List of college sports team nicknames

Here follows a list of college sports team nicknames.

These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots.

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• F
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• H
• I
• J
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• P
• Q
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• U
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• Z

0–9

49ers

• Long Beach State (Long Beach, California)
• UNC-Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Yuba (Marysville, California)

A

Aggies

• Cameron (Lawton, Oklahoma)
• Delaware Valley (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
• New Mexico State (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
• North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• Panhandle State (Goodwell, Oklahoma)
• Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
• UC Davis (Davis, California)
• Utah State (Logan, Utah)

Aigles Bleu (Blue Eagles)

• Moncton (Moncton, New Brunswick)

Ambassadors

• Oakwood (Huntsville, Alabama)
• Ozark Christian (Joplin, Missouri)

AMCats

• Anna Maria (Paxton, Massachusetts)

Anchormen

• Rhode Island College (Providence, Rhode Island)

Angels

• Meredith (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Anteaters

• UC Irvine (Irvine, California)^[1]

Antelopes

• Grand Canyon (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Kearney (Kearney, Nebraska)

See also Lopers.

Apaches

• Tyler (Tyler, Texas)
• Cochise (Douglas, Arizona)^[2]

Archers

• Moody Bible Institute (Chicago)

Argonauts

• Great Falls (Great Falls, Montana)
• Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont, California)
• West Florida (Pensacola, Florida)

Arrows

• Ursuline (Pepper Pike, Ohio)

Artichokes

• Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Arizona)^[1]

Athenas

• Women's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges (Claremont, California):
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Scripps College

Athenians

• Mount St. Mary's (Los Angeles)

Axemen and Axewomen

• Acadia (Wolfville, Nova Scotia)

Auggies

• Augsburg (Minneapolis)

Avengers

• ASA College (New York City)

Aztecs

• San Diego State (San Diego, California)
• Pima Community College (Tucson, Arizona)

B

Badgers

• Brock (St. Catharines, Ontario)
• Johnson State (Johnson, Vermont)
• Spring Hill (Mobile, Alabama)
• Wisconsin (Madison)
• Snow (Ephraim, Utah)

Bald Eagles

• Lock Haven (Lock Haven, Pennsylvania)

Banana Slugs

• UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)^[1]

Bantams

• USC-Union (Union, South Carolina)
• Trinity (Connecticut) (Hartford, Connecticut)

Barons

• Brewton-Parker (Mount Vernon, Georgia)
• Franciscan (Steubenville, Ohio)
• Ohio State–Lima (Lima, Ohio)

Battlers

• Alderson Broaddus (Philippi, West Virginia)

Battlin' Beavers

• Blackburn (Carlinville, Illinois)

Battling Bishops

• North Carolina Wesleyan (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)
• Ohio Wesleyan (Delaware, Ohio)

Beacons

• Northwest Christian (Eugene, Oregon)
• UMass Boston (Boston)

Bearcats

• Baruch (Manhattan, New York)
• Binghamton (Vestal, New York)
• Brescia (Owensboro, Kentucky)
• Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
• Lander (Greenwood, South Carolina)
• McKendree (Lebanon, Illinois)
• Northwest Missouri State (Maryville, Missouri)
• Rust (Holly Springs, Mississippi)
• Saint Vincent (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)
• Southwest Baptist (Bolivar, Missouri)
• UC Blue Ash (Blue Ash, Ohio)
• Willamette (Salem, Oregon)

Bearkats

• Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)

Bears

• Athens State, (Athens, Alabama)
• Barclay (Haviland, Kansas)
• Barnard (New York City)
• Baylor (Waco, Texas)
• Bridgewater State (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
• Brown (Providence, Rhode Island)
• Central Arkansas (Conway, Arkansas) (Men's teams)
• Coast Guard (New London, Connecticut)
• Golden State Baptist (Santa Clara, California)
• Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory, North Carolina)
• Livingstone (Salisbury, North Carolina)
• Mercer (Macon, Georgia)
• Missouri State (Springfield, Missouri)
• Morgan State (Baltimore)
• Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)
• NYIT (Old Westbury, New York)
• Pikeville (Pikeville, Kentucky)
• Rocky Mountain (Billings, Montana)
• St. Joseph's (Brooklyn, New York)
• Shaw (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Shawnee State (Portsmouth, Ohio)
• SUNY-Potsdam (Potsdam, New York)
• UC San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
• Ursinus (Collegeville, Pennsylvania)
• Washington (MO) (St. Louis, Missouri)

Beavers

• Babson (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
• Bemidji State (Bemidji, Minnesota)
• Bluffton (Bluffton, Ohio)
• Buena Vista (Storm Lake, Iowa)
• Caltech (Pasadena, California)
• CCNY (New York City)
• Champlain (Burlington, Vermont)
• Maine-Farmington (Farmington, Maine)
• Minot State (Minot, North Dakota)
• Oregon State (Corvallis, Oregon)

Bees

• Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) discontinued athletics in 1983
• St. Ambrose (Davenport, Iowa)
• Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, Georgia)

Belles

• Bennett (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• St. Mary's (Notre Dame, Indiana)

Bengals

• Buffalo State (Buffalo, New York)
• Idaho State (Pocatello, Idaho)
• Maine-Fort Kent (Fort Kent, Maine)

Big Blue

• Millikin (Decatur, Illinois)

Big Blues

• Bluefield State (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Big Green

• Dartmouth (Hanover, New Hampshire)

Big Red

• Cornell (Ithaca, New York)
• Denison (Granville, Ohio)

Billikens

• Saint Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

Bishops

• Ohio Wesleyan (Delaware, Ohio)^[1]

Bison

• Bethany (West Virginia) (Bethany, West Virginia)
• Bucknell (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania)
• Gallaudet (Washington, D.C.)
• Harding (Searcy, Arkansas)
• Howard (Washington, D.C.)
• Nichols (Dudley, Massachusetts)
• North Dakota State (Fargo, North Dakota)
• Oklahoma Baptist (Shawnee, Oklahoma)

Bisons

• Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• Lipscomb (Nashville, Tennessee)

Black Bears

• Maine (Orono, Maine)

Blackbirds

• LIU Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)

Black Knights

• U.S. Military Academy [Army] (West Point, New York)

Black Squirrels

• Haverford (Haverford, Pennsylvania)

Blazers

• Belhaven (Jackson, Mississippi)
• Elms (Chicopee, Massachusetts)
• Hood (Frederick, Maryland)
• St. Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minnesota)
• UAB (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Valdosta State (Valdosta, Georgia)

Bloodhounds

• John Jay (New York City)

Blue

• Wellesley (Wellesley, Massachusetts)

Blue Angels

• New Rochelle (New Rochelle, New York)
• Kaskaskia (Kaskaskia, Illinois) Women's teams
• Mount Mary (Milwaukee)

Blueboys and Lady Blues

• Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois)

Blue Demons

• DePaul (Chicago)

Blue Devils

• Central Connecticut (New Britain, Connecticut)
• Dillard (New Orleans)
• Duke (Durham, North Carolina)
• Kansas City Kansas CC (Kansas City, Kansas)
• Kaskaskia (Kaskaskia, Illinois) Men's teams
• Lawrence Tech (Southfield, Michigan)
• SUNY-Fredonia (Fredonia, New York)
• Wisconsin–Stout (Menomonie, Wisconsin)
• University of King's College (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Wisconsin–Manitowoc (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)

Blue Dragons

• Hutchinson (Hutchinson, Kansas)

Blue Hawks

• Dickinson State (Dickinson, North Dakota)

Blue Hens

• Delaware (Newark, Delaware)

Blue Hose

• Presbyterian (Clinton, South Carolina)

Blue Jays

• Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania)
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore)
• NYU–Poly (Brooklyn, New York)
• Saint Joseph (West Hartford, Connecticut)
• Westminster (Fulton, Missouri)

See also Bluejays.

Blue Knights

• SUNY-Geneseo (Geneseo, New York)
• Urbana (Urbana, Ohio)

Blue Raiders

• Lindsey Wilson (Columbia, Kentucky)
• Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

Blue Streaks

• John Carroll (Cleveland, Ohio)

Blue Tigers

• Lincoln (Missouri) (Jefferson City, Missouri)

Blue Wave

• Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton, Florida) (baseball team only)

Bluejays

• Creighton (Omaha, Nebraska)
• Elmhurst (Elmhurst, Illinois)
• Tabor (Hillsboro, Kansas)

Blues

• Mississippi University for Women (Columbus, Mississippi)

Bluewave

• Florida State College at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida)

Blugolds

• Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Bobcats

• Bates (Lewiston, Maine)
• Brandon (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)
• College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Missouri)
• Frostburg State (Frostburg, Maryland)
• Georgia College (Milledgeville, Georgia)
• Lees-McRae (Banner Elk, North Carolina)
• Montana State (Bozeman, Montana)
• Ohio (Athens, Ohio)
• Peru State (Peru, Nebraska)
• Quinnipiac (Hamden, Connecticut)
• St. Thomas (Florida) (Miami)
• Texas State (San Marcos, Texas)
• UC Merced (Merced, California)
• Pitt-Greensburg (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
• West Virginia Wesleyan (Buckhannon, West Virginia)
• Bryant & Stratton College (Syracuse, New York and Buffalo, New York)

Boilermakers

• Purdue (West Lafayette, Indiana)^[1][3]

Boll Weevils

• Arkansas-Monticello (Monticello, Arkansas) (Men's teams)^[1]
• Enterprise State Community College (Enterprise, Alabama)

Bombers

• Ithaca (Ithaca, New York)

Bonnies

• St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, New York)

Boxers

• Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon)

Braves

• Alcorn State (Lorman, Mississippi)
• Bradley (Peoria, Illinois)
• Chowan (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)
• Goldey-Beacom (Wilmington, Delaware)
• Husson (Bangor, Maine)
• Ottawa (Ottawa, Kansas)
• UNC-Pembroke (Pembroke, North Carolina)

Brewers

• Vassar (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Bridges

• Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)

Britons

• Albion (Albion, Michigan)

Broncbusters

• Garden City (Garden City, Kansas)

Bronchos

• Central Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma)

Broncos

• Boise State (Boise, Idaho)
• Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, California)
• Fayetteville State (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
• Hastings (Hastings, Nebraska)
• Santa Clara (Santa Clara, California)
• SUNY-Delhi (Delhi, New York)
• Western Michigan (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Broncs

• Rider (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)

Bruins

• Bellevue (Bellevue, Nebraska)
• Belmont (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Bob Jones (Greenville, South Carolina)
• George Fox (Newberg, Oregon)
• Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• UCLA (Los Angeles)

Buccaneers

• Barry (Miami Shores, Florida)
• Beloit (Beloit, Wisconsin)
• Charleston Southern (Charleston, South Carolina)
• Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tennessee)
• Dawson Community College (Glendive, Montana)
• East Tennessee State (Johnson City, Tennessee)
• Massachusetts Maritime (Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
• Virgin Islands (Saint Croix, Virgin Islands & St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)
• Wisconsin–Marinette (Marinette, Wisconsin)

Buckeyes

• Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio)

Bucks

• Motlow State (Lynchburg, Tennessee)

Buffaloes

• Arkansas Baptist (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Colorado (Boulder, Colorado)
• Colorado-Denver (Denver, Colorado)
• Milligan (Johnson City, Tennessee)
• West Texas A&M (Canyon, Texas)

Builders

• The Apprentice School (Newport News, Virginia)

Bulldogs

• Adrian (Adrian, Michigan)
• Alabama A&M (Normal, Alabama)
• Barton (Wilson, North Carolina)
• Bowie State (Bowie, Maryland)
• Boyce (Louisville, Kentucky)
• Bryant (Smithfield, Rhode Island)
• Butler (Indianapolis)
• The Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina)
• El Colegio (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)
• Concordia (Nebraska) (Seward, Nebraska)
• Cumberland (Lebanon, Tennessee)
• Dean (Franklin, Massachusetts)
• DeSales (Center Valley, Pennsylvania)
• Drake (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Ferris State (Big Rapids, Michigan)
• Fisk (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Fresno State (Fresno, California)
• Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
• Gonzaga (Spokane, Washington)
• Kettering (Flint, Michigan)
• Knoxville (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• Louisiana Tech (Ruston, Louisiana) (men's teams)
• McPherson (McPherson, Kansas)
• Minnesota-Duluth (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Mississippi State (Starkville, Mississippi)^[4]
• Montana Western (Dillon, Montana)
• Redlands (Redlands, California)
• Samford (Birmingham, Alabama)
• South Carolina State (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
• Southwestern Oklahoma (Weatherford, Oklahoma)
• Springfield (Illinois) (Springfield, Illinois)
• Tennessee Wesleyan (Athens, Tennessee)
• Texas Lutheran (Seguin, Texas)
• Tougaloo (Tougaloo, Mississippi)
• Truman State (Kirksville, Missouri)
• UNC-Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina)
• Union (Kentucky) (Barbourville, Kentucky)
• Union (Tennessee) (Jackson, Tennessee)
• Wilberforce (Wilberforce, Ohio)
• Wingate (Wingate, North Carolina)
• Yale (New Haven, Connecticut)

Bullets

• Gettysburg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Bulls

• Buffalo (Buffalo, New York)
• South Florida (Tampa, Florida)

C

Cadets

• Norwich (Northfield, Vermont)

Caimans

• Hostos Community College (Bronx, New York)

Camels

• Connecticut College (New London, Connecticut)
• Campbell (Buies Creek, North Carolina)

Cannoneers

• Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York)

Capers

• Cape Breton (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Captains

• Christopher Newport (Newport News, Virginia)

Carabins

• Montréal (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Cardinal

• Stanford (Palo Alto, California)

Cardinals

• Ball State (Muncie, Indiana)
• Catholic (Washington, D.C.)
• Concordia (Michigan) (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Gadsden State (Gadsden, Alabama)
• Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas)
• Lamar (Beaumont, Texas)
• Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
• Massachusetts Pharmacy (Boston)
• North Central (Naperville, Illinois)
• Otterbein (Westerville, Ohio)
• Saginaw Valley State (University Center, Michigan)
• St. John Fisher (Rochester, New York)
• St. Mary's (Minnesota) (Winona, Minnesota)
• SUNY-Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, New York)
• Wesleyan (Middletown, Connecticut)
• Wheeling Jesuit (Wheeling, West Virginia)
• William Jewell (Liberty, Missouri)
• York College (Jamaica, New York)

Cascades

• University of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)

Catamounts

• Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
• Western Carolina (Cullowhee, North Carolina)

Cavaliers

• Cabrini (Radnor, Pennsylvania)
• Concordia (Oregon) (Portland, Oregon)
• Johnson County CC (Overland Park, Kansas)
• Montreat (Montreat, North Carolina)
• St. Gregory's (Shawnee, Oklahoma)
• Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
• Walsh (Canton, Ohio)

Celtics

• Carlow (Pittsburgh)

Celts

• St. Thomas (Texas) (Houston, Texas)

Centaurs

• Purdue North Central (Westville, Indiana)

Chanticleers

• Coastal Carolina (Conway, South Carolina)

Chaparrals

• Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, Texas)

Chargers

• Alabama-Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama)
• Atlanta Christian (Atlanta)
• Briar Cliff (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Capitol (Maryland) (Laurel, Maryland)
• Colby-Sawyer (New London, New Hampshire)
• Dominican (Orangeburg, New York)
• Hillsdale (Hillsdale, Michigan)
• Lancaster Bible (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
• New Haven (West Haven, Connecticut)
• University of Wisconsin–Barron County (Rice Lake, Wisconsin)

Chippewas

• Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, Michigan)

Choctaws

• Mississippi College (Clinton, Mississippi)

Citadins

• UQAM (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Claim Jumpers

• Columbia College (Columbia, California)

Clan

• Simon Fraser (Burnaby, British Columbia)
• Cedar Crest (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Clippers

• Concordia (New York) (Bronxville, New York)
• Maine-Machias (Machias, Maine)

Cobbers

• Concordia (Moorhead) (Moorhead, Minnesota)

Cobras

• Coker (Hartsville, South Carolina)
• Virginia Intermont (Bristol, Virginia)

Colonials

• George Washington (Washington, D.C.)
• Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
• Southampton (Southampton, New York)
• Western Connecticut State (Danbury, Connecticut)

Colonels

• Centre (Danville, Kentucky)
• Curry (Milton, Massachusetts)
• Eastern Kentucky (Richmond, Kentucky)
• Nicholls State (Thibodaux, Louisiana)
• Wilkes (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)

Comets

• Mayville State (Mayville, North Dakota)
• Olivet (Olivet, Michigan)
• Pillsbury Baptist (Owatonna, Minnesota) (defunct)
• Texas-Dallas (Dallas)

Commodores

• Gulf Coast (Panama City, Florida)
• Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tennessee)

Continentals

• Hamilton (Clinton, New York)

Conquerors

• Piedmont Baptist (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Conquistadors

• Dodge City (Dodge City, Kansas)
• Pasco-Hernando (New Port Richey, Florida)
• Florida National University (Hialeah, Florida)

Cornhuskers

• Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Corsairs

• UMass Dartmouth (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)
• College of the Redwoods (Eureka, California)

Cotton Blossoms

• Arkansas-Monticello (Monticello, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Cougars

• Averett (Danville, Virginia)
• Azusa Pacific (Azusa, California)
• Barton CC (Great Bend, Kansas)
• BYU (Provo, Utah)
• Caldwell (Caldwell, New Jersey)
• Cal State San Marcos (San Marcos, California)
• Chatham University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Chicago State (Chicago)
• Clark (Worcester, Massachusetts)
• Clinton Community College (Clinton, Iowa)
• College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina)
• Colorado Christian (Lakewood, Colorado)
• Concordia University Chicago (River Forest, Illinois)
• Genesee CC (Genesee, New York)
• Houston (Houston, Texas)
• Kean (Union, New Jersey)
• Kuyper (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Lawson State (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Minnesota Morris (Morris, Minnesota)
• Misericordia (Dallas, Pennsylvania)
• Mount Royal (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
• Mount Vernon Nazarene (Mount Vernon, Ohio)
• Redlands CC (El Reno, Oklahoma)
• Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan)
• Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
• SIU-Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois)
• Spring Arbor (Spring Arbor, Michigan)
• Washington State (Pullman, Washington)
• Kalamazoo Valley (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
• Saint Francis (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Wisconsin–Waukesha (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Cowboys

• McNeese State (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
• Oklahoma State (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
• Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
• Highlands (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
• Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas)

Coyotes

• Cal State San Bernardino
• College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho)
• College of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas, Nevada) (Website)
• Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina, Kansas)
• South Dakota (Vermillion, South Dakota)
• Weatherford College (Weatherford, Texas)

Crimson

• Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Crimson Hawks

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pennsylvania)

Crimson Storm

• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Oklahoma)

Crimson Tide

• Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Crusaders

• Alvernia (Reading, Pennsylvania)
• Belmont Abbey College (Belmont, North Carolina)
• Capital (Columbus, Ohio)
• Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa)
• Evangel University (Springfield, Missouri)
• Great Lakes Christian (Delta Township, Michigan)
• Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts)
• Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, Texas)
• North Greenville University (Tigerville, South Carolina)
• Northwest Nazarene (Nampa, Idaho)
• Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania)
• Valparaiso (Valparaiso, Indiana)
• William Carey University (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

Cyclones

• Iowa State (Ames, Iowa)
• University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley (Menasha, Wisconsin)

D

Deacons

• Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, New Jersey)
• New Hope (Eugene, Oregon)

Defenders

• Dordt (Sioux Center, Iowa)
• Summit (Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania)

Delta Devils

• Mississippi Valley State (Itta Bena, Mississippi; men's teams)

Demon Deacons

• Wake Forest (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Demons

• Northwestern State (Natchitoches, Louisiana)

Devilettes

• Mississippi Valley State (Itta Bena, Mississippi; women's teams)

Devils

• Kinki University (Higashiōsaka, Japan)
• USciences (Philadelphia)

Diplomats

• Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Dinos

• University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Dolphins

• Cal State Channel Islands (Camarillo, California)
• Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida)
• Le Moyne (Syracuse, New York)
• College of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, New York)
• Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Dons

• San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
• Santa Ana (Santa Ana, California)

Dragons

• Drexel (Philadelphia)
• Minnesota State-Moorhead (Moorhead, Minnesota)
• Tiffin University (Tiffin, Ohio)

Drovers

• University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Chickasha, Oklahoma)

Ducks

• Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
• Stevens Tech (Hoboken, New Jersey)

Duhawks

• Loras (Dubuque, Iowa)

Dukes

• Duquesne (Pittsburgh)
• James Madison (Harrisonburg, Virginia)

DustDevils

• TAMI (Laredo, Texas)

Dutch

• Central College (Pella, Iowa)

Dutchmen

• Union College (Schenectady, New York)

E

Eagles

• AIB (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Alabama Southern (Monroeville, Alabama)
• Alice Lloyd (Pippa Passes, Kentucky)
• American (Washington, D.C.)
• Arizona Christian University (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Asbury (Wilmore, Kentucky)
• Ashland (Ashland, Ohio)
• Biola (La Mirada, California)
• Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
• Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, Virginia)
• Carson Newman College (Jefferson City, Tennessee)
• Chadron State (Chadron, Nebraska)
• Coppin State (Baltimore)
• Dayspring (Mundelein, Illinois)
• Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
• Eastern Washington (Cheney, Washington)
• Edgewood College Madison, Wisconsin
• Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, at both the Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona campuses
• Emmaus (Dubuque, Iowa)
• Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Faith Baptist (Ankeny, Iowa)
• Faulkner University (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, Florida)
• Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia)
• Heritage Bible College (Franklin, Indiana)
• Houston Community College (Houston, Texas)
• Juniata (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania)
• Morehead State (Morehead, Kentucky)
• North Carolina Central (Durham, North Carolina)
• North Texas (Denton, Texas)
• Northwest University (Washington) (Kirkland, Washington)
• Oklahoma Christian (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• Pensacola Christian College (Pensacola, Florida)
• Polk State College (Winter Haven, Florida)
• Reinhardt University (Waleska, Georgia)
• Tallahassee Community College (Tallahassee, Florida)
• Trinity Baptist College (Jacksonville, Florida)
• University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
• University of Northwestern – St. Paul (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Victory University (Memphis, Tennessee)
• West Coast Baptist College (Lancaster, California)
• Winthrop (Rock Hill, South Carolina)

Engineers

• MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• RPI (Troy, New York)
• WPI (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Ephs

• Williams (Williamstown, Massachusetts)

Eutectics

• St. Louis College of Pharmacy (St. Louis, Missouri)

Evangels

• Johnson (Knoxville, Tennessee) (Women's Teams)
• Mid-America Christian (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Excalibur

• Trent (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

Explorers

• La Salle (Philadelphia)

Express

• Wells (Aurora, New York)
• Owens Community College (Toledo, Ohio)

F

Falcons

• U.S. Air Force Academy [Air Force] (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Bentley (Waltham, Massachusetts)
• Bowling Green (Bowling Green, Ohio)
• Cedar Crest College (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
• Davis College (Johnson City, New York)
• Daytona State (Daytona Beach, Florida)
• Fairmont State (Fairmont, West Virginia)
• Fitchburg State (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)
• Florida College (Temple Terrace, Florida)
• Messiah College (Grantham, Pennsylvania)
• Seattle Pacific (Seattle, Washington)
• St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Montevallo (Montevallo, Alabama)
• Wisconsin–Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
• Wisconsin–River Falls (River Falls, Wisconsin)

Fighters

• Kwansei Gakuin University (Nishinomiya, Japan)

Fightin' Engineers

• Rose-Hulman (Terre Haute, Indiana)

Fighting Camels

• Campbell (Buies Creek, North Carolina)

Fighting Christians

• Elon (longtime, original mascot)

Fighting Hawks

• North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Fighting Illini

• Illinois (Champaign, Illinois)

Fighting Irish

• Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)

Fighting Knights

• Lynn (Boca Raton, Florida)

Fighting Muskies

• Muskingum (New Concord, Ohio)

Fighting Saints

• Carroll College (Montana) (Helena, Montana)
• St Francis (Joliet, Illinois)

Fighting Scots

• Edinboro (Edinboro, Pennsylvania)
• Gordon (Wenham, Massachusetts)
• Macalester (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, Illinois)
• Monmouth College (Monmouth, Illinois)
• Ohio Valley (Vienna, West Virginia)
• Wooster (Wooster, Ohio)

Fighting Sioux

• North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) Note: In 2012, North Dakota was forced by the NCAA to transition away from the nickname of Fighting Sioux.^[5] They are now known as the Fighting Hawks ^[6]

Fighting Tigers

• Andrew College (Cuthbert, Georgia)

Fire

• Southeastern (Lakeland, Florida)

Fire Ants

• USC-Sumter (Sumter, South Carolina)

Firebirds

• D.C. (Washington, D.C.)

Flames

• Liberty (Lynchburg, Virginia)
• UIC (Chicago)
• Lee (Cleveland, Tennessee)

Flyers

• Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
• Lewis (Romeoville, Illinois)

Flying Dutchmen

• Hope (Holland, Michigan) (women's teams are the Flying Dutch)
• Lebanon Valley (Annville, Pennsylvania)
• Hofstra (Hempstead, New York) (original mascot, they are currently the Pride)

Flying Fleet

• Erskine (Due West, South Carolina)

Fords

• Haverford (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)

Foresters

• Huntington (Huntington, Indiana)
• Lake Forest (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Friars

• Providence (Providence, Rhode Island)

Frogs

• Hampshire (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Fury

• St. Louis CC (Ferguson, Missouri)

G

Gaels

• Iona (New Rochelle, New York)
• Saint Mary's (Moraga, California)

Gaiters

• Bishop's (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada)

Gamecocks

• Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Alabama)
• South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)

Gangsters

• Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)

Gators

• Allegheny (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
• Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
• Houston–Downtown (Houston, Texas)
• San Francisco State (San Francisco, California)
• Pine Manor Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Gauchos

• UC Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
• Glendale CC (Glendale, Arizona)

Geckos

• Gateway Community College (Phoenix, Arizona)

Gee-Gees

• Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Geese

• Gainesville State (Gainesville, Georgia)

Generals

• Washington & Lee (Lexington, Virginia)

Gentlemen

• Centenary (Shreveport, Louisiana) (men's teams only)

Geoducks

• Evergreen State (Olympia, Washington)^[1]

Giants

• Keystone (La Plume, Pennsylvania)

Gila Monsters

• Eastern Arizona (Thatcher, Arizona)

Gladiators

• Chabot (Hayward, California)

Golden Bears

• Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) (men's teams only)
• UC Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
• Concordia University, Saint Paul (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Kutztown (Kutztown, Pennsylvania)
• Western New England (Springfield, Massachusetts)
• West Virginia Tech (Montgomery, West Virginia)
• Miles (Fairfield, Alabama)

Golden Bulls

• Johnson C. Smith (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Golden Eagles

• Cal State Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Charleston (West Virginia) (Charleston, West Virginia)
• Cincinnati Christian (Cincinnati)
• Clarion (Pennsylvania) (Clarion, Pennsylvania)
• College at Brockport: SUNY (Brockport, New York)
• Cornerstone University (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• John Brown University (Siloam Springs, Arkansas)
• La Sierra (Riverside, California)
• Marquette (Milwaukee)
• Minnesota, Crookston (Crookston, Minnesota)
• Oral Roberts (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
• Rock Valley College (Rockford, Illinois)
• Southern Miss (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
• Tennessee Tech (Cookeville, Tennessee)

Golden Flashes

• Kent State (Kent, Ohio)

Golden Flyers

• Nazareth (Pittsford, New York)

Golden Gaels

• Queen's (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Golden Gophers

• Minnesota (Minneapolis) and (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

Grenadiers

• Indiana University Southeast (New Albany, Indiana)

Golden Griffins

• Canisius (Buffalo, New York)

Golden Grizzlies

• Oakland (Rochester, Michigan)

Golden Hawks

• Wilfrid Laurier (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)

Golden Hurricane

• Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Golden Knights

• Clarkson (Potsdam, New York)
• Gannon (Erie, Pennsylvania)
• College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York)

Golden Lions

• Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

Gold Nuggets

• Xavier (New Orleans) Women's teams

Golden Rams

• Albany State University (Albany, Georgia)
• West Chester (West Chester, Pennsylvania)

Gold Rush

• Xavier (New Orleans) Men's teams

Golden Seals

• Sheldon Jackson (defunct) (Sitka, Alaska)

Golden Suns

• Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Golden Tigers

• Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama)

Golden Tornadoes

• Geneva (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)

Gophers

• Goucher College (Towson, Maryland)

Gorillas

• Pittsburg State (Pittsburg, Kansas)

Gorloks

• Webster (St. Louis, Missouri)

Gothic Knights

• New Jersey City (Jersey City, New Jersey)

Governors

• Austin Peay (Clarksville, Tennessee)

Great Danes

• Albany (Albany, New York)

Great Lakers

• SUNY Oswego (Oswego, New York)

Green Knights

• St. Norbert (De Pere, Wisconsin)

Green Terror

• McDaniel (Westminster, Maryland)

Green Wave

• Tulane (New Orleans)

Greyhounds

• Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
• Loyola (Maryland) (Baltimore)
• Assumption College (Worcester, Massachusetts)
• Eastern New Mexico (Portales, New Mexico) (men's team only)
• Moberly (Moberly, Missouri)
• Moravian (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
• Fort Scott (Fort Scott, Kansas)

Griffins

• Seton Hill (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
• Westminster (Utah) (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Gwynedd-Mercy College (Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania)

Griffons

• Missouri Western State University (Saint Joseph, Missouri)

Grizzlies

• Adams State College (Alamosa, Colorado)
• Franklin College (Franklin, Indiana)
• Georgia Gwinnett (Lawrenceville, Georgia)
• Montana (Missoula, Montana)

Gryphons

• Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

Gulls

• Endicott College (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Gusties

• Gustavus Adolphus (St. Peter, Minnesota)

Gyrenes

• Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida)

H

Harriers

• Miami-Hamilton (Hamilton, Ohio)

Hardrockers

• South Dakota Mines (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Harvesters

• Eastfield College (Mesquite, Texas)

Hatters

• Stetson (DeLand, Florida)

Hawkeyes

• Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)

Hawks

• Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
• Heartland CC (Normal, Illinois)
• Hartwick (Oneonta, New York)
• Hillsborough (Tampa, Florida)
• Holy Names (Oakland, California)
• Houston–Clear Lake (Houston, Texas)
• Huntingdon (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne, Maryland)
• Monmouth (West Long Branch, New Jersey)
• Quincy (Quincy, Illinois)
• Rockhurst (Kansas City, Missouri)
• Saint Joseph's (Philadelphia)
• Shorter (Rome, Georgia)
• SUNY New Paltz (New Paltz, New York)
• William Rainey Harper Community College (Palatine, Illinois)
• Evergreen Valley (San Jose, California)

Heat

• UBC Okanagan (Kelowna, British Columbia)

Herons

• William Smith (Geneva, New York)

Highlanders

• MacMurray College (Jacksonville, Illinois)
• McLennan CC (Waco, Texas)
• NJIT (Newark, New Jersey)
• Radford (Radford, Virginia)
• UC Riverside (Riverside, California)

Hillcats

• Rogers State (Claremore, Oklahoma)

Hilltoppers

• West Liberty (West Liberty, West Virginia)
• Western Kentucky (Bowling Green)
• St. Edward's (Austin, Texas)

Hokies

• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg)

Hoosiers

• Indiana (Bloomington, Indiana)

Horned Frogs

• Texas Christian (Fort Worth, Texas)

Hornets

• Alabama State (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Delaware State (Dover, Delaware)
• Emporia State (Emporia, Kansas)
• Fullerton College (Fullerton, California)
• Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
• Sacramento State (Sacramento, California)

Hoyas

• Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Humpback Whales

• Alaska Southeast until sports were eliminated in 1990(Juneau, Alaska)

Hurricanes

• Miami (Florida) (Coral Gables)
• Georgia Southwestern State University (Americus)

Huskies

• Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)
• Connecticut [UConn] (Storrs, Connecticut)
• Houston Baptist (Houston, Texas)
• Michigan Tech (Houghton, Michigan)
• Northeastern (Boston)
• Northern Illinois (DeKalb, Illinois)
• St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minnesota)
• St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
• Washington (Seattle, Washington)
• Southern Maine (Gorham, Maine)
• University of Wisconsin–Marathon County (Wausau, Wisconsin)

Hustlin' Owls

• Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls, Oregon)

I

Ice Dogs

• Assumption (Worcester, Massachusetts) (hockey only)

Ichabods

• Washburn (Topeka, Kansas)

Indians

• Catawba (Salisbury, North Carolina)
• Chipola (Marianna, Florida)

Inferno

• Alverno (Milwaukee)

Ironmen

• Vermilion (Ely, Minnesota)

Islanders

• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

J

Jackrabbits

• South Dakota State (Brookings, South Dakota)

Jaguars

• Augusta (Augusta, Georgia)
• Houston–Victoria (Victoria, Texas)
• IUPUI (Indianapolis)
• South Alabama (Mobile)
• Southern (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
• Spelman College (Atlanta)

Jaspers

• Manhattan (Riverdale, New York)

Javelinas

• Texas A&M-Kingsville (Kingsville, Texas)

Jayhawks

• Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)

Jennies

• Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri) (women's teams only)

Jets

• South Georgia Technical College (Americus, Georgia)

Jimmies

• Jamestown (Jamestown, North Dakota)

Johnnies

• St. John's (Collegeville, Minnesota)

Judges

• Brandeis (Waltham, Massachusetts)

Jumbos

• Tufts (Medford, Massachusetts)/(Somerville, Massachusetts)

K

Kaisers

• Kansai University (Suita, Osaka, Japan)

Kangaroos

• Austin (Sherman, Texas)
• Missouri–Kansas City (Kansas City)
• SUNY-Canton (Canton, New York)

Koalas

• Columbia (Columbia, South Carolina)

Keelhaulers

• California Maritime Academy (Vallejo)

Keydets

• VMI (Lexington, Virginia)

Kingsmen

• Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) — men's teams only

Knights

• Arcadia (Glenside, Pennsylvania)
• Bellarmine (Louisville, Kentucky)
• Berkeley (New York City)
• Calvin (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Carleton (Northfield, Minnesota)
• Central Florida (Orlando, Florida)
• Crossroads (Rochester, Minnesota)
• Fairleigh Dickinson (Teaneck, New Jersey)
• Martin Luther (New Ulm, Minnesota)
• Middle Georgia State College (Macon)
• Neumann University (Aston, Pennsylvania)
• Northwood (Texas) (Cedar Hill, Texas)
• Southern Virginia (Buena Vista)
• SUNY Geneseo (Geneseo, New York)
• Warner Pacific (Portland, Oregon)
• Wartburg (Waverly, Iowa)

Kohawks^[7]

• Coe (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Kougars

• Kishwaukee College (Malta, Illinois)

L

Ladies

• Centenary (Shreveport, Louisiana) (women's teams only)
• Kenyon (Gambier, Ohio) (women's teams only)

Lady Blues

• Bluefield State (Bluefield, West Virginia) (women's teams)
• Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois) (women's teams)

Lady Griz

• Montana (Missoula, Montana) (women's basketball only)

Lady Lions

• Penn State (State College, Pennsylvania) (women's basketball only)

Lady Macs

• Stern College for Women (New York)

Lady Raiders

• Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas) (women's basketball only)

Lady Reds

• Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Lady Techsters

• Louisiana Tech (Ruston, Louisiana) (women's teams)

Lady Tigers

• LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (some women's teams)

Ladyjacks

• Dakota College at Bottineau (Bottineau, North Dakota) (women's teams)
• Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches, Texas) (women's teams)

Lakers

Note: "Laker" can also be a term for a lake freighter, a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade. The two Michigan schools listed here explicitly use maritime imagery in their athletic branding—Grand Valley State's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain, and Lake Superior State's athletic logo prominently features an anchor.

• Grand Valley State (Allendale, Michigan)
• Finger Lakes Community College (Canandaigua, New York)
• Lake Superior State (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
• Mercyhurst (Erie, Pennsylvania)
• Nipissing (North Bay, Ontario, Canada)
• Roosevelt University (Chicago)
• Silver Lake (Manitowoc, Wisconsin)
• SUNY Oswego (Oswego, New York)

Lakehawks

• Lake–Sumter (Leesburg, Florida)

Lancers

• California Baptist (Riverside, California)
• College of Lake County (Grayslake, Illinois)
• Lenoir CC (Kinston, North Carolina)
• Longwood (Farmville, Virginia)
• Mount Marty (Yankton, South Dakota)
• Windsor (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
• Worcester State College (Worcester, Massachusetts)
• Pasadena City College (Pasadena, California)

Larks

• Hesston (Hesston, Kansas)

Lasers

• Lasell (Newton, Massachusetts)

Lazers

• Onondaga CC (Syracuse, New York)

Leathernecks

• Western Illinois (Macomb, Illinois)

Lemmings

• Bryant & Stratton (Cleveland, Ohio)

Leopards

• Lafayette (Easton, Pennsylvania)
• Wentworth (Boston, Massachusetts)

Lightning

• Lehman (The Bronx, New York)

Lions

• Bryan College (Dayton, Tennessee)
• College of New Jersey (Ewing, New Jersey)
• Columbia (New York City)
• Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
• Eastern Nazarene (Quincy, Massachusetts)
• Emmanuel (GA) (Franklin Springs, Georgia)
• Florida Memorial (Miami Gardens, Florida)
• The King's College (New York City)
• Langston (Langston, Oklahoma)
• Lincoln (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
• Lindenwood (Saint Charles, Missouri)
• Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles)
• Missouri Southern State University (Joplin, Missouri)
• Mount St. Joseph University (Delhi Township, Ohio; postal address Cincinnati)
• Multnomah University (Portland, Oregon)
• North Alabama (Florence, Alabama)
• Piedmont (Demorest, Georgia)
• Raritan Valley Community College (Branchburg, New Jersey)
• Saint Leo University (St. Leo, Florida)
• Soka University of America (Aliso Viejo, California)
• Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond, Louisiana)
• Southwestern Assemblies of God (Waxahachie, Texas)
• Texas A&M University-Commerce (Commerce, Texas)
• Trinity Bible College (Ellendale, North Dakota)
• Vanguard (Costa Mesa, California)
• York University (Toronto, Ontario)

See also Red Lions.

Little Giants

• Wabash (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

Little Johns

• Abington (Abington, Pennsylvania)

Llama

• Bard College at Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, Massachusetts)

Lobos

• New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Loggers

• Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington)

Longhorns

• Texas-Austin (Austin, Texas)

Lopers

• Nebraska-Kearney (Kearney, Nebraska)

Lords

• Kenyon (Gambier, Ohio) (men's teams only)

Los Libros

• St. John's College (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Lumberjacks

• Dakota College at Bottineau (Bottineau, North Dakota) (men's teams)
• Humboldt State (Arcata, California)
• Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, Arizona)
• Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches, Texas) (men's teams)

LumberJacks

• Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin) (men's teams only)

LumberJills

• Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin) (women's teams only)

Lutes

• Pacific Lutheran (Tacoma, Washington)

Lynx

• Rhodes (Memphis, Tennessee)
• Lesley (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• Lindenwood (Belleville, Illinois)

Lyons

• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
• Wheaton (Norton, Massachusetts)

M

Maccabees

• Yeshiva (New York)

Magic

• St. Louis CC (Kirkwood, Missouri)

Magicians

• LeMoyne-Owen (Memphis, Tennessee)

Majors

• Millsaps (Jackson, Mississippi)

Manatees

• SCF Manatee (Bradenton, Florida)

Maple Leafs

• Goshen (Goshen, Indiana)

Marauders

• Antelope Valley (Lancaster, California)
• Central State (Wilberforce, Ohio)
• McMaster (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
• Millersville (Millersville, Pennsylvania)
• University of Mary (Bismarck, North Dakota)
• Wisconsin–Marshfield/Wood County (Marshfield, Wisconsin)

Mariners

• Maine Maritime (Castine, Maine)
• Marymount California University (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)
• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, New York)
• Vancouver Island (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)

Marlins

• Virginia Wesleyan (Norfolk, Virginia)

Maroons

• Chicago (Chicago)
• Morningside (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Roanoke (Salem, Virginia)

Maroon Tigers

• Morehouse (Atlanta)

Mastodons

• IPFW (Fort Wayne, Indiana)^[1]

Matadors

• Cal State Northridge (Northridge, California)

Mavericks

• Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction, Colorado)
• Minnesota State (Mankato, Minnesota)
• Ohio State–Mansfield (Mansfield, Ohio)
• Omaha (Omaha, Nebraska)
• Texas-Arlington (Arlington, Texas)

Mean Green

• North Texas (Denton, Texas)

Mechanics

• Williamson (Media, Pennsylvania)

Midshipmen

• U.S. Naval Academy [Navy] (Annapolis, Maryland)

Mighty Macs

• Immaculata (Chester County, Pennsylvania)

Mighty Oaks

• SUNY–ESF, (Syracuse, New York)

Mighty Sabers

• Barber-Scotia (Concord, North Carolina)

Miners

• Missouri S&T (Rolla, Missouri)
• Texas-El Paso (El Paso, Texas)

Minutemen and Minutewomen

• Massachusetts [UMass] (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Missionaries

Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)

Moccasins

• Florida Southern (Lakeland, Florida)

Mocs

• Chattanooga (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Monarchs

• King's (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
• Macomb Community College (Warren, Michigan)
• Methodist (Fayetteville, North Carolina)
• Old Dominion (Norfolk, Virginia)

Monks

• St. Joseph's (Maine) (Standish, Maine)

Moose

• Maine-Augusta (Augusta, Maine)

Moundbuilders

• Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas)

Mountain Cats

• Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)

Mountaineers

• Appalachian State (Boone, North Carolina)
• Berea (Berea, Kentucky)
• Eastern Oklahoma State (Wilburton, Oklahoma)
• Eastern Oregon (La Grande)
• Mount St. Mary's (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
• Southern Vermont (Bennington)
• West Virginia (Morgantown)
• Western State Colorado (Gunnison)

Mountain Hawks

• Lehigh (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Mountain Lions

• Concord (Athens, West Virginia)
• Colorado–Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Mounties

Note: "Mounties" can refer to either the geographic feature or, in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mount Allison's nickname may possibly come from either source; U.S. schools would use the geographic feature.

• Mount Allison (Sackville, New Brunswick)
• Mount Aloysius (Cresson, Pennsylvania)
• Mt. San Antonio (Walnut, California)

Mudcats

• Spoon River (Canton, Illinois)

Mules

• Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri) (men's teams only)
• Colby College (Waterville, Maine)
• Muhlenberg (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Muleriders

• Southern Arkansas (Magnolia, Arkansas)

Musketeers

• Xavier (Cincinnati)

Muskies

• Lakeland College (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
• Muskingum (New Concord, Ohio)

Mustangs

• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, (San Luis Obispo, California)
• Midwestern State, (Wichita Falls, Texas)
• Morningside, (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Southern Methodist (University Park, Texas)
• Southwest Minnesota State (Marshall, Minnesota)
• Stevenson University (Stevenson, Maryland)
• Western Ontario, (London, Ontario)
• Western New Mexico, (Silver City, New Mexico)

Mystics

• Bismarck State College (Bismarck, North Dakota)

N

Nads

• Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, Rhode Island) (ice hockey)

Nanooks

• Alaska-Fairbanks (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Nighthawks

• Newbury (Brookline, Massachusetts)
• North Georgia (Dahlonega, Georgia)
• Thomas (Thomasville, Georgia)

Nittany Lions

• Penn State (multicampus)

Nor'easters

• University of New England (Biddeford, Maine)

Norse

• Luther College (Decorah, Iowa)
• Northern Kentucky (Highland Heights, Kentucky)
• NE Oklahoma A&M (Miami, Oklahoma)

Northern Lights

• Montana State University–Northern (Havre, Montana)

O

Oaks

• Menlo College (Menlo Park, California)

Ocelots

• Schoolcraft College (Garden City, Michigan)

Oilers

• Findlay (Findlay, Ohio)

Fighting Okra

• Delta State (Cleveland, Mississippi) (unofficial)^[1]

Oles

• St. Olaf (Northfield, Minnesota)

Olympians

• San Diego Mesa (San Diego, California)

Orange

• Syracuse (Syracuse, New York)

Orediggers

• Colorado Mines (Golden, Colorado)
• Montana Tech (Butte, Montana)

Ospreys

• North Florida (Jacksonville, Florida)
• Richard Stockton (Galloway, New Jersey)

Otters

• Cal State Monterey Bay (Marina/Seaside, California)

Owls

• Bryn Mawr (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)
• Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton, Florida)
• Keene State (Keene, New Hampshire)
• Kennesaw State (Kennesaw, Georgia)
• Maine–Presque Isle (Presque Isle, Maine)
• Southern Connecticut State (New Haven, Connecticut)
• Temple (Philadelphia)
• Rice (Houston)
• Warren Wilson (Asheville, North Carolina)
• Westfield State (Westfield, Massachusetts)

P

Pacers

• Marywood (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
• USC-Aiken (Aiken, South Carolina)
• William Peace (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Paladins

• Furman (Greenville, South Carolina)
• Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, Ontario)

Pandas

• Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) (women's teams only)

Panthers

• Adelphi (Hempstead, New York)
• Albany Pharmacy (Albany, New York)
• Birmingham-Southern (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Chaffey (Rancho Cucamonga, California)
• Chapman (Orange, California)
• Clark-Atlanta (Atlanta)
• Claflin (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
• Drury (Springfield, Missouri)
• Eastern Illinois (Charleston, Illinois)
• Ferrum (Ferrum, Virginia)
• Florida International (University Park, Florida)
• Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Florida)
• Georgia State (Atlanta)
• Greenville College (Greenville, Illinois)
• High Point (High Point, North Carolina)
• Kentucky Wesleyan (Owensboro, Kentucky)
• LaGrange College (LaGrange, Georgia)
• Middlebury (Middlebury, Vermont)
• Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
• Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
• Ohio Dominican (Columbus, Ohio)
• Pitt (Pittsburgh)
• Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
• Plymouth State (Plymouth, New Hampshire)
• Prairie View (Prairie View, Texas)
• Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)
• Purchase (Purchase, New York)
• Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan)
• South Florida State (Avon Park, Florida)
• Virginia Union (Richmond, Virginia)

Parsons

• Snead State (Boaz, Alabama)

Patriotes

• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières, Québec)

Patriots

• Arlington Baptist (Arlington, Texas)
• College of Central Florida (Ocala, Florida)
• Cumberlands (Williamsburg, Kentucky)
• Dallas Baptist (Dallas)
• Francis Marion (Florence, South Carolina)
• George Mason (Fairfax, Virginia)
• Morthland (West Frankfort, Illinois)
• Texas-Tyler (Tyler, Texas)

Peacocks and Peahens

• Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, New Jersey)
• Upper Iowa University (Fayette, Iowa)

Penguins

• Clark College (Vancouver, Washington)
• Dominican University of California (San Rafael, California)
• Youngstown State (Youngstown, Ohio)

Penmen

• Southern New Hampshire (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Phoenix

• Elon (Elon, North Carolina)
• Green Bay (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
• Olin (Needham, Massachusetts)
• Swarthmore (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)

Pilots

Maritime

• Portland (Portland, Oregon)
• LSU-Shreveport (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Aeronautics

• Providence Seminary (Otterburne, Manitoba)

Pioneers

• Alfred State (Alfred, New York)
• Cal State East Bay (Hayward, California)
• Carroll (Waukesha, Wisconsin)
• Crowley's Ridge (Paragould, Arkansas)
• Denver (Denver, Colorado)
• Glenville State (Glenville, West Virginia)
• Grinnell (Grinnell, Iowa)
• Indian River (Fort Pierce, Florida)
• Lewis & Clark (Portland, Oregon)
• LIU Post (Brookville, New York)
• Malone (Canton, Ohio)
• Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio)
• MidAmerica Nazarene (Olathe, Kansas)
• Pacific Union College (Angwin, California)
• Sacred Heart (Fairfield, Connecticut)
• Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts)
• Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
• Transylvania (Lexington, Kentucky)
• Tusculum (Greenevillle, Tennessee)
• Utica College (Utica, New York)
• Wayland Baptist (Plainview, Texas) (all teams except women's basketball)
• William Paterson (Wayne, New Jersey)
• Wisconsin–Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

Pipers

• Hamline (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Lyon College (Batesville, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Pirates

• Armstrong State (Savannah, Georgia)
• Chattahoochee Valley (Phenix City, Alabama)
• East Carolina (Greenville, North Carolina)
• Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
• Pensacola (Pensacola, Florida)
• Seton Hall (South Orange, New Jersey)
• Southwestern (Georgetown, Texas)
• Whitworth (Spokane, Washington)

Platypi

• St. John's College (Annapolis, Maryland) (unofficial)

Poets

• Whittier (Whittier, California)^[1]

Pointers

• Wisconsin–Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)

Polar Bears

• Bowdoin (Brunswick, Maine)
• Ohio Northern (Ada, Ohio)

Pomeroys

• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana)

Ponies

• Panola College (Carthage, Texas)

Prairie Fire

• Knox (Galesburg, Illinois)

Prairie Wolves

• Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Prairie Stars

• Illinois–Springfield (Springfield, Illinois)

Preachers

• Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, Missouri) (men's teams only)
• Johnson (Knoxville, Tennessee) (men's teams only)

Presidents

• Washington & Jefferson (Washington, Pennsylvania)

Pride

• Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• Hofstra (Hempstead, New York)
• Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts)
• Widener (Chester, Pennsylvania)

Privateers

• New Orleans (New Orleans)
• SUNY Maritime (Throggs Neck, New York)

Profs

• Rowan (Glassboro, New Jersey)

Pronghorns

• Lethbridge (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Pumas

• St. Joseph's (Indiana) (Rensselaer, Indiana)
• Paradise Valley CC (Phoenix, Arizona)
• National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City)

Purple Aces

• Evansville (Evansville, Indiana)

Purple Eagles

• Niagara (Lewiston, New York)

Purple Knights

• Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Purple Raiders

• Mount Union (Alliance, Ohio)

Q

Quakers

• Earlham (Richmond, Indiana)
• Guilford (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• Penn (Philadelphia)
• Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

R

Racers

• Murray State (Murray, Kentucky)

Radicals

• Antioch (Yellow Springs, Ohio)

Ragin' Cajuns

• Louisiana-Lafayette (Lafayette, Louisiana)

Raiders

• Colgate (Hamilton, New York)
• Franklin (Columbus, Ohio)
• MSOE (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Northwest Florida (Niceville, Florida)
• Rose State (Midwest City, Oklahoma)
• Seminole (Sanford, Florida)
• Shippensburg (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania)
• Southern Oregon (Ashland, Oregon)
• Wright State (Dayton, Ohio)

Railsplitters

• Lincoln Memorial (Harrogate, Tennessee)

Rainbow Wahine

• Hawaiʻi (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) (all women's teams)^[1]

Rainbow Warriors

• Hawaiʻi (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) (all men's teams since 2013–14)^[8]

Ramblers

• Loyola Chicago (Chicago)

Rams

• Angelo State (San Angelo, Texas) (women's' teams are called Rambelles)
• Colorado State (Fort Collins, Colorado)
• Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
• Fordham (New York City)
• Framingham State (Framingham, Massachusetts)
• Huston Tillotson (Austin, Texas)
• Mobile (Mobile, Alabama)
• North Central (Minneapolis)
• Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan) (football only)
• Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)
• Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario)
• Shepherd (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
• Virginia Commonwealth (Richmond, Virginia)
• Winston-Salem State (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Rangers

• Kilgore (Kilgore, Texas)
• Regis University (Denver, Colorado)
• Wisconsin–Parkside (Somers, Wisconsin)
• Olympic College (Bremerton, Washington)

Rattlers

• Florida A&M (Tallahassee, Florida)
• St. Mary's (San Antonio, Texas
• Wisconsin–Rock County (Janesville, Wisconsin)

Ravens

• Anderson (Anderson, Indiana)
• Benedictine (Atchison, Kansas)
• Carleton (Ottawa, Ontario)
• Kobe University (Kobe, Japan)

Razorbacks

• Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Rebels

• UNLV (Paradise, Nevada)
• Mississippi [Ole Miss] (Oxford, Mississippi)

Redbirds

• Illinois State (Normal, Illinois)

Red Barons

• Corning Community College (Corning, New York

Red Devils

• Allen CC (Iola, Kansas)
• Dickinson (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

Red Dragons

• SUNY Cortland (Cortland, New York)
• SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, New York)

Red Flash

• Saint Francis (PA) (Loretto, Pennsylvania)

Red Foxes

• Marist (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Red Hawks and variants

• Martin Methodist (Pulaski, Tennessee) – RedHawks
• Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) – RedHawks
• Montclair State (Montclair, New Jersey) – Red Hawks
• Ripon (Ripon, Wisconsin) – Red Hawks
• Seattle (Seattle, Washington) – Redhawks
• Simpson (Redding, California) – Red Hawks
• Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau) – Redhawks

Red Lions

• Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, Illinois)

Red Men

• Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Redmen

• McGill University (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Red Raiders

• Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa)
• Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas)

Red Ravens

• Coffeyville (Coffeyville, Kansas)

Red Storm and variants

• St. John's (Jamaica, New York) – Red Storm
• Rio Grande (Rio Grande, Ohio) – RedStorm
• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Oklahoma) – Red Storm

Reddies and Lady Reddies

• Henderson State (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)

Red Wolves

• Arkansas State (Jonesboro)
• Indiana University East (Richmond)

Regals

• Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) — women's teams only

Regents

• Rockford (Rockford, Illinois)

Reivers

• Iowa Western (Council Bluffs)

Renegades

• Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)

Retrievers

• Maryland–Baltimore County [UMBC] (Catonsville, Maryland)

Ridgebacks

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario)

Riverbats

• Austin Community College (Austin, Texas)

River Hawks

• UMass–Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts)

Riverhawks

• Northeastern State (Tahlequah, Oklahoma)
• West Virginia–Parkersburg (Parkersburg, West Virginia)

Roadrunners

• Angelina (Lufkin, Texas)
• Cal State Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)
• Dalton State (Dalton, Georgia)
• Delaware Technical Community College (Georgetown, Delaware)
• Metro State (Denver, Colorado)
• Ramapo (Mahwah, New Jersey)
• Texas–San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas)
• State Fair (Sedalia, Missouri)
• Wisconsin–Richland (Richland, Wisconsin)

The Rock

• Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)

They were the Rockets but are now the Pride

Rockets

• Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)

Rouge et Or (Red and Gold)

• Laval (Québec City, Québec)

Roughnecks

• Findlay (Findlay, Ohio) (wrestling only)

Rough Riders

• Yavapai (Prescott, Arizona)

Royals

• Bethel (Arden Hills, Minnesota)
• Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
• Hope International (Fullerton, California)
• Johnson (Kissimmee, Florida)
• Lake Region State College (Devils Lake, North Dakota)
• Scranton (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
• Warner University (Lake Wales, Florida)

Runnin' Rebels

• UNLV (Paradise, Nevada) (men's basketball only)

Runnin' Bulldogs

• Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, North Carolina)

Running Eagles

• Life (Marietta, Georgia)

Rustlers

• Central Wyoming College (Riverton, Wyoming)

S

Sabercats

• Maranatha Baptist (Watertown, Wisconsin)

Sagehens

• Pomona-Pitzer, a joint team of two of the Claremont Colleges (Claremont, California):
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College

Sailfish

• Palm Beach Atlantic (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Saints

• Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Ashford (San Diego, California)
• Flagler (St. Augustine, Florida)
• Marymount (Arlington, Virginia)
• Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio, Texas)
• Presentation (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
• Saint Lawrence University (Canton, New York)
• Saint Martin's (Lacey, Washington)
• Santa Fe (Gainesville, Florida)
• St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Siena (Loudonville, New York)
• Thomas More (Crestview Hills, Kentucky)

Salukis, Saluqis

• Southern Illinois (Carbondale, Illinois) Salukis
• SW Tennessee (Memphis, Tennessee) Saluqis

Samsons

• Gogebic Community College (Ironwood, Michigan)

Sand Sharks

• USC–Beaufort (Beaufort, South Carolina)

Sasquatch

• Community Colleges of Spokane (Spokane, Washington)

Savage Storm

• Southeastern Oklahoma (Durant, Oklahoma)

Saxons

• Alfred (Alfred, New York)

Scarlet Knights

• Rutgers (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Scarlet Raiders

• Rutgers–Newark (Newark, New Jersey)

Scarlet Raptors

• Rutgers–Camden (Camden, New Jersey)

Scarlet Wave

• Ohio State–Marion (Marion, Ohio)

Scots

• Alma (Alma, Michigan)
• Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
• Edinboro (Edinboro, Pennsylvania)
• Lyon (Batesville, Arkansas) (men's teams only)
• Macalester (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Maryville (Maryville, Tennessee)
• Presbyterian (Clinton, South Carolina)^[1]
• Wooster (Wooster, Ohio)

Scotties

• Highland (Highland, Kansas)

Scorpions

• UT-Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas)

Scottish Terriers

• Agnes Scott (Decatur, Georgia)

Screaming Eagles

• Southern Indiana (Evansville, Indiana)

Sea Aggies

• Texas A&M University-Galveston (Galveston, Texas)

Sea Beggars

• Providence Christian College (Pasadena, California)

Sea Devils

• Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Sea Warriors

• Hawaiʻi Pacific (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)

Seagulls

• Salisbury (Salisbury, Maryland)

Sea-Hawks

• Memorial (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Seahawks

• Broward College (Davie, Florida)
• Northwood (West Palm Beach, Florida)
• St. Mary's (St. Mary's City, Maryland)
• Salve Regina (Newport, Rhode Island)
• UNC-Wilmington (Wilmington, North Carolina)
• Wagner (Staten Island, New York)

Seahorse

• Ryukoku University (Kyoto, Japan)

Sea Lions

• Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego, California)

Seasiders

• BYU-Hawaiʻi (Laie, Hawaiʻi)

Seawolves

• Alaska-Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska)
• Sonoma State (Rohnert Park, California)
• Stony Brook (Stony Brook, New York)

Seminoles

• Florida State (Tallahassee, Florida)

Senators

• AUM (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Davis & Elkins (Elkins, West Virginia)

Sentinels

• North Florida Community College (Madison, Florida)

Setters

• Pace (New York

Sharks

• Miami Dade (Miami, Florida)
• Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
• Simmons College (Boston)

Landmark College, Vermont

Shock

• Washington Adventist University (Takoma Park, Maryland)

Shockers

• Wichita State (Wichita, Kansas)

Shoremen

• Washington College (Chestertown, Maryland)

Silverswords

• Chaminade (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)

Skipjacks

• Chesapeake College (Wye Mills, Maryland)

Skippers

• St. Clair County Community College (Port Huron, Michigan)

Skyhawks

• Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado)
• Point University (West Point, Georgia)
• Tennessee-Martin (Martin, Tennessee)
• Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)

Skylanders

• Sussex County Community College (Newton, New Jersey)

Skylights

• Montana State University-Northern (Havre, Montana)

Soldiers

• Saint Louis Christian (St. Louis, Missouri)

Sooners

• Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)

Spartans

• Case Western Reserve (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Castleton State College (Castleton, Vermont)
• Francis Howell Central High School (Saint Charles, Missouri)
• Michigan State (East Lansing, Michigan)
• Norfolk State (Norfolk, Virginia)
• North Carolina–Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, New York)
• San Jose State (San Jose, California)
• South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
• Tampa (Tampa, Florida)
• Trinity Western University (Langley, British Columbia)
• York College of Pennsylvania (Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania)

Spiders

• Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)^[1]

Spires

• Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Spirits

• Salem College (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• University of Wisconsin–Baraboo/Sauk County (Baraboo, Wisconsin)

Squirrels

• Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, Virginia)^[1]
• Union (Richmond, Virginia)

Stags

• Men's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges (Claremont, California):
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Scripps College (women only)
• Women's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps are the Athenas
• Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Stallions

• Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Tifton, Georgia)

Stars

• Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• Stephens (Columbia, Missouri)

Statesmen

• Delta State (Cleveland, Mississippi)
• Hobart (Geneva, New York)
• William Penn (Oskaloosa, Iowa)

Steels

• Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, New York)

Steers

• Texas College (Tyler, Texas)

Stingers

• Concordia (Montreal)

Storm

• Crown (St. Bonifacius, Minnesota)
• Simpson (Indianola, Iowa)

Stormy Petrels

• Oglethorpe University (Atlanta)

Student Princes

• Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio)

Sugar Bears

• Central Arkansas (Conway, Arkansas) women's teams.

Sunbirds

• Fresno Pacific University (Fresno, California)

Suns

• Cedar Valley College Lancaster, Texas

Sun Chiefs

• Faulkner State (Gulf Shores, Alabama)

Sun Devils

• Arizona State (Tempe, Arizona)

Surge

• Cincinnati State Technical & Community College (Cincinnati)

Swamp Foxes

• Waycross College (Waycross, Georgia)

Sycamores

• Indiana State (Terre Haute, Indiana)

T

Tar Heels

• North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

Tars

• Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida)

Tartans

• Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh)
• Sinclair Community College (Dayton, Ohio)

Tartars

• Compton College (Compton, California)

Terrapins

• Maryland (College Park, Maryland)

Terrible Swedes

• Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas)

Terriers

• Boston University (Boston)
• Hiram (Hiram, Ohio)
• St. Francis (NY) (Brooklyn Heights, New York)
• Thomas (Waterville, Maine)
• Wofford (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

Tetons

• Williston State College (Williston, North Dakota)

Texans and Texanns

• Tarleton State (Stephenville, Texas)

Thoroughbreds and variants

• Kentucky State (Frankfort, Kentucky) – Thorobreds (men) and Thorobrettes (women)
• Murray State (Murray, Kentucky) (baseball only) – Thoroughbreds
• Skidmore (Saratoga Springs, New York) – Thoroughbreds

Thunder

• Colorado State University–Pueblo (Pueblo, Colorado)
• Lake Erie College (Painesville, Ohio)
• Lakehead (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)
• Trine (Angola, Indiana)
• Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois)

Thunderbirds

• Casper College (Casper, Wyoming)
• Cloud County Community College (Concordia, Kansas)
• New Mexico Junior College (Hobbs, New Mexico)
• Southern Utah (Cedar City, Utah)
• UBC (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• United Tribes Technical College (Bismarck, North Dakota)

Thunderducks

• Richland College (Dallas, Texas)^[9]

Thunderhawks

• Miami University Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)

Thundering Herd

• Marshall (Huntington, West Virginia)

Thundering Legion Lions

• Momoyama Gakuin University (Izumi, Osaka, Japan)

Thunder Wolves and variants

• Colorado State–Pueblo (Pueblo, Colorado) – ThunderWolves
• Lakehead (Thunder Bay, Ontario) – Thunderwolves

Tigers

• Auburn (Auburn, Alabama)
• Campbellsville University (Campbellsville, Kentucky)
• Clemson (Clemson, South Carolina)
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• DePauw (Greencastle, Indiana)
• Doane (Crete, Nebraska)
• East Central (Ada, Oklahoma)
• East Texas Baptist (Marshall, Texas)
• Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, Florida)
• Fort Hays State (Hays, Kansas)
• Georgetown (Georgetown, Kentucky)
• Grambling State (Grambling, Louisiana)
• Hampden-Sydney (Hampden Sydney, Virginia)
• Hiwassee (Madisonville, Tennessee)
• Jackson State (Jackson, Mississippi)
• LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (all men's teams and some women's teams)
• Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee)
• Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
• Occidental (Los Angeles)
• Olivet (Bourbonnais, Illinois)
• Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)
• Pacific (Stockton, California)
• Princeton (Princeton, New Jersey)
• Riverside Community College (Riverside, California)
• Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
• Saint Paul's (Lawrenceville, Virginia)
• Salem International (Salem, West Virginia)
• Savannah State (Savannah, Georgia)
• Sewanee (Sewanee, Tennessee)
• Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
• Tennessee State (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Texas Southern (Houston, Texas)
• Towson (Towson, Maryland)
• Trinity (Florida) (New Port Richey, Florida)^[10]
• Trinity (San Antonio, Texas)
• Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama)
• West Alabama (Livingston, Alabama)
• Wittenberg (Springfield, Ohio)

Timberwolves

• Northwood (Midland, Michigan)
• University of Northern British Columbia (Prince George, British Columbia)

Titans

• Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton, California)
• Detroit (Detroit)
• Eastern Florida (Melbourne, Florida)
• Indiana University South Bend) (South Bend, Indiana)
• Lane Community College (Eugene, Oregon)
• Ohio State Newark (Newark, Ohio)
• St Pete (St. Petersburg, Florida)
• Westminster (New Wilmington, Pennsylvania)
• Wisconsin–Oshkosh (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)

Tomcats

• Thiel College (Greenville, Pennsylvania)

Tommies

• St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• St. Thomas (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

Toppers

• Blue Mountain College (Blue Mountain, Mississippi)

Toreros

• San Diego (San Diego, California)

Tornado

• King (Bristol, Tennessee)

Tornadoes

• Talladega College (Talladega, Alabama)

Concordia University- Austin (Austin,Texas)

Toros

• Cal State Dominguez Hills

Tracers

• Ohio University-Zanesville (Zanesville, Ohio)

Trailblazers

• Atlanta Metropolitan (Atlanta)
• Dixie State (St. George, Utah)
• Vincennes (Vincennes, Indiana)

Trappers

• Northwest College (Powell, Wyoming)

Tribe

• William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)

Tribunes

• Monroe Community College (Rochester, New York)

Tritons

• Eckerd (St. Petersburg, Florida)
• UC San Diego (San Diego, California)
• Missouri-St. Louis (St. Louis County, Missouri)

Trojans

• Anderson University (Anderson, South Carolina)
• Central Alabama (Alexander City, Alabama)
• Little Rock (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Mount Olive College (Mount Olive, North Carolina)
• Seminole State (Seminole, Oklahoma)
• Southern California (Los Angeles)
• Taylor (Upland, Indiana)
• Trinity International (Deerfield, Illinois)
• Troy (Troy, Alabama)
• Virginia State (Petersburg, Virginia)

Trolls

• Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)

Tuks and Tukkies

• University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)

Twins

• Columbia-Greene Community College (Hudson, New York)

U

Urban Knights

• Academy of Art (San Francisco, California)

Utes

• Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)

V

V-Hawks

• Viterbo (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

Valiants

• Manhattanville College (Purchase, New York)

Valkyries

• Converse (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

Vandals

• Idaho (Moscow, Idaho)

Vaqueros

• Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, California)
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Rio Grande Valley, Texas)
• Glendale Community College (Glendale, California)

Varsity Blues

• University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

Varsity Reds

• University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

Vert et Or (Green and Gold)

• Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke/Longueuil, Quebec)

Vikes

• University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia)

Vikings

• Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois)
• Augustana University (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
• Bethany Lutheran (Mankato, Minnesota)
• Berry (Mount Berry, Georgia)
• BYU Idaho (Rexburg, Idaho)
• Cleveland State (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, California)
• Elizabeth City State (Elizabeth City, North Carolina)
• Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Lawrence (Appleton, Wisconsin)
• Long Beach City College (Long Beach, California)
• Portland State (Portland, Oregon)
• St. Johns River (Palatka, Florida)
• Valley City State (Valley City, North Dakota)
• Western Washington University (Bellingham, Washington)

Vixens

• Sweet Briar (Sweet Briar, Virginia)

Violets

• NYU (New York City)

Volunteers

• Logan (Carterville, Illinois)
• Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Voyageurs

• Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario)

Vulcans

• Hawaiʻi-Hilo (Hilo, Hawaiʻi)
• California University of Pennsylvania (California, Pennsylvania)

W

Warhawks

• Auburn-Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Calhoun Community College (Decatur, Alabama)
• Jefferson Davis (Brewton, Alabama)
• Louisiana-Monroe (Monroe, Louisiana)
• Wisconsin–Whitewater (Whitewater, Wisconsin)

Warriors

• Cal State–Stanislaus (Turlock, California)
• Corban (Salem, Oregon)
• Eastern Connecticut State (Willimantic, Connecticut)
• East Stroudsburg (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
• Hendrix (Conway, Arkansas)
• Indiana Tech (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Lewis-Clark State (Lewiston, Idaho)
• Lycoming (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
• Merrimack (North Andover, Massachusetts)
• Midland (Fremont, Nebraska)
• Vaughn (Flushing, New York)
• Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario)
• Wayne State (Detroit)
• Webber International (Babson Park, Florida)
• William Jessup (Rocklin, California)
• Winona State (Winona, Minnesota)
• Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Wasps

• Emory and Henry (Emory, Virginia)

Waves

• Pepperdine (Malibu, California)^[1]

Webbies

• Webb Institute (Glen Cove, New York)

Wesmen

• Winnipeg (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Westerners

• Western Texas College (Snyder, Texas)

White Mules

• Colby (Waterville, Maine)

Wildcats

• Abilene Christian (Abilene, Texas)
• Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
• Baker (Baldwin City, Kansas)
• Bethel (McKenzie, Tennessee)
• Bethune-Cookman (Daytona, Florida)
• Bishop State (Mobile, Alabama)
• Cazenovia College (Cazenovia, New York)
• Chico State (Chico, California)
• Central Washington (Ellensburg, Washington)
• Culver-Stockton College (Canton, Missouri)
• Davidson (Davidson, North Carolina)
• Daemen College (Amherst, New York)
• Fort Valley (Fort Valley, Georgia)
• Indiana Wesleyan (Marion, Indiana)
• Johnson & Wales University (multicampus)
• Kansas State (Manhattan, Kansas)
• Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky)
• Linfield College (McMinnville, Oregon)
• New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire)
• North Dakota State College of Science (Wahpeton, North Dakota)
• Northern Michigan (Marquette, Michigan)
• Northwestern (Evanston/Chicago)
• Penn College (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
• Portland Bible College (Portland, Oregon)
• Randolph College (Lynchburg, Virginia)
• St. Catherine (St. Paul/Minneapolis)
• SUNY Institute of Technology (Utica, New York)
• Villanova (Villanova, Pennsylvania)
• Wayne State College (Wayne, Nebraska)
• Weber State (Ogden, Utah)
• Wilmington University (New Castle, Delaware)
• Wisconsin–Washington County (West Bend, Wisconsin)

Wolf Pack and variants

• Loyola New Orleans (New Orleans) – Wolfpack
• Nevada (Reno, Nevada) – Wolf Pack
• North Carolina State (Raleigh, North Carolina) – Wolfpack
• Thompson Rivers (Kamloops, British Columbia) – WolfPack
• Keuka College, New York (Keuka Park, New York) = Wolfpack

Wolverines

• Grove City College (Grove City, Pennsylvania)
• Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Utah Valley (Orem, Utah)
• Wesley College (Delaware) (Dover, Delaware)

Wolves

• Newberry College (Newberry, South Carolina)
• Northern State University (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
• Western Oregon University (Monmouth, Oregon)
• University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Georgia)

Wombats

• University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)

Women of Troy

• USC (women's teams only; used interchangeably with men's nickname of Trojans)

Wonder Boys

• Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas)

Wood Ducks

• Century (White Bear Lake, Minnesota)

Wyverns

Quinsigamond (Worcester MA)

X

X-Men and X-Women

• St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia)

Y

Yellow Jackets

• American International (Springfield, Massachusetts)
• Baldwin–Wallace (Berea, Ohio)
• Black Hills State University (Spearfish, South Dakota)
• Cedarville (Cedarville, Ohio)
• Defiance College (Defiance, Ohio)
• Georgia Tech (Atlanta)
• Graceland (Lamoni, Iowa)
• Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Texas)
• LeTourneau (Longview, Texas)
• Randolph-Macon (Ashland, Virginia)
• Rochester (Rochester, New York)
• Waynesburg (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania)
• West Virginia State (Institute, West Virginia)
• Wisconsin–Superior (Superior, Wisconsin)

Yotes

• College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho)

Yeomen

• Oberlin (Oberlin, Ohio)

Z

Zias

• Eastern New Mexico (Portales, New Mexico) (women's teams only)

Zips

• Akron (Akron, Ohio)^[11]

See also

• List of college team nicknames in the United States
• List of college sports teams in the United States with different nicknames for men's and women's teams
• List of college mascots in the United States
• Native American mascot controversy
• Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

References

1. "Animal, Vegetable, Mascot", New York Times, November 2, 2008
2. "NJCAA". NJCAA. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
3. http://www.boilermakers.org/resources/what_is_a_boilermaker/purdue_boilermakers
4. http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=926236
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