The whole lot facing individuals in an Oxford college (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
all souls
'an oxford college' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the whole lot facing individuals' is the wordplay.
'the whole lot' becomes 'all'.
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'individuals' becomes 'souls' ('soul' can be a synonym of 'individual'**).
'all'+'souls'='ALL SOULS'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for all souls that I've seen before include "Nov. two church festival" , "Day of prayer for dead on 2nd November" , "Comprehensive" , "Everybody" , "Oxford college" .)