The 1985 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season.

Running back Lorenzo White and linebacker Larry Station were the only players unanimously selected as first-team players on all 20 ballots submitted by the members of the Associated Press (AP) media panel. Defensive end Mike Hammerstein followed with 19 first-team votes.^[1] In the UPI balloting among conference coaches, Illinois wide receiver David Williams received the most votes, having been named to the first team by nine of the conference's ten coaches.^[2] In the UPI voting, Iowa's Chuck Long edged Jim Everett by one vote for the first-team quarterback position.^[2]

The Iowa Hawkeyes won the Big Ten championship and led the conference with eight first-team players, including quarterback Chuck Long and linebacker Larry Station. The Michigan Wolverines led the nation in scoring defense and placed six players on the first-team units, including defensive linemen Mike Hammerstein and Mark Messner and linebacker Mike Mallory.^[1]

• Chuck Long, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jim Everett, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)

• Lorenzo White, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ronnie Harmon, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rodney Carter, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Larry Emery, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-2)
• George Cooper, Ohio State (UPI-2)
• Bobby Howard, Indiana (UPI-2)

• Bob Maggs, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Ray Hitchcock, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2)

• Jim Juriga, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
• John Wojciechowski, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Bob Landsee, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Jon Lilleberg, Minnesota (AP-2)
• Tom Humphrey, Iowa (UPI-2)

• Mike Haight, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Clay Miller, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Rory Graves, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Steve Bogdalek, Michigan State (AP-2)
• Bob Riley, Indiana (UPI-2)

• Eric Kattus, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2 [WR])
• Mike Flagg, Iowa (AP-2)

• David Williams, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Cris Carter, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bill Happel, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Kenny Allen, Indiana (AP-2)

• Jeff Drost, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Hammerstein, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Hap Peterson, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mark Messner, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Guy Teafatiller, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Eric Kumerow, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Tim Jordan, Wisconsin (AP-2)
• Larry Joyner, Minnesota (AP-2)
• Billy Harris, Michigan (UPI-2)
• Kelly Quinn, Michigan State (UPI-2)

• Pepper Johnson, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Mike Mallory, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Chris Spielman, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Larry Station, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Shane Bullough, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Andy Moeller, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Peter Najarian, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Craig Raddatz, Wisconsin (AP-2)
• Mark Tagart, Illinois (UPI-2)

• Brad Cochran, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Rod Woodson, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Jay Norvell, Iowa (AP-1)
• Phil Parker, Michigan State (UPI-1)
• Garland Rivers, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Craig Swoope, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Devon Mitchell, Iowa (AP-2)
• Terry White, Ohio State (UPI-2)

• Chris White, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Rob Houghtlin, Iowa (AP-1)
• Rich Spangler, Ohio State (UPI-2)

• Greg Montgomery, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Tom Tupa, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-1)

AP = Associated Press, selected by a panel of 20 sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten^[1]

UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches^[2][3]

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

• 1985 College Football All-America Team