1961 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1961 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1961 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.

Backs

 * Jimmy Saxton, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Mike Cotten, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Lance Alworth, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Roland Jackson, Rice (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Sonny Gibbs, Texas Christian (AP-2)
 * Ronnie Bull, Baylor (AP-2)
 * Coolidge Hunt, Texas Tech (AP-2)
 * George McKinney, Arkansas (AP-2)

Ends

 * Bob Moses, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * John Burrell, Rice (AP-1)
 * Jim Collier, Arkansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Buddy Iles, Texas Christian (AP-2)

Tackles

 * Don Talbert, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Robert Johnston, Rice (AP-1)
 * Bobby Plummer, TCU (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * John Childress, Arkansas (AP-2)

Guards

 * Dean Garrett, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
 * Ray Schoenke, SMU (AP-1)
 * Johnny Treadwell, Texas (AP-1)
 * Herby Adkins, Baylor (AP-2; UPI-1)
 * Wayne Freiling, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Centers

 * Bill Hicks, Baylor (AP-1)
 * David Kristynik, Texas (UPI-1) (brother of Marvin Kristynik)
 * Max Christian, SMU (AP-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI