McDonald's All-Americans by College Conference
The following tables show the number of McDonald's All-Americans to play for teams in each college conference since 1980, 1990, and 2000.
| Since 1980 |
| Conference | Total | Percent |
| ACC | 166 | 26.31% |
| Big Ten | 90 | 14.26% |
| SEC | 84 | 13.31% |
| Big East | 78 | 12.36% |
| Pac 10 | 67 | 10.62% |
| Big 12 | 40 | 6.34% |
| Big Eight | 20 | 3.17% |
| Independents | 14 | 2.22% |
| C-USA | 11 | 1.74% |
| A-10 | 10 | 1.58% |
| WAC | 9 | 1.43% |
| Southwest | 9 | 1.43% |
| Big West | 7 | 1.11% |
| West Coast | 5 | 0.79% |
| CAA | 4 | 0.63% |
| Sun Belt | 3 | 0.48% |
| Southland | 2 | 0.32% |
| Missouri Valley | 2 | 0.32% |
| Mountain West | 2 | 0.32% |
| Atlantic Sun | 1 | 0.16% |
| Horizon | 1 | 0.16% |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | 0.16% |
| SoCon | 1 | 0.16% |
| East Coast | 1 | 0.16% |
| Ivy League | 1 | 0.16% |
| America East | 1 | 0.16% |
| Patriot | 1 | 0.16% |
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| Since 1990 |
| Conference | Total | Percent |
| ACC | 112 | 27.86% |
| SEC | 53 | 13.18% |
| Big Ten | 53 | 13.18% |
| Big East | 52 | 12.94% |
| Pac 10 | 48 | 11.94% |
| Big 12 | 40 | 9.95% |
| C-USA | 11 | 2.74% |
| Big Eight | 10 | 2.49% |
| WAC | 7 | 1.74% |
| A-10 | 6 | 1.49% |
| West Coast | 2 | 0.50% |
| Mountain West | 2 | 0.50% |
| Southwest | 2 | 0.50% |
| Southland | 1 | 0.25% |
| America East | 1 | 0.25% |
| Sun Belt | 1 | 0.25% |
| Patriot | 1 | 0.25% |
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| Since 2000 |
| Conference | Total | Percent |
| ACC | 61 | 28.91% |
| Big East | 33 | 15.64% |
| Big 12 | 32 | 15.17% |
| Pac 10 | 26 | 12.32% |
| SEC | 26 | 12.32% |
| Big Ten | 23 | 10.90% |
| C-USA | 7 | 3.32% |
| Mountain West | 2 | 0.95% |
| WAC | 1 | 0.47% |
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