Michigan won the first 12 games of the season by a combined score of 495 to 0, but lost the final game of the season by a score of 2–0 against Chicago.
Minnesota compiled a 10-1 record, shut out 10 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents 542 to 22.
The following Western Conference players were selected as first-team players on the 1905 College Football All-America Team. (Consensus All-Americans displayed in bold).
Eleven players were chosen as first-team players on at least five of the 1905 All-Western college football teams named by the following 10 selectors: Chicago American (CA),[4]Chicago Chronicle (CC),[5]Chicago Daily News (CDN),[4]Chicago Evening Journal (CEJ),[4]Chicago Evening Post (CP),[4]Chicago Record-Herald (CRH),[4]Chicago Tribune (CT),[4] E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly (ECP),[6] J. H. Ritchie in Illustrated Outdoor News (JHR),[4] and The Minneapolis Journal (MJ).[7](Players unanimously chosen by all 10 selectors are listed in bold.)
^National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings"(PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.