas Tech Labaron Philon Jr. Alabama Braden Smith Purdue Keaton Wagler Illinois Caleb Wilson North Carolina The Sporting News Darius Acuff Jr. Arkansas Kingston Flemings Houston Christian Anderson Jr. Texas Tech Cameron Boozer Duke Thomas Haugh Florida Jaden Bradley Arizona AJ Dybantsa BYU Braden Smith Purdue Jeremy Fears Jr. Michigan State Joshua Jefferson Iowa State JT Toppin Texas Tech Labaron Philon Jr. Alabama Yaxel Lendeborg Michigan Keaton Wagler Illinois Caleb Wilson North Carolina AP Honorable Mention:

Michael Ajayi, Butler Jaden Bradley, Arizona Brayden Burries, Arizona Rueben Chinyelu, Florida Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's PJ Haggerty, Kansas State Ebuka Okorie, Stanford Darryn Peterson, Kansas Bennett Stirtz, Iowa Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

USBWA Honorable Mention:

Brayden Burries, Arizona Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's Graham Ike, Gonzaga Darryn Peterson, Kansas Bennett Stirtz, Iowa Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt

Academic All-Americans College Sports Communicators will announce its 2026 Academic All-America teams for all NCAA divisions and the NAIA on April 14, 2026. The Division I Academic All-American of the Year is indicated in bold.

+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Zuby Ejiofor St. John's Sr. 3.70, sport management Sam Hoiberg Nebraska Sr. 3.74, sports media and communications Tamin Lipsey Iowa State Sr. 3.73, communication studies Nick Martinelli Northwestern Sr. 3.87, communication studies JT Toppin Texas Tech Jr. 3,90, communications studies + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Tobe Awaka Arizona Sr. 3.59, business administration Flory Bidunga Kansas So. 3.63, communication studies Tyler Lundblade Belmont Gr. 4.00 (UG)/4.00 (G), business administration Xaivian Lee Florida Sr. 3.62, economics Nick Townsend Yale Sr. 3.95, psychology + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Mason Falslev Utah State Jr. 3.65, finance Bryce Hopkins St. John's Gr. 3.56 (UG)/3.56 (G), business management Carson Johnson Denver So. 4.00, marketing Landon Lewis Brown Sr. 3.89, business economics Robert Wright III BYU So. 3.53, communications

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