1980 All-SEC football team

• Cris Collinsworth, Florida (AP-1, UPI)
• Mardye McDole, Miss. St. (AP-1, UPI)
• Anthony Hancock, Tennessee (AP-2)
• Byron Franklin, Auburn (AP-2)
• Ken Toler, Ole Miss (AP-2)

• Chris Faulkner, Florida (AP-1, UPI)
• Reggie Harper, Tennessee (AP-2)

• Tim Irwin, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI)
• Alan Massey, Miss. St. (AP-1)

• Tim Morrison, Georgia (AP-1, UPI [as T])
• Wayne Harris, Miss. St. (AP-1)
• George Stephenson, Auburn (AP-2, UPI)
• Nat Hudson, Georgia (AP-2, UPI)
• Ken Hammond, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Chris Cottam, Ole Miss (AP-2)

• Ken Roark, Kentucky (AP-1)
• Lee North, Tennessee (AP-2, UPI)

• Buck Belue, Georgia (AP-1)
• John Fourcade, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI)

• Herschel Walker, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UPI)
• James Brooks, Auburn (AP-1, UPI)
• Billy Jackson, Alabama (AP-2)
• Major Ogilvie, Alabama (AP-2)

• E. J. Junior, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Lyman White, LSU (AP-1, UPI)
• Tyrone Keys, Miss. St. (AP-2)
• Tim Golden, Florida (AP-2)

• Frank Warren, Auburn (AP-1)
• Eddie Weaver, Georgia (AP-1)
• Byron Braggs, Alabama (UPI)
• Jimmy Payne, Georgia (UPI)
• Glen Collins, Miss. St. (AP-2)
• David Galloway, Florida (AP-2)

• Jim Noonan, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI)
• Warren Lyles, Alabama (AP-2)

• Johnie Cooks, Miss. St. (AP-1, UPI)
• David Little, Florida (AP-1, UPI)
• Tom Boyd, Alabama (AP-1, UPI)
• Randy Scott, Alabama (AP-2)
• Andrew Coleman, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Al Richardson, LSU (AP-2)

• Scott Woerner, Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• Jeff Hipp, Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• Chris Williams, LSU (AP-1)
• Tommy Wilcox, Alabama (AP-1)
• Jim Bob Harris, Alabama (UPI)
• Cliff Toney, Auburn (AP-2)
• Ricky Tucker, Alabama (AP-2)
• Tim Groves, Florida (AP-2)

• Rex Robinson, Georgia (AP-1, UPI)
• Alan Duncan, Tennessee (AP-2)

• Jim Arnold, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UPI)
• Mark Dickert, Florida (AP-2)

AP = Associated Press^{[1] [2]}

UPI = United Press International^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

• 1980 College Football All-America Team