The following is a sports team nicknames for colleges (universities in non-U.S. English) in North America, primarily in the United States and Canada.
These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under, grouped by a general theme before dividing into specific nicknames. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots.
Animals
- Austin CC (Austin, TX) – Riverbats
- Bard Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, MA) – Llamas
- Nevada State (Henderson, NV) – Scorpions
- Pittsburg State (Pittsburg, KS) – Gorillas
- Richmond (Richmond, VA) – Spiders
- South Dakota State (Brookings) – Jackrabbits
- Tufts (Medford, MA & Somerville, MA) – Jumbos
- UC Irvine (Irvine) – Anteaters
- UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz) – Banana Slugs
- Yakima Valley (Yakima, WA) – Yaks
Aardvarks
Amphibians/Reptiles (larger category)
- Eastern Arizona (Thatcher) – Gila Monsters
- Florida Keys (Key West) – Tugas
- Hostos CC (The Bronx) – Caimans
- Maryland (College Park) – Terrapins
- Nayarit (Tepic) – Reptiles
- Spoon River (Canton, IL) – Snappers
- Truckee Meadows CC (Reno, NV) – Lizards
Frogs
Gators
- Allegheny (Meadville, PA)
- Brazosport (Lake Jackson, TX)
- Eastern Gateway CC (Steubenville, OH & Youngstown, OH)
- Florida (Gainesville)
- Green River (Auburn, WA)
- Horry-Georgetown Tech (Conway, SC)
- Houston-Downtown (Houston)
- Notre Dame Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
- Russell Sage (Albany, NY & Troy, NY)
- San Francisco State (San Francisco)[lower-alpha 1]
- Virginia Peninsula CC (Hampton, VA & Williamsburg, VA)
Geckos
Antelopes
"Antelope" is a common term in North American English for the pronghorn, which is only distantly related to the true antelopes. All schools listed here derive their nicknames from the pronghorn.
- Gillette (Gillette, WY) – Pronghorns
- Grand Canyon (Phoenix, AZ) – Lopes
- Lamar CC (Lamar, CO) – Runnin' Lopes
- Nebraska-Kearney (Kearney, NE) – Lopers
- ULethbridge (Lethbridge, AB) – Pronghorns
Armadillos
Badgers
Bearcats
- Baruch (Manhattan)
- Binghamton (Vestal, NY)
- Brescia (Owensboro, KY)
- Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
- Columbia Bible (Abbotsford, BC)
- Lander (Greenwood, SC)
- McKendree (Lebanon, IL)
- Northwest Missouri State (Maryville)
- Rust (Holly Springs, MS)
- Saint Vincent (Latrobe, PA)
- Sam Houston (Huntsville, TX) – Bearkats
- Southwest Baptist (Bolivar, MO)
- Willamette (Salem, OR)
Bears (larger category)
- Athens State, (Athens, AL)
- Barclay (Haviland, KS)
- Barnard (New York City)
- Baton Rouge CC (Baton Rouge)
- Baylor (Waco, TX)
- Bevill State CC (Sumiton, AL)
- Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NJ)
- Blue Ridge CC (Flat Rock, NC & Brevard, NC)
- Bridgewater State (Bridgewater, MA)
- Brookhaven (Farmers Branch, TX)
- Brown (Providence, RI)
- Central Arkansas (Conway) – Bears and Sugar Bears
- Coast Guard (New London, CT)
- Columbia (BC) (Vancouver)
- Des Moines Area CC (multicampus)
- Golden State Baptist (Santa Clara, CA)
- Harcum (Bryn Mawr, PA)
- Lenoir–Rhyne (Hickory, NC)
- Livingstone (Salisbury, NC)
- L.A. City (East Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA) – Cubs
- Mercer (Macon, GA)
- Missouri State (Springfield, MO)
- Morgan State (Baltimore, MD)
- Mott CC (Flint, MI)
- Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
- Northeast State CC (Blountville, TN)
- NYIT (Old Westbury, NY)
- Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
- Pikeville (Pikeville, KY)
- Rocky Mountain (Billings, MT)
- Saint Joseph's (NY) (Brooklyn &Patchogue, NY))
- Santa Rosa Junior (Santa Rosa, CA) – Bear Cubs
- Shaw (Raleigh, NC)
- Shawnee State (Portsmouth, OH)
- Southwest Mississippi CC (Summit, MS)
- SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)
- Truett McConnell (Cleveland, GA)
- UAlberta (Edmonton) – Pandas
- UC San Francisco (San Francisco)
- Ursinus (Collegeville, PA)
- Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis)
Black Bears
Bruins
Golden Bears
- California (Berkeley)
- Clinton (Rock Hill, SC)
- Concordia University (MN) (Saint Paul, MN)
- Kutztown (Kutztown, PA)
- Miles (Fairfield, AL)
- UAlberta (Edmonton) (men's teams only)
- Western New England (Springfield, MA)
- WVU Tech (Beckley, WV)
Grizzlies
Kodiaks
Polar Bears
- Bowdoin (Brunswick, ME)
- Crown (St. Bonifacius, MN)-Polars
- Ohio Northern (Ada, OH)
Big Cats (larger category excluding Lions and Tigers)
Bobcats
- Bates (Lewiston, ME)
- Brandon (Brandon, MB)
- Bryant & Stratton (Syracuse, NY and Buffalo, NY)
- Burman (Lacombe, AB)
- Central Oregon CC (Bend, OR)
- East Georgia State (Swainsboro, GA)
- Frostburg State (Frostburg, MD)
- Georgia College (Milledgeville, GA)
- Georgia Northwestern Tech (multicampus)
- Haywood CC (Clyde, NC)
- Jones County Junior (Ellisville, MS)
- Lees–McRae (Banner Elk, NC)
- Montana State (Bozeman, MT)
- Ohio (Athens, OH)
- Ozarks (Point Lookout, MO)
- Paul Smith's (Paul Smiths, New York)
- Peru State (Peru, NE)
- Quinnipiac (Hamden, CT)
- St. Thomas (FL) (Miami)
- Texas State (San Marcos, TX)
- UC Merced (Merced, CA)
- Pitt–Greensburg (Greensburg, PA)
- West Virginia Wesleyan (Buckhannon, WV)
Catamounts
Cougars
- Alameda (Alameda, CA)
- Assiniboine CC (Brandon, MB)
- Augusta Tech (Augusta, GA)
- Averett (Danville, VA)
- Azusa Pacific (Azusa, CA)
- Barton CC (Great Bend, KS)
- Brigham Young (Provo, UT)
- Caldwell (Caldwell, NJ)
- Cal State San Marcos (San Marcos, CA)
- Camden County (Blackwood, NJ)
- Central Carolina CC (multicampus)
- Canyons (Santa Clarita, CA)
- Chatham (Pittsburgh)
- Chicago State (Chicago)
- Clackamas CC (Oregon City, OR)
- Clark University (Worcester, MA)
- Cleveland State CC (Cleveland, TN)
- Clinton CC (NY) (Plattsburgh, NY)
- Coastal Bend (Beeville, TX)
- Coastal Carolina CC (Jacksonville, NC)
- College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)
- Collin (McKinney, TX)
- Colorado Christian (Lakewood, CO)
- Columbia (MO) (Columbia, MO)
- Columbus State CC (Columbus, OH)
- Columbus State (Columbus, GA)
- Concordia Chicago (River Forest, IL)
- Cuesta (San Luis Obispo, CA)
- Frederick CC (Frederick, MD)
- Genesee CC (Genesee, New York)
- Highland CC (Freeport, IL)
- Holyoke CC (Holyoke, MA)
- Houston (Houston)
- Illinois Central (East Peoria)
- IU Kokomo (Kokomo, IN)
- Kalamazoo Valley CC (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Kean (Union, NJ)
- Kishwaukee (Malta, IL) – Kougars
- Kuyper (Grand Rapids)
- Lassen CC (Susanville, CA)
- L.A. Southwest (Los Angeles, CA)
- Lawson State CC (Birmingham, AL)
- Lehigh Carbon CC (Schnecksville, PA)
- Manchester CC (CT) (Manchester, CT)
- Medgar Evers (Brooklyn)
- Minnesota–Morris (Morris, MN)
- Misericordia (Dallas, PA)
- Mount Royal (Calgary)
- Mount Vernon Nazarene (Mount Vernon, OH)
- Pitt-Johnstown (Johnstown, PA) – Mountain Cats
- Redlands CC (El Reno, OK)
- Regina (Regina, SK) (all sports except football)
- Saint Francis (IN) (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Saint Xavier (Chicago, IL)
- Sault (Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
- South Mountain CC (Phoenix, AZ)
- Southern Illinois–Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
- Spring Arbor (Spring Arbor, MI)
- St. Charles CC (Cottleville, MO)
- Taft (Taft, CA)
- UW–Waukesha (Waukesha, WI)
- Washington State (Pullman, WA)
- Western Nebraska CC (Scottsbluff, NE)
- Wilkes CC (Wilkesboro, NC)
Jaguars
- Augusta (Augusta, GA)
- Danville Area CC (Danville, IL)
- Governors State (University Park, IL)
- Houston-Victoria (Victoria, TX)
- IUPUI (Indianapolis)
- Johnson (PA) (Scranton, PA)
- Johnston CC (Smithfield, NC)
- Nashua CC (Nashua, NH)
- Noreste (Tampico)
- Regiomontana (Monterrey)
- San Jose City (San Jose, CA)
- South Alabama (Mobile)
- Southern (Baton Rouge)
- Southwestern (CA) (Chula Vista, CA)
- Spelman (Atlanta)
- Texas A&M–San Antonio (San Antonio)
- Williamson (Franklin, TN)
Leopards
Lynx
Mountain Lions
Panthers
- Adelphi (Hempstead, NY)
- Albany Pharmacy/Health (Albany, NY)
- Baltimore City CC (Baltimore)
- Birmingham–Southern (Birmingham, AL)
- Canadore (North Bay, ON)
- Chaffey (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
- Chapman (Orange, CA)
- Chihuahua Tech (Chihuahua, Mexico) – Panteras
- Clark Atlanta (Atlanta)
- Claflin (Orangeburg, SC)
- Davenport (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Denmark Tech (Denmark, SC)
- Drury (Springfield, MO)
- Eastern Illinois (Charleston, IL)
- Ellsworth (Iowa Falls, IA)
- Ferrum (Ferrum, VA)
- FIU (University Park, FL)
- Florida Tech (Melbourne, FL)
- Georgia State (Atlanta)
- Greenville (Greenville, IL)
- Hanover (Hanover, IN)
- Hartnell (Salinas, CA)
- High Point (High Point, NC)
- Kentucky Wesleyan (Owensboro, KY)
- LaGrange (LaGrange, GA)
- Manhattan CC (Manhattan, NYC, NY)
- Mérici (Quebec City) – Panthéres
- Middlebury (Middlebury, VT)
- Metropolitan Autonomous (Mexico City) – Black Panthers
- Morton (Cicero, IL)
- Neosho County CC (Chanute, KS)
- Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA)
- Ohio Dominican (Columbus, OH)
- Olive-Harvey (Chicago)
- Passaic County CC (Paterson, NJ)
- Palm Beach State (Palm Beach, FL)
- Pellissippi State CC (Hardin Valley, Tennessee)
- Philander Smith (Little Rock, AR)
- Piedmont Virginia CC (Charlottesville, VA)
- Pillar (Newark, NJ)
- Pitt (Pittsburgh)
- Pitt-Bradford (Bradford, PA)
- Plymouth State (Plymouth, NH)
- Portland CC (Portland, OR)
- Prairie View A&M (Prairie View, TX)
- Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, PEI)
- Principia (Elsah, IL)
- Pueblo CC (eSports only) (Pueblo, CO)
- Richmond CC (Hamlet, NC)
- Sacramento City (Sacramento, CA)
- SUNY Old Westbury (Old Westbury, NY)
- SUNY Purchase (Purchase, NY)
- South Florida State (Avon Park, FL)
- Tompkins Cortland CC (Dryden, New York)
- UW-Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
- Virginia Union (Richmond, VA)
- York (NE) (York, NE)
Pumas
- Arapahoe CC (no teams) (multicampus)
- National Autonomous Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Paradise Valley CC (Phoenix, AZ)
Wildcats
Many of these schools have a bobcat as a mascot. "Wildcat" is a common name for that animal in North American English.
- Abilene Christian (Abilene, TX)
- Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
- Baker (Baldwin City, KS)
- Bay Path (Longmeadow, MA)
- Bethel (TN) (McKenzie, TN)
- Bethune-Cookman (Daytona, FL)
- Bishop State CC (Mobile, AL)
- CC Allegheny County (Allegheny County, PA)
- Chico State (Chico, CA)
- Central Washington (Ellensburg, WA)
- Culver–Stockton (Canton, MO)
- Davidson (Davidson, NC)
- Daemen (Amherst, NY)
- Emmanuel Bible (Kitchener, ON)
- Fort Valley State (Fort Valley, GA)
- Indiana Wesleyan (Marion, IN)
- Johnson & Wales (multicampus)
- Kansas State (Manhattan, KS)
- Kentucky (Lexington)
- Linfield (McMinnville, OR)
- Louisiana Christian (Pineville, LA)
- New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
- North Dakota Science (Wahpeton, ND)
- Northern Michigan (Marquette, MI)
- Northwest Vista (San Antonio)
- Northwestern (Evanston, IL/Chicago)
- Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech (Orangeburg, SC)
- Pennsylvania Tech (Williamsport, PA)
- Pearl River CC (Poplarville, MS)
- Portland Bible (Portland, OR)
- Randolph (Lynchburg, VA) – WildCats
- St. Catherine (St. Paul/Minneapolis)
- SUNY Poly (Utica, NY)
- Villanova (Villanova, PA)
- Wayne County CC (multicampus)
- Wayne State (NE) (Wayne, NE)
- Weber State (Ogden, UT)
- West L.A. (Culver City, CA)
- Western Nevada (Carson City, NV)
- Wiley (Marshall, TX)
- Wilmington University (New Castle, DE)
- UW–Washington County (West Bend, WI)
Birds (larger category, excluding Eagles and Hawks)
- Antonio Narro Agrarian (Saltillo, Mexico)- Vultures
- Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes)
- Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) – Mocs[lower-alpha 2]
- Colima (Colima City) – Parrots
- Delaware (Newark, DE) – Blue Hens
- Everglades (multicampus) – Egrets
- Fresno Pacific (Fresno, CA) – Sunbirds
- Hesston (Hesston, KS) – Larks
- Intercontinental (Mexico City) – Wild Swans
- Jackson State CC (TN) (Jackson, TN) – Green Jays
- Oglethorpe (Atlanta) – Stormy Petrels
- Pomona-Pitzer (joint team) – Sagehens
- Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (San Juan, Puerto Rico) – Gallitos & Jerezanas
- Quintana Roo (Chetumal) – Toucans
- SUNY Empire (Saratoga Springs, NY) – Bluebirds
- Treasure Valley CC (Ontario, OR) – Chukars
- United Tribes Tech (Bismarck, ND) – T-Birds
- West Virginia Northern CC (Wheeling, WV) – Thundering Chickens
Bantams
Blue Jays
Bluejays
Cardinals
- Andrews (Berrien Springs, MI)
- Ball State (Muncee, IN)
- Concordia (MI) (Ann Arbor, MI)
- CUA (Washington, D.C.)
- Gadsden State CC (Gadsden, AL)
- Hibbing CC (Hibbing, MN)
- Illinois State (Normal, IL) (Redbirds)
- Incarnate Word (San Antonio)
- Labette CC (Parsons, KS)
- Lamar (Beaumont, TX)
- Louisville (Louisville, KY)
- Massachusetts Pharmacy/Health (Boston)
- McGill (Montreal) – Redbirds
- Mineral Area (Park Hills, MO)
- North Central College (Naperville, IL)
- North ID (Coeur D'Alene, ID)
- Otterbein (Westerville, OH)
- Saginaw Valley State (University Center, MI)
- Saint Mary's Minnesota (Winona, MN)
- Skagit Valley (Mount Vernon, WA)
- St. John Fisher (Rochester, NY)
- SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY)
- Trinity Valley CC (Athens, TX)
- Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
- Wheeling (Wheeling, WV)
- William Jewell (Liberty, Missouri)
- CUNY York (Jamaica, Queens)
Chaparrals
Condors
Ducks
- Century (White Bear Lake, MN) – Wood Ducks
- Mainland (Texas City, TX) – Fighting Ducks
- Oregon (Eugene, OR)
- Richland (Dallas) – Thunderducks
- SUNY Schenectady (Schenectady, NY)
- Stevens (Hoboken, NJ)
Falcons
- Air Force (Colorado Springs, CO)
- Albertus Magnus (New Haven, CT)
- Bentley (Waltham, MA)
- Berkshire CC (Pittsfield, MA)
- Bowling Green (Bowling Green, OH)
- Cedar Crest (Allentown, PA)
- Cerritos (Norwalk, CA)
- Concordia Wisconsin (Mequon, WI)
- Davis (Johnson City, NY)
- Daytona State (Daytona Beach, FL)
- Dutchess CC (Poughkeepsie, NY)
- East Central College (Union, MO)
- Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls, ID)
- Fairmont State (Fairmont, WV)
- Fanshawe (London, ON)
- Felician (Lodi, NJ & Rutherford, NJ)
- Fisher (Boston)
- Fitchburg State (Fitchburg, MA)
- Florida College (Temple Terrace, FL)
- Folsom Lake (Folsom, CA)
- Friends (Wichita, KS)
- Kansas Christian (Overland Park, KS)
- Lackawanna (Scranton, PA)
- Langara (Vancouver, BC)
- Lone Star-CyFair (Cypress, TX)
- Messiah (Grantham, PA)
- Montevallo (Montevallo, AL)
- Northern Maine CC (Presque Isle, ME)
- Notre Dame College (South Euclid, OH)
- Pfeiffer (Misenheimer, NC)
- St. Augustine's (Raleigh, NC)
- Seattle Pacific (Seattle)
- Southeastern Illinois (Harrisburg, IL)
- Simmons Kentucky (Louisville)
- Solano CC (Fairfield, CA)
- Truman (Chicago)
- UT Permian Basin (Odessa, TX)
- UW-Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac, WI)
- UW-River Falls (River Falls, WI)
- Veracruzana (Veracruz)
- West Hills Coalinga (Coalinga, CA)
Gamecocks
Gulls
- Endicott (Beverly, MA)
- Rappahannock CC (Glenns, Virginia & Warsaw, VA)
- Salisbury (Salisbury, MD) – Seagulls
Herons
- Estado de Hidalgo (Pachuca) – Silver Herons
- Great Bay CC (Portsmouth, NH)
- Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala City)
- William Smith (Geneva, NY)
Ospreys
- North Florida (Jacksonville)
- Rogue CC (multicampus)
- Stockton (Galloway, NJ)
Owls
- Athens Tech (Athens, GA)
- Autónoma Guadalajara (Guadalajara)
- Bryn Mawr (Bryn Mawr, PA)
- Citrus (Glendora, CA)
- Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton)
- Foothill (Los Altos Hills, CA)
- Harford CC (Bel Air, MD) – Fighting Owls
- Hawai'i-West O'ahu (Kapolei, HI)
- Keene State (Keene, NH)
- Kennesaw State (Kennesaw, GA)
- Kenyon (Gambier, OH)
- Maine-Presque Isle (Presque Isle, ME)
- Middlesex CC (Lowell, MA & Bedford, MA)
- Nash CC (Rocky Mount, NC)
- Northern Alberta Tech (Edmonton, AB) – Ooks
- Oconee Fall Line Tech (Sandersville, GA & Dublin, GA)
- Oregon Tech (Klamath Falls, OR) – Hustlin' Owls
- Otis Art/Design (Westchester, Los Angeles, California)
- Prince George's CC (Largo, MD)
- Puerto Rico-Humacao (Humacao, Puerto Rico) – Búhos and Búhas
- Rice (Houston, TX)
- Southern Connecticut (New Haven, CT)
- Temple University (Philadelphia)
- Union County (Union County, NJ)
- Warren Wilson (Asheville, NC)
- Westfield State (Westfield, MA)
- William Woods (Fulton, MO)
Peacocks
Pelicans
Penguins
Raptors
- Bard (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
- Montgomery (Montgomery County, MD)
- Rutgers–Camden (Camden, NJ) – Scarlet Raptors
Ravens
Roadrunners
- Angelina (Lufkin, TX)
- Butte (Oroville, CA)
- Cal State Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
- Crafton Hills (Yucaipa, CA)
- Dalton State (Dalton, GA)
- Desert (Palm Desert, CA)
- Delaware Tech CC-Georgetown (Georgetown, DE)
- Intercultural Sinaloa (Municipality of El Fuerte) – Chureas
- Linn-Benton CC (Albany, OR)
- Metro State (Denver)
- Morgan CC (Fort Morgan, CO)
- Northcentral (multicampus) (no athletics)
- Ramapo (Mahwah, NJ)
- Rio Hondo (Whittier, CA)
- Rowan-Gloucester (Sewell, NJ)
- Southwestern Michigan (Dowagiac, MI)
- State Fair CC (Sedalia, MO)
- Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria) – Correcaminos
- UTSA (San Antonio, TX)
- UW–Richland (Richland, WI)
Bison
- Bethany (WV) (Bethany, WV)
- Bucknell (Lewisburg, PA)
- Gallaudet (Washington, D.C.)
- Harding (Searcy, AR)
- Howard (Washington, D.C.)
- Lipscomb (Nashville, TN)
- Manitoba (Winnipeg)
- Marshall (Huntington, WV) – Thundering Herd; the mascot is a student in a bison costume.
- Nichols (Dudley, MA)
- North Dakota State (Fargo, ND)
- Oklahoma Baptist (Shawnee, OK)
- Southern Union State CC (Wadley, AL)
- Wayne CC (Goldsboro, NC)
Buffaloes
- Arkansas Baptist (Little Rock, AR)
- Colorado (Boulder)
- Milligan (Johnson City, TN)
- Nebraska Indian CC (multicampus)
- West Texas A&M (Canyon, TX)
Camels
- Campbell (Buies Creek, NC) – Fighting Camels
- Connecticut College (New London, CT)
Cats (larger category, excluding Big Cats)
- Anna Maria (Paxton, MA) – AMCats
- Central New Mexico CC (Albuquerque, NM)
- Erie CC (Williamsville, NY) – Kats
- Maranatha Baptist (Watertown, WI) – Sabercats
- Rogers State (Claremore, OK) – Hillcats
- Schoolcraft (Livonia, MI) – Ocelots
- Thiel (Greenville, PA) – Tomcats
Cows (larger category)
- Cal State Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA) – Toros
- Clovis CC (Fresno, CA) – Crush
- L.A. Pierce (Woodland Hills, CA) – Brahmas
- Mesalands CC (Tucumcari, NM) – Stampede
- Texas (Austin) – Longhorns
- Texas College (Tyler, TX) – Steers
Bulls
- Chapingo (Texcoco, Mexico) – Wild Bulls
- Johnson C. Smith (Charlotte, NC) – Golden Bulls
- Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
- South Florida (Tampa)
- Touro (multicampus)
Mavericks
- Colorado Mesa (Grand Junction, CO)
- Lone Star-Montgomery (The Woodlands, TX)
- Mercy (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
- Midlands Tech (multicampus)
- Minnesota State (Mankato)
- Mitchell CC (Statesville, NC)
- Mitchell Tech (Mitchell, SD)
- Ohio State–Mansfield (Mansfield, OH)
- Northwest Kansas Tech (Goodland, KS)
- Omaha (Omaha, NE)
- UT Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Coyotes
- Cal State San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA)
- Cerro Coso CC (Ridgecrest, CA)
- Chandler-Gilbert CC (Chandler, AZ)
- College of Idaho (Caldwell, ID) – Yotes
- Cuyamaca (Rancho San Diego, CA)
- Kansas Wesleyan (Salina, KS)
- La Cité (Ottawa)
- Lake Tahoe CC (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
- Okanagan (Kelowna)
- South Dakota (Vermillion, SD)
- Southern Nevada (Las Vegas)
- Weatherford (Weatherford, TX)
Deer
Bucks
Stags
- Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd (joint men's teams)
- Fairfield (Fairfield, CT)
Dogs (larger category)
- Albany (Albany, NY) – Great Danes
- Great Plains (multicampus) – SunDogs
- John Jay (New York City) – Bloodhounds
- UMBC (Catonsville, MD) – Retrievers
- UOIT (Oshawa, ON) – Ridgebacks
- Pace (New York City) – Setters
- Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC) – Border Collies
- UW-Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI) – Pointers
Bulldogs
- Adrian (Adrian, MI)
- Alabama A&M (Normal, AL)
- Allan Hancock (Santa Maria, CA)
- Barton (Wilson, NC)
- Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA)
- Bergen CC (Bergen County, NJ)
- Bowie State (Bowie, MD)
- Boyce (Louisville, KY)
- Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
- Bryant (Smithfield, RI)
- Bunker Hill CC (Boston, MA)
- Butler (Indianapolis)
- The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
- Clarendon (Clarendon, TX)
- Concordia (NE) (Seward, NE)
- Daley (Chicago)
- Dean (Franklin, MA)
- DeSales (Center Valley, PA)
- Drake (Des Moines)
- Ferris State (Big Rapids, MI)
- Fisk (Nashville, TN)
- Fresno State (Fresno, CA)
- Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, NC) – Runnin' Bulldogs
- Georgia (Athens, GA)
- Gonzaga (Spokane, WA)
- Holmes CC (multicampus)
- Jarvis Christian (Hawkins, TX)
- Kettering (Flint, MI)
- Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
- Louisiana Tech (Ruston, LA) (men's teams)
- McPherson (McPherson, KS)
- Minnesota–Duluth (Duluth, MN)
- Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (Perkinston, MS)
- Mississippi State (near Starkville, postal address of MS State)[1]
- Montana-Western (Dillon, MT)
- Navarro (Corsicana, TX)
- Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)
- Redlands (Redlands, CA)
- Samford (Homewood, AL)
- San Mateo (San Mateo, CA)
- South Carolina State (Orangeburg, SC)
- South Suburban (South Holland, IL)
- Southwestern Oklahoma State (Weatherford, OK)
- Springfield (IL) (Springfield, IL)
- Tennessee Wesleyan (Athens, TN)
- Texarkana (Texarkana, TX)
- Texas Lutheran (Seguin, TX)
- Thaddeus Stevens (Lancaster, PA)
- Tougaloo (Tougaloo, MS)
- Truman State (Kirksville, MO)
- UNC Asheville (Asheville, NC)
- Union (KY) (Barbourville, KY)
- Union (TN) (Jackson, TN)
- Wilberforce (Wilberforce, OH)
- Wingate (Wingate, NC)
- Yale (New Haven, CT)
Greyhounds
Huskies
- Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg, PA)
- East L.A. (Monterey Park, CA)
- George Brown (Toronto)
- Houston Christian (Houston)
- Keyano (Fort McMurray, AB)
- Michigan Tech (Houghton, MI)
- Monroe County CC (Monroe Charter Township, MI & Temperance, MI)
- Northeastern (Boston)
- Northern Illinois (DeKalb, IL)
- St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, MN)
- St. Mary's (NS) (Halifax, NS)
- Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
- Southern Maine (Gorham, ME)
- UConn (Storrs, CT)
- UW–Marathon County (Wausau, WI)
- Washington (Seattle)
Saints
Salukis
Scotties
Terriers
- Boston University (Boston)
- Hiram (Hiram, OH)
- St. Francis College (Downtown Brooklyn) – no athletic program from 2023
- Thomas College (Waterville, ME)
- Wofford (Spartanburg, SC)
Eagles (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
- Alice Lloyd (Pippa Passes, KY)
- American (Washington, DC)
- American National (multicampus)
- Asbury (Wilmore, KY)
- Ashland (Ashland, OH)
- Avila (Kansas City, MO)
- Bay Ridge Christian (Fort Bend County, TX)
- Benedictine University (Lisle, IL)
- Biola (La Mirada, CA)
- Bladen CC (Dublin, NC)
- Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
- Bridgewater (Bridgewater, VA)
- Carson–Newman (Jefferson City, TN)
- Central Methodist (Fayette, MO)
- Central Texas (Killeen, TX)
- Chadron State (Chadron, NE)
- Clark State (Springfield, OH)
- Coastal Alabama CC (Monroeville, AL)
- Colorado Mountain (multicampus)
- Concordia Irvine (Irvine, CA)
- Coppin State (Baltimore)
- Drake State CC/Tech (Huntsville, AL) – Blue Eagles
- Dyersburg State CC (Dyersburg, TN)
- Eastern (St. Davids, Pennsylvania)
- Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti, MI)
- Eastern Washington (Cheney, WA)
- Edgewood (Madison, WI)
- Elmira (Elmira, NY) – Soaring Eagles
- Embry-Riddle (multicampus)
- Emmaus Bible (Dubuque, IA)
- Emory (Atlanta)
- Faith Baptist (Ankeny, IA)
- Faulkner (Montgomery, AL)
- Florida Baptist (Graceville, FL)
- Florida Gulf Coast (Fort Myers)
- Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale)
- Georgia Southern (Statesboro, GA)
- Hinds CC (Raymond, MS)
- Houston CC (Houston)
- Illinois Valley CC (Oglesby, IL)
- Judson (Elgin, IL & Rockford, IL)
- Juniata (Huntingdon, PA)
- King's (AB) (Edmonton, AB)
- Kirkwood CC (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Kwantlen Poly (multicampus)
- Laney (Oakland, CA)
- L.A. Mission (Los Angeles, CA)
- Life (Marietta, GA) – Running Eagles
- Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA)
- Mendocino (Ukiah, CA)
- Meridian CC (Meridian, MS)
- Midway (Midway, KY)
- Moncton (Moncton) – Aigles Bleu (Blue Eagles)
- Morehead State (Morehead, KY)
- Mt. San Jacinto (Riverside County, CA)
- Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)
- North Carolina Central (Durham, NC)
- Northeast Texas CC (Mount Pleasant, TX)
- Northeast Wisconsin Tech (Green Bay, WI)
- Northern New Mexico (Española, NM)
- Northwest Arkansas CC (Bentonville, AR)
- Northwest University (Kirkland, WA)
- Northwestern–St. Paul (Saint Paul, MN)
- Oklahoma Christian (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Oklahoma Wesleyan (Bartlesville, OK)
- Ozarks Tech CC (Springfield, MO)
- Pensacola Christian (Pensacola, FL)
- Polk State (Winter Haven, FL)
- Post (Waterbury, CT)
- Reinhardt (Waleska, GA)
- Richard Bland (Prince George, VA)
- Rockingham CC (Wentworth, NC)
- Saint Elizabeth (Morris Township, NJ & Florham Park, NJ)
- Scott CC (Riverdale, IA)
- Siskiyous (Weed, CA)
- Saskatchewan Indian Tech (Saskatoon)
- Southwestern Christian University (Bethany, OK)
- Stanly CC (Locust, NC)
- State Tech Missouri (Linn, MO)
- Tallahassee CC (Tallahassee, FL)
- Texas A&M-Texarkana (Texarkana, TX)
- Toronto-Mississauga (Mississauga, ON)
- Trinity Baptist (Jacksonville, FL)
- United States Sports Academy (Daphne, AL)
- University of the Ozarks (Clarksville, AR)
- Victory (Memphis, TN)
- Wake Tech CC (Raleigh, NC)
- West Coast Baptist (Lancaster, CA)
- Western Idaho (Nampa, ID)
- Williams Baptist (Walnut Ridge, AR)
- Winthrop (Rock Hill, SC)
- Woodland CC (Woodland, CA)
Águilas
- España (Durango City)
- Estado de Puebla (Puebla City)
- Guerrero (Chilpancingo de los Bravo)
- Sinaloa (Culiacán)
- Tecnológica México (multicampus)
Bald Eagles
Golden Eagles
- Cal State Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
- Chattahoochee Tech (Marietta, GA)
- (Colorado State-Global (Aurora, CO)
- Cornerstone (Grand Rapids)
- Feather River (Quincy, CA)
- John Brown (Siloam Springs, AR)
- Kent State (Kent, OH) – Golden Flashes
- La Sierra (Riverside, CA)
- Laramie County CC (Cheyenne, WY)
- Marquette (Milwaukee)
- Minnesota–Crookston (Crookston, MN)
- Northeastern Illinois (Chicago)
- Oral Roberts (Tulsa, OK)
- PennWest Clarion (Clarion, PA)
- Rock Valley (Rockford, IL)
- Southern Idaho (Twin Falls, ID)
- Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
- Spalding (Louisville, KY)
- St. Joseph's (Long Island) (Patchogue, NY)
- SUNY Brockport (Brockport, NY)
- Tennessee Tech (Cookeville)
- University of Charleston (Charleston)
- Utah State-Eastern (Price, UT)
- UW-La Crosse (La Crosse, WI)
- Warren County CC (Washington, NJ)
- Washington County CC (Calais, ME)
- West Hills Lemoore (Lemoore, CA)
- White Mountains CC (multicampus)
Screaming Eagles
Foxes
- Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (multicampus) – Zorros
- Fox Valley Tech (Appleton, WI)
- Kentucky CC/Tech System (multicampus)
- Sweet Briar (Sweet Briar, Virginia) – Vixen
- West Shore CC (Scottville, MI)
Red Foxes
Hawks (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
- Bristol CC (Fall River, MA) – Bayhawks
- CC Denver (Denver) – CityHawks
- Coe (Cedar Rapids, IA) – Kohawks
- Columbia Basin (Pasco, WA)
- Cosumnes River (Sacramento, CA)
- Delaware Tech CC-Terry (Dover, DE)
- Dickinson State (Dickinson, ND) – Blue Hawks
- Evergreen Valley (San Jose, CA)
- Hartford (Hartford, CT)
- Hagerstown CC (Hagerstown, MD)
- Harper (Palatine, IL)
- Harrisburg Area CC (Harrisburg, PA)
- Hartwick (Oneonta, NY)
- Hawkeye CC (Waterloo, IA) – Red-tailed Hawks
- Heartland CC (Normal, IL)
- Hilbert (Hamburg, NY)
- Hillsborough CC (Tampa, FL)
- Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI)
- Hocking (Nelsonville, OH)
- Housatonic CC (Bridgeport, CT)
- Houston-Clear Lake (Houston)
- Howard (Big Spring, TX)
- Humber (Toronto)
- Hunter (Manhattan)
- Huntingdon (Montgomery, AL)
- Illinois Tech (Chicago)
- IUP (Indiana, PA) – Crimson Hawks
- Lake–Sumter State (Leesburg, FL) – Lakehawks
- Lake Superior (Duluth, MN) – IceHawks
- Las Positas (Livermore, CA)
- Lehigh (Bethlehem, PA) – Mountain Hawks
- Loras (Dubuque, IA) – Duhawks
- Malcolm X (Chicago)
- Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne, MD)
- Miami-Hamilton (Hamilton, OH) – Harriers
- Mohawk Valley CC (Utica, NY)
- Monmouth University (West Long Branch, NJ)
- North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND) – Fighting Hawks
- Northeast CC (Norfolk, NE)
- Oaxaca Tech (Oaxaca) – Halcónes
- Puerto Rico-Utuado (Utuado, Puerto Rico) – Guaraguaos
- Quincy (Quincy, IL)
- Roanoke-Chowan CC (Ahoskie, NC)
- Rockhurst (Kansas City, MO)
- Rockland CC (Suffern, NY)
- Roger Williams (Bristol, RI)
- Saint Anselm (Goffstown, NH)
- Saint Joseph's (PA) (Philadelphia)
- San Diego Christian (Santee, CA)
- Santiago Canyon (Orange, CA)
- Shorter College (North Little Rock, AR)
- Shorter University (Rome, GA)
- Southeastern CC (IA) (Burlington, IA & Keokuk, IA)
- South Georgia State (Douglas, GA & Waycross, GA)
- Southern Maryland (multicampus)
- SUNY New Paltz (New Paltz, NY)
- Tri-County Tech (Pendleton, SC)
- Viterbo (La Crosse, WI) – V-Hawks
- UT Southern (Pulaski, TN) – FireHawks
- Wilfrid Laurier (Waterloo, ON) – Golden Hawks
- York County CC (Wells, ME)
Jayhawks
Nighthawks
Red Hawks
- Benedictine Mesa (Mesa, AZ)
- Catawba Valley CC (Hickory, NC)
- Gateway Tech (multicampus)
- LaGuardia CC (Long Island City, NY)
- La Roche (McCandless Township, PA)
- Lake Michigan (Benton Township, MI)
- Miami University (Oxford, OH) – RedHawks
- Montclair State (Montclair, NJ)
- Ripon (Ripon, WI)
- Roberts Wesleyan (Rochester, NY) – Redhawks
- Seattle (Seattle) – Redhawks
- Simpson University (Redding, CA)
- Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau, MO) – Redhawks
River Hawks
Riverhawks
- Anne Arundel CC (Arnold, MD)
- Northeastern State (Tahlequah, OK) – RiverHawks
- Umpqua CC (Roseburg, OR)
- WVU-Parkersburg (Parkersburg, WV)
Seahawks
- Broward (Davie, FL)
- Cabrillo (Aptos, CA)
- Cecil (Bay View, Maryland)
- Keiser (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Lamar State-Port Arthur (Port Arthur, TX)
- L.A. Harbor (Wilmington, CA)
- St. Mary's Maryland (St. Mary's City, MD)
- Salve Regina (Newport, RI)
- UNC Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)
- Wagner (Staten Island)
- Memorial Newfoundland (St. John's, NL) – Sea-Hawks
Skyhawks
Thunderhawks
Warhawks
Horses/Mules (larger category)
- Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (Hope, AR & Texarkana, AR) – Iron Horse
- Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO) – Jennies and Mules
- Colby (Waterville, ME) – White Mules
- Muhlenberg (Allentown, PA) – Mules
- Murray State (Murray, KY) – Racers[lower-alpha 3]
- uOttawa (Ottawa) – Gee-Gees
- Polytechnic Mexico (Mexico City) – Burros Blancos
Broncos
- Boise State (Boise, ID)
- Bronx CC (The Bronx)
- Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, CA)
- Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK) – Bronchos
- Fayetteville State (Fayetteville, NC)
- Hastings (Hastings, NE)
- Olds (Olds, AB)
- Rider (Lawrenceville, NJ) – Broncs
- Santa Clara (Santa Clara, CA)
- SUNY Delhi (Delhi, NY)
- Western MI (Kalamazoo, MI)
Colts
- Cañada (Redwood City, CA)
- Centennial (Toronto)
- Cossatot CC (De Queen, AR)
- Middlesex (Edison, NJ)
- SUNY Orange (Middletown, NY)
Mustangs
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, (San Luis Obispo, CA)
- Central Baptist (Conway, AR) – Mustangs and Lady Mustangs
- Central Maine CC (Auburn, ME)
- Los Medanos (Pittsburg, CA)
- Master's (Santa Clarita, CA)
- Midwestern State, (Wichita Falls, TX)
- Monroe (New York City)
- Montgomery County CC (Blue Bell, PA)
- Morningside, (Sioux City, IA)
- Mount Mercy, (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Norco (Norco, CA)
- Northeast Alabama CC (Rainsville, AL)
- San Joaquin Delta (Stockton, CA)
- Sisseton Wahpeton (Sisseton, SD)
- Southern Methodist (University Park, TX)
- Southwest (Hobbs, NM)
- Southwest Minnesota State (Marshall, MN)
- Stevenson (Stevenson, MD)
- SUNY Morrisville (Morrisville, NY)
- Western New Mexico, (Silver City, New Mexico)
- Western Ontario, (London, ON)
- Western Wyoming CC, (Rock Springs, WY)
Palominos
Ponies
Stallions
Thoroughbreds
- Kentucky State (Frankfort, KY) – Thorobreds and Thorobrettes
- Skidmore (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Insects
- Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME) – Black Flies
- Emory and Henry (Emory, VA) – Wasps
- Oaxaca Tech (Oaxaca City) – Chapulíns
- Seneca (Toronto) – The Sting
- South Carolina-Sumter (Sumter, SC) – Fire Ants
Bees
- Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) (no sports teams)
- Eastfield (Mesquite, TX) – Harvesters
- Guanajuato (Guanajuato City)
- St. Ambrose (Davenport, IA) – Fightin' Bees
- SCAD (Savannah, GA)
Boll Weevils
- Arkansas–Monticello (Monticello, AR) (men's teams)
- Enterprise State CC (Enterprise, AL)
Hornets
- Alabama State (Montgomery, AL) – Hornets & Lady Hornets
- Delaware State (Dover, DE)
- Emporia State (Emporia, KS)
- Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
- Harris-Stowe State (St. Louis)
- Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA)
- Morris (Sumter, SC)
- Sacramento State (Sacramento, CA)
- Shenandoah (Winchester, VA)
- SUNY Broome (Dickinson, Waverly, and Owego, NY)
- Vermont State–Lyndon (Lyndon, VT)
Stingers
Yellow Jackets
- Allen (Columbia, SC)
- American International (Springfield, MA)
- Baldwin Wallace (Berea, OH)
- Black Hills State (Spearfish, SD)
- Cedarville (Cedarville, OH)
- Defiance (Defiance, OH)
- Georgia Tech (Atlanta)
- Graceland (Lamoni, IA)
- Howard Payne (Brownwood, TX)
- LeTourneau (Longview, TX)
- Randolph-Macon (Ashland, VA)
- Waynesburg (Waynesburg, PA)
- West Virginia State (Institute, WV)
- UW-Superior (Superior, WI)
Yellowjackets
Lions (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
- Ambrose (Calgary, AB)
- American Jewish (Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California)
- Anáhuac (Mexico City)
- Arkansas-Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR)
- Bryan (Dayton, TN)
- Bryn Athyn (Bryn Athyn, PA)
- Champlain St. Lawrence (Quebec City)
- Columbia (NY) (New York City)
- CC Baltimore County-Dundalk (Dundalk, MD)
- CC Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
- East Mississippi CC (Scooba, MS)
- Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, VA)
- Eastern Nazarene (Quincy, MA)
- Emerson (Boston)
- Emmanuel (GA) (Franklin Springs, GA)
- Florida Memorial (Miami Gardens, FL)
- Freed-Hardeman (Henderson, TN)
- Gateway CC (New Haven, CT)
- Georgian Court (Lakewood Township, NJ)
- Guadalajara (Guadalajara) – Leones Negros
- King's (NY) (New York City)
- Lambton (Sarnia, ON)
- Langston (Langston, OK)
- Lincoln (PA) (Chester County, PA)
- Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, IL) (Red Lions)
- Lindenwood (Saint Charles, MO)
- Loma Linda (Loma Linda, CA)
- Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles)
- Mars Hill (Mars Hill, NC)[lower-alpha 4]
- Missouri Southern (Joplin, MO)
- Molloy (Long Island)
- Moreno Valley (Moreno Valley, CA)
- Mount St. Joseph (Delhi Township, OH)[lower-alpha 4]
- Mountain View (Dallas)
- Multnomah (Portland, OR)
- Nassau CC (Garden City, NY)
- Normandale CC (Bloomington, MN)
- North Central Texas (Gainesville, TX)
- North Alabama (Florence, AL)
- Paine (Augusta, GA)
- Penn State (multicampus)[lower-alpha 5]
- Piedmont (Demorest, GA)
- Pierpont CC/Tech (Fairmont, WV)
- Puerto Rico-Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
- Red Deer Poly (Red Deer, AB)
- Saint Leo (St. Leo, FL)
- Soka (Aliso Viejo, CA)
- Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond, LA)
- Southwestern Assemblies of God (Waxahachie, TX)
- TCNJ (Ewing, NJ)
- Texas A&M-Commerce (Commerce, TX)
- Trinity Bible (Ellendale, ND)
- Vanguard (Costa Mesa, CA)
- Wallace State CC (Hanceville, AL)
- York (Toronto) (Toronto)
Golden Lions
Lyons
Pride
Marine animals (larger category)
- Alaska-Southeast (Juneau, AK) – Humpback Whales
- Coastal Pines Tech (Waycross, GA) – Rays
- Columbia Gorge CC (The Dalles, OR) – Chinooks
- ETS (Montreal) – Piranhas
- Evergreen State (Olympia, WA) – Geoducks
- The New School (New York City) – Narwhals
- Palm Beach Atlantic (West Palm Beach, FL) – Sailfish
- Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego, CA) – Sea Lions
- SCF Manatee (Bradenton, FL) – Manatees
- Virginia Wesleyan (Norfolk, VA) – Marlins
- South Carolina-Beaufort (Beaufort, SC) – Sand Sharks
- Whatcom CC (Bellingham, WA) – Orcas
Dolphins
- Albemarle (multicampus)
- Alvin CC (Alvin, TX)
- Brunswick CC (Bolivia, NC)
- Cal State Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA) (no sports teams)
- Carmen (Ciudad del Carmen)
- Coastline CC (Fountain Valley, CA)
- Delgado CC (New Orleans)
- Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL)
- Le Moyne (Syracuse, NY)
- College of Mount Saint Vincent (Riverdale, Bronx)
- Sagrado Corazón (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Shoreline CC (Shoreline, WA)
- Staten Island (Staten Island)
- Tamaulipas (Altamira, Mexico) – Delfines
- Wor-Wic CC (Salisbury, MD)
Muskies
Sharks
- Cape Cod CC (West Barnstable, MA) (no sports)
- Hawaii Pacific (Honolulu)
- Landmark (Putney, VT)
- LIU (Brooklyn and Brookville, NY)
- Miami Dade (Miami)
- Nova Southeastern (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Oregon Coast CC (Newport, OR)
- Puerto Rico-Aguadilla (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
- SEARK (Pine Bluff, AR)
- Simmons (Boston)
- Suffolk County CC (Selden, NY)
Marsupials (larger category)
Kangaroos
- Austin (Sherman, TX)
- Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri) – Roos
- SUNY Canton (Canton, NY)
Moose
Otters
- Alamance CC (Haw River, NC) – River Otters
- Cal State Monterey Bay (Marina/Seaside, CA)
Prehistoric animals (larger category)
Mastodons
Rams
- Angelo State (San Angelo, TX) – Rams and Rambelles
- A.T. Still (Kirksville, MO)
- Bluefield (Bluefield, VA)
- Columbia International (Columbia, SC)
- Colorado State (Fort Collins, CO)
- Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA)
- East Coast Poly (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Fordham (The Bronx)
- Framingham State (Framingham, MA)
- Fresno City (Fresno, CA)
- Gavilan (Gilroy, CA)
- Hampshire (Amherst, MA) – Black Sheep
- Huston-Tillotson (Austin, TX)
- Mobile (Mobile, AL)
- Monterrey Tech (Monterrey)
- North Central University (Minneapolis)
- Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
- San Francisco City College (San Francisco)
- Shepherd (Shepherdstown, WV)
- Southeastern CC (NC) (Whiteville, NC)
- Southwestern Christian College (Terrell, TX)
- Springfield Tech CC (Springfield, MA)
- Suffolk (Boston)
- SUNY Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
- Toronto Metropolitan (Toronto)
- Texas Wesleyan (Fort Worth)
- Thomas Jefferson (Philadelphia)
- Unity (Unity, ME)
- VCU (Richmond, VA)
- Victor Valley (Victorville, CA)
- Wilbur Wright (Chicago)
- Winston-Salem State (Winston-Salem)
Bighorn Sheep
- Baja California (multicampus)
- Great Basin (Elko, NV)
Golden Rams
Rodents (larger category)
- Bryant & Stratton (Cleveland) – Lemmings
- Metropolitan State (MN) (multicampus) – Muskrats
Beavers
- American River (Sacramento, CA)
- Babson (Wellesley, MA)
- Bemidji State (Bemidji, MN)
- Blackburn (Carlinville, IL) – Battlin' Beavers
- Bluffton (Bluffton, OH)
- Buena Vista (Storm Lake, IA)
- Caltech (Pasadena, CA)
- City NY (New York City)
- Champlain (Burlington, VT)
- L.A. Trade-Tech (Los Angeles, CA)
- Maine Farmington (Farmington, ME)
- Minot State (Minot, ND)
- Oregon State (Corvallis, OR)
- Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Pratt CC (Pratt, KS)
- Trenholm State CC (Montgomery, AL)
Gophers
- Goucher (Towson, MD)
- Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN) – Golden Gophers
- Zacatecas (Zacatecas City) – Tuzos
Squirrels
- Mary Baldwin (Staunton, VA) – Fighting Squirrels
- Union Seminary (Richmond, VA)
Snakes (larger category)
Cobras
Rattlers
Tigers (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
- Auburn (Auburn, AL)
- Benedict (Columbia, SC)
- Campbellsville (Campbellsville, KY)
- Casa Blanca (Culiacán) – White Tigers
- Central Christian Kansas (McPherson, KS)
- Champion Christian (Hot Springs, AR)
- Chattanooga State CC (Chattanooga, TN)
- Clemson (Clemson, SC)
- Coahoma CC (Coahoma County, MS)
- Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
- Cowley CC (Arkansas City, KS)
- Dakota Wesleyan (Mitchell, SD)
- Dalhousie (Halifax, NS)
- DePauw (Greencastle, IN)
- Doane (Crete, NE)
- East Central University (Ada, OK)
- East Texas Baptist (Marshall, TX)
- Edward Waters (Jacksonville, FL)
- Fairfax (Fairfax, VA)
- FIT (New York City)
- Fort Hays State (Hays, KS)
- Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY)
- Grace Christian (Grand Rapids)
- Grambling State (Grambling, LA)
- Hampden–Sydney (Hampden Sydney, VA)
- Holy Family (Philadelphia)
- Interamerican Puerto Rico (San German, PR)
- Jackson State (Jackson, MS)
- Lincoln (MO) (Jefferson City, MO) – Blue Tigers
- LSU (Baton Rouge) – Tigers and Lady Tigers
- Marion Military (Marion, AL)
- Marshalltown CC (Marshalltown, IA)
- Memphis (Memphis, TN)
- Missouri (Columbia, MO)
- Morehouse (Atlanta) – Maroon Tigers
- Northeastern Mississippi CC (Booneville, MS)
- New England Tech (East Greenwich, RI)
- Nuevo León (San Nicolás de los Garza)
- Occidental (Los Angeles)
- Olivet Nazarene (Bourbonnais, IL)
- Ouachita Baptist (Arkadelphia, AR)
- Pacific (CA) (Stockton, CA)
- Paul Quinn (Dallas)
- Princeton (Princeton, NJ)
- Queensborough CC (Queens)
- Reedley (Reedley, CA)
- Riverside City (Riverside, CA)
- Rochester Tech (Rochester, NY)
- Roxbury CC (Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts)
- St. Philip's (San Antonio)
- Salem (Salem, WV)
- Savannah State (Savannah, GA)
- Sewanee (Sewanee, TN)
- Southern Crescent Tech (Griffin, GA & Thomaston, GA)
- Sowela Tech CC (Lake Charles, LA) – Flying Tigers
- Stillman (Tuscaloosa, AL)
- Tennessee State (Nashville, TN)
- Texas Southern (Houston)
- Towson (Towson, MD)
- Trinity (TX) (San Antonio)
- Trinity (FL) (New Port Richey, FL)
- Trinity Washington (Washington D.C.)
- Voorhees (Denmark, SC)
- West Alabama (Livingston, AL)
- Wittenberg (Springfield, OH)
- Zane State (Zanesville, OH & Cambridge, OH)
Bengals
Fighting Tigers
Golden Tigers
Wild Pigs
Wolverines
Wolves (larger category)
- Algonquin (Ottawa)
- Alvernia (Reading, PA) – Golden Wolves
- Cheyney (Cheyney, Pennsylvania)
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (Baton Rouge)
- Front Range CC (Westminster, CO)
- Grande Prairie Regional (Grande Prairie, AB)
- Joliet Junior (Joliet, IL)
- Keuka (Keuka Park, New York)
- Lourdes (Sylvania, OH) – Gray Wolves
- Metropolitan CC (MO) (multicampus)
- Moraine Park Tech (Fond du Lac, WI)
- Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, NE) – Prairie Wolves
- Newberry (Newberry, SC)
- North Georgia Tech (Clarkesville, GA)
- Northern State (Aberdeen, SD)
- Puerto Rico-Arecibo (Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
- Virginia Highlands CC (Abingdon, VA)
- Walla Walla (Walla Walla, WA)
- Washtenaw CC (Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI) – Alphas
- Western Oregon (Monmouth, OR)
- West Georgia (Carrollton, GA)
- Wesleyan College (Macon, GA)
Lobos
Red Wolves
Seawolves
Thunderwolves
- Colorado State–Pueblo (Pueblo, CO) – ThunderWolves
- Lakehead (Thunder Bay)
- Niagara County CC (Sanborn, NY)
Timberwolves
- Arkansas CC-Morrilton (Morrilton, AR)
- Blue Mountain CC (Pendleton, OR)
- Florida Gateway (Lake City, FL)
- Lone Star-Tomball (Tomball, TX)
- North Central Michigan (Petoskey, MI)
- Northcentral Tech (Wausau, WI)
- Northern British Columbia (Prince George, BC)
- Northwood (Midland, MI)
- SUNY Adirondack (Queensbury, NY)
Wolf Pack/Wolfpack
Colors
- Laval (Quebec City) – Rouge et Or
- Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, QC) – Vert et Or
- Syracuse (Syracuse, NY) – Orange
- UW-Eau Claire (Eau Claire, WI) – Blugolds
Blue (larger category)
- Bluefield State (Bluefield, WV) – Big Blue and Lady Blues
- Illinois College (Jacksonville) – Blueboys and Lady Blues
- John Carroll (Cleveland) – Blue Streaks
- Millikin (Decatur, IL) – Big Blue
- Toronto (Toronto) – Varsity Blues
- Wellesley (Wellesley, MA) – Blue
Blues
Gold (larger category)
- Kent State (Kent, OH) – Golden Flashes
- Nazareth (Pittsford, NY) – Golden Flyers
Green (larger category)
- Dartmouth (Hanover, NH) – Big Green
- McDaniel (Westminster, MD) – Green Terror
- North Texas (Denton, TX) – Mean Green
Purple (larger category)
- Evansville (Evansville, IN) – Purple Aces
- NYU (New York City) – Violets
Red (larger category)
- Harvard (Cambridge, MA) – Crimson
- Henderson State (Arkadelphia, AR) – Reddies and Lady Reddies
- New Brunswick (Fredericton) – Varsity Reds
- Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA) – Red Flash
- Stanford (Palo Alto, CA) – Cardinal
- Swarthmore (Swarthmore, PA) – Garnet
Big Red
Maroons
Legendary, religious and supernatural figures
- Alaska-Fairbanks (Fairbanks) – Nanooks
- Alexandria Tech/CC (Alexandria, MN) – Legends
- CC Spokane (Spokane, WA) – Sasquatch
- Cleveland CC (Shelby, NC) – Yetis
- Coastal Carolina (Conway, SC) – Chanticleers
- Converse (Spartanburg, SC) – Valkyries
- McGill (Montreal) (women only) – Martlets
- Penn State Abington (Abington, PA) – Little Johns
- River Parishes CC (Gonzales, LA) – Rougarous
- Saint Louis (St. Louis) – Billikens
- Trent (Peterborough, ON) – Excalibur
- Trinity Christian (Palos Heights, IL) – Trolls
- Tyndale (Toronto) – Guardians
- UArts (Philadelphia) – Unicorns
- Webster (Webster Groves) – Gorloks
Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome (larger category)
- Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps (joint women's team) – Athenas
- San Diego Mesa (San Diego, CA) – Olympians
- Mount St. Mary's Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) (no varsity teams) – Athenians
Argonauts
Centurions
Gladiators
Spartans
- Aurora (Aurora, IL)
- Dubuque (Dubuque, IA)
- Case Western Reserve (Cleveland)
- Cayuga CC (Auburn, NY)
- Colorado Northwestern CC (Craig, and Rangely, CO)
- Elgin CC (Elgin, IL)
- James Sprunt CC (Kenansville, NC)
- Manchester (North Manchester, IN)
- MiraCosta (Oceanside, CA)
- Michigan State (East Lansing)
- Minnesota State CC/Tech (multicampus)
- Missouri Baptist (Creve Coeur, MO)
- Norfolk State (Norfolk, VA)
- Northampton CC (Bethlehem, PA)
- Northeastern Tech (Cheraw, SC)
- San Jose State (San Jose, CA)
- Stark State (Jackson Township, Ohio)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (Sparkill, New York)
- Southwestern CC (IA) (Creston, IA)
- Tampa (Tampa, FL)
- Trinity Western (Langley, BC)
- UNC Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
- South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, SC)
- Vermont State-Castleton (Castleton, VT)
- Vieux Montréal (Montreal) – Spartiates
- York Pennsylvania (Spring Garden Township, PA)
Titans
- Albany Tech (Albany, GA)
- Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
- CC Morris (Randolph, NJ)
- Central Carolina Tech (Sumter, SC)
- Central Georgia Tech (Warner Robins, GA)
- Central Ohio Tech (Newark, OH)
- Detroit Mercy (Detroit)
- Eastern Florida State (Melbourne, FL)
- Guilford Tech CC (Piedmont Triad)
- IU South Bend (South Bend, IN)
- Illinois Wesleyan (Bloomington, IL)
- Lane CC (Eugene, OR)
- Ohio State–Newark (Newark, OH)
- St Pete (St. Petersburg, FL)
- Tacoma CC (Tacoma, WA)
- Terra State CC (Fremont, OH)
- UW-Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
- Westminster (PA) (New Wilmington, PA)
- CC Beaver County (Monaca, PA)
Tritons
Trojans
- Allegany Maryland (Cumberland, MD)
- Anderson (Anderson, SC)
- Central Alabama CC (Alexander City, AL)
- Colby CC (Colby, KS)
- Dakota State (Madison, SD)
- Everett CC (Everett, WA)
- Fayetteville Tech CC (Fayetteville, NC)
- Hannibal-LaGrange (Hannibal, MO)
- Little Rock (Little Rock, Arkansas)[lower-alpha 6]
- Monterrey (Monterrey) – Troyanos
- Mount Olive (Mount Olive, NC)
- Mississippi Delta CC (Moorhead, MS)
- North Iowa Area CC (Mason City, IA)
- Seminole State (Seminole, OK)
- Skyline (San Bruno, CA)
- Southern Alberta Tech (Calgary, AB)
- Taylor (Upland, IN)
- Trevecca Nazarene (Nashville)
- Trinidad State (Trinidad, CO & Alamosa, CO)
- Trinity International (Deerfield, IL)
- Triton (River Grove, IL)
- Troy (Troy, AL)
- USC (Los Angeles)[lower-alpha 7]
- Virginia State (Petersburg, VA)
Vulcans
Christian symbols/figures (larger category)
- Gogebic CC (Ironwood, MI) – Samsons
- Meredith (Raleigh, NC) – Avenging Angels
- Providence College (Providence, RI) – Friars
- Saint Joseph's Maine (Standish, ME) – Monks
- Snead State CC (Boaz, AL) – Parsons
Battling Bishops
Blue Angels
Crusades/Crusaders
- Belmont Abbey (Belmont, NC)
- Capital (Columbus, OH)
- Christendom (Front Royal, VA)
- Dallas (Irving, TX)
- Dallas Christian (Farmers Branch, TX)
- Evangel (Springfield, MO)
- Great Lakes Christian (Delta Township, Michigan)
- College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
- Madonna (Livonia, MI)
- Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
- North Greenville (Tigerville, SC)
- Northwest Nazarene (Nampa, ID) – replaced by Nighthawks
- William Carey (Hattiesburg, MS)
Deacons
- New Hope (Eugene, OR)
- Wake Forest (Winston-Salem) – Demon Deacons
Evangels/Preachers
- Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, MO) – Preachers
- Johnson (Knoxville, TN) – Preachers and Evangels
- Mid-America Christian (Oklahoma City, OK) – Evangels
Fighting Saints
Saints
- Aquinas (MI) (Grand Rapids)
- Ashford (San Diego, CA)
- Central Christian Bible (Moberly, MO)
- Emmanuel (MA) (Boston)
- Flagler (St. Augustine, FL)
- Holy Cross College (Notre Dame, IN)
- Limestone (Gaffney, SC)
- Lurleen B. Wallace CC (Andalusia, AL)
- Marymount (Arlington, VA)
- Mission (Santa Clara, CA)
- Mt. Hood CC (Gresham, OR)
- North Country CC (Saranac Lake, NY)
- Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio, TX)
- Saint Lawrence (Canton, NY)
- Saint Martin's (Lacey, WA)
- Santa Fe (Gainesville, FL)
- Santa Fe CC (Santa Fe, NM)
- Seward County CC (Liberal, KS)
- Shawnee CC (Ullin, IL)
- Siena Heights (Adrian, MI)
- St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN)
- Thomas More (Crestview Hills, KY)
Demons and Devils
- Arizona State (Tempe) – Sun Devils
- Cape Fear CC (Wilmington, NC) – Sea Devils
- Mississippi Valley State (Itta Bena, MS) – Delta Devils and Devilettes
- Northwestern State (Natchitoches, LA) – Demons
- Texas A&M International (Laredo, TX) – DustDevils
Blue Demons
Blue Devils
- Central Connecticut (New Britain)
- Dillard (New Orleans) – Bleu Devils
- Duke (Durham, NC)
- Kansas City CC (KS) (Kansas City, KS)
- Kaskaskia (Kaskaskia, IL) (men's teams only)
- Lawrence Tech (Southfield, MI)
- Merced (Merced, CA) – Blue Devils & Lady Devils
- Riverland CC (multicampus)
- SUNY Fredonia (Fredonia, NY)
- King's (NS) (Halifax, NS)
- UW-Manitowoc (Manitowoc, WI)
- UW-Stout (Menomonie, WI)
Red Devils
Dragons
- Cambrian (Greater Sudbury)
- Donnelly (Kansas City, KS)
- Drexel (Philadelphia)
- Howard (Columbia, MD)
- Hutchinson CC (Hutchinson, KS) – Blue Dragons
- Lane (Jackson, TN)
- Minnesota State–Moorhead (Moorhead, MN)
- Paris Junior (Paris, TX)
- Quinsigamond CC (Worcester, MA) – Wyverns
- Sainte-Anne (Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia)
- Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA)
- Tiffin (Tiffin, OH)
- Virginia Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA)
Red Dragons
Giants
- Keystone (La Plume, PA)
- Sequoias (Visalia, CA)
- Wabash (Crawfordsville, IN) – Little Giants
Griffins
- Canisius (Buffalo, NY) – Golden Griffins
- Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia)
- Fontbonne (Clayton, MO)
- Golden Gate (San Francisco)
- Grossmont (El Cajon, CA)
- Gwynedd Mercy (Gwynedd Valley, PA)
- MacEwan (Edmonton, AB)
- Marymount Manhattan (New York City)
- Reed (Portland, OR)
- Seton Hill (Greensburg, PA)
- St. Clair (Windsor, ON)
- Westminster (UT) (Salt Lake City)
Griffons
Gryphons
Phantoms
Phoenix
Firebirds
Spirits
Spirit
Thunderbirds
Miscellaneous
- André-Laurendeau (Montreal) – Boomerangs
- Bethel (KS) (North Newton, KS) – Threshers
- Bishop's (Sherbrooke) – Gaiters
- Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, NY) – Steels
- Presbyterian (Clinton, SC) – Blue Hose
- RISD (Providence, RI) (ice hockey) – Nads
- Saint Mary (KS) (Leavenworth, KS) – Spires
- St. John's (NM) (Santa Fe, New Mexico) (no sports) – Libros
- St. Louis CC (Ferguson, MO) – Fury
- Tohono O'odham CC (Pima, AZ) – Jegos
- UHSP (St. Louis) – Eutectics
- Xavier Louisiana (New Orleans) (women's teams only) – Gold Nuggets & Gold Rush
Beacons
Blazers
Lasers
- Lasell (Newton, MA)
- Irvine Valley (Irvine, CA)
- Onondaga CC (Syracuse, NY) – Lazers
Nickname based upon college name
- Augsburg (Minneapolis) – Auggies
- Cape Breton (Sydney, NS) – Capers
- Gustavus Adolphus (St. Peter, MN) – Gusties
- Immaculata (Chester County, PA) – Mighty Macs
- Jamestown (Jamestown, ND) – Jimmies
- Lincoln Memorial (Harrogate, TN) – Railsplitters (derived from a nickname of university namesake Abraham Lincoln)
- Pacific Lutheran (Tacoma, WA) – Lutes
- Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, MN) – Bennies
- St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, NY) – Bonnies
- Saint John's (MN) (Collegeville, MN) – Johnnies
- St. Olaf (Northfield, MN) – Oles
- Webb (Glen Cove, NY) – Webbies
- Tecnológico Autónomo México (Mexico City) – Itamitas
- Western Texas (Snyder, TX) – Westerners
Tommies
Nickname based upon college tradition/figure
- Akron (Akron, OH)[2] – Zips
- Arkansas Tech (Russellville, AR) – Wonder Boys
- Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) – 49ers[lower-alpha 8]
- Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) – Hoyas
- James Madison (Harrisonburg, VA) – Dukes[lower-alpha 9]
- Manhattan (Riverdale, Bronx) – Jaspers
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN) – Pomeroys
- Vanderbilt (Nashville, TN) – Commodores[lower-alpha 10]
- Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) – Hokies
- Washburn (Topeka, KS) – Ichabods
- Williams (Williamstown, MA) – Ephs
- Winnipeg (Winnipeg) – Wesmen
Sabers/Sabres
- Barber-Scotia (Concord, NC) – Mighty Sabres
- Marian (WI) (Fond du Lac, WI)
Vehicles (larger category)
Clippers
Jets
Rockets
Nature/outer space
- Five Towns (Dix Hills, NY) – Sound
- Fraser Valley (Abbotsford, BC) – Cascades
- l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) – Gaillards & Astrelles
- Long Beach State (Long Beach, CA) – The Beach
- Montana State-Northern (Havre, MT) – Northern Lights
- University of New England (Biddeford, ME) – Nor'easters
- Rockies (Cranbrook, BC) – Avalanche
- Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, PA) – The Rock
- SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY) – Great Lakers
Comets
Electricity (larger category)
- Cincinnati State Tech/CC (Cincinnati) – Surge
- Washington Adventist (Takoma Park, MD) – Shock
Lightning
- Lehman (The Bronx) – Lightning
- St. Mary's (AB) (Calgary, AB)
Flames
- Alverno (Milwaukee) – Inferno
- Bethesda (Anaheim, CA)
- Knox (Galesburg, IL) – Prairie Fire
- Lee University (Cleveland, TN)
- Liberty (Lynchburg, VA)
- College of Saint Mary (Omaha, NE)
- Southeastern (Lakeland, FL) – Fire
- Steinbach Bible (Steinbach, MB)
- UBC Okanagan (Kelowna) – Heat
- UIC (Chicago)
- Welch (Gallatin, TN)
Hurricanes
- Georgia Southwestern State (Americus, GA)
- Heritage (Gatineau, QC)
- Holland (Charlottetown)
- Lone Star-North Harris (Harris County, TX)
- Louisburg (Louisburg, NC)
- Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
- Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) – Golden Hurricane
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.
Plants (larger category)
- Arkansas-Monticello (Monticello, AR) – Cotton Blossoms (women's teams only)
- Chaminade (Honolulu) – Silverswords
- Concordia (Moorhead) (Moorhead, MN) – Cobbers
- Copper Mountain (Joshua Tree, CA) – Fighting Cacti
- Delta State (Cleveland, MS) – Fighting Okra
- Indiana State (Terre Haute, IN) – Sycamores
- Ohio State (Columbus, OH) – Buckeyes
- Simon Fraser (Burnaby, BC) – Red Leafs
- Scottsdale CC (Scottsdale, AZ) – Fighting Artichokes
- UNC School of the Arts (Winston-Salem) (no sports teams) – Fighting Pickles
Mighty Oaks
Oaks
Stars
Storm
- Arizona Christian (Phoenix, AZ) Firestorm
- Chemeketa CC (Salem, OR)
- Davidson-Davie CC (Lexington, NC)
- Eston (Eston, Saskatchewan)
- Harrisburg Science/Tech (Harrisburg, PA)
- Napa Valley (Napa, CA)
- Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish (New Town, ND)
- Simpson College (Indianola, IA)
- Southeast CC (multicampus)
- Southeastern Oklahoma State (Durant, OK) – Savage Storm
- Southern Nazarene (Bethany, OK) – Crimson Storm
- Southwestern Illinois (Belleville, IL)
- Tidewater CC (multicampus)
Red Storm
Suns
- Arkansas Tech (Russellville, AR) – Golden Suns
- Cedar Valley (Lancaster, TX)
- Sitting Bull (Fort Yates, ND)
Thunder
Tornadoes
- Brevard (Brevard, NC)
- Concordia Texas (Austin, TX)
- Geneva (Beaver Falls, PA) – Golden Tornadoes
- King (Bristol, TN) – Tornado
- Talladega (Talladega, AL)
Cyclones
Wave/Waves
- Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) – Crimson Tide
- Calumet St. Joseph (Whiting, IN) – Crimson Wave
- Florida State-Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) – BlueWaves
- Galveston (Galveston, TX) – Whitecaps
- Kingsborough CC (Brooklyn) – Wave
- Ohio State–Marion (Marion, OH) – Scarlet Wave
- Pepperdine (Malibu, CA) – Waves
- Tulane (New Orleans) – Green Wave
People
- Arkansas CC-Batesville (Batesville, AR) – River Bandits
- Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain, MS) – Toppers
- Centenary Louisiana (Shreveport, LA) – Gentlemen & Ladies
- Clatsop CC (Astoria, OR) – Bandits
- Columbia (CA) (Columbia, CA) – Claim Jumpers
- Columbia-Greene CC (Hudson, NY) – Twins
- Drummondville (Drummondville, QC) – Voltigeurs
- Iowa Western CC (Council Bluffs, IA) – Reivers
- Louisiana Tech (Ruston, LA) (women's teams only) – Lady Techsters
- LeMoyne-Owen (Memphis, TN) – Magicians
- Loyola Chicago (Chicago) – Ramblers
- Northwestern Ohio (Lima, OH) – Racers
- Oberlin (Oberlin, OH) – Yeomen
- Ohio-Zanesville (Zanesville, OH) – Tracers
- Pacific (OR) (Forest Grove, OR) – Boxers
- Pitt CC (Winterville, NC) – Bruisers
- UQAM (Montreal) – Citadins
- St. Francis Xavier (Antigonish, NS) – X-Men and X-Women
- Sussex County CC (Newton, NJ) – Skylanders
Academic occupations (larger category)
Agricultural occupations (larger category)
Aggies
- Cameron (Lawton, OK)
- Delaware Valley (Doylestown, PA)
- Doña Ana CC (Las Cruces, NM)
- Nebraska Tech Agriculture (Curtis, NE)
- New Mexico State (Las Cruces, NM)
- North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, NC)
- Oklahoma Panhandle State (Goodwell, OK)
- Texas A&M (College Station, TX)
- Texas A&M-Galveston (Galveston, TX) – Sea Aggies
- UC Davis (Davis, CA)
- Utah State (Logan, UT)
Wranglers
Belles
Cowboys (larger category)
- Connors State (Warner, OK)
- Garden City CC (Garden City, KS) – Broncbusters
- Hardin-Simmons (Abilene, TX)
- McNeese (Lake Charles, LA)
- New Mexico Highlands (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
- Oklahoma State-Stillwater (Stillwater, OK)
- Puerto Rico-Bayamón (Bayamón, Puerto Rico)
- Southern Arkansas (Magnolia, AR) – Muleriders
- Southwest Texas Junior (Uvalde, TX)
- Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
Gauchos
Rough Riders/Roughriders
Rustlers
Vaqueros
Engineers
- MIT (Cambridge, MA)
- Rensselaer Poly (Troy, NY)
- Rose-Hulman (Terre Haute, IN) – Fightin' Engineers
- Worcester Poly (Worcester, MA)
Exploration (larger category)
Conquistadors
Voyageurs
Foresters
Hilltoppers
Knights (standalone category – large quantity)
- Academy of Art (San Francisco) – Urban Knights
- Aiken Tech (Graniteville, SC)
- Arcadia (Glenside, PA)
- Army (West Point, NY) – Black Knights
- Bellarmine (Louisville, KY)
- Berkeley (New York City)
- Calvin (Grand Rapids)
- Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
- CC Baltimore County-Essex (Essex, MD)
- Central Penn (Summerdale, PA)
- Columbia Southern (Orange Beach, AL)
- CC Rhode Island (multicampus)
- Crossroads (Rochester, MN)
- Danville CC (Danville, VA)
- Fairleigh Dickinson (Teaneck, NJ)
- Halifax CC (Weldon, NC)
- Kentucky Christian (Grayson, KY)
- Louisiana Delta CC (Monroe, LA)
- Lanier Tech (Gainesville, GA)
- Lynn (Boca Raton, FL) – Fighting Knights
- Marian (IN) (Indianapolis)
- Martin Luther (New Ulm, MN)
- Middle Georgia State (Macon, GA)
- Mount Saint Mary (Newburgh, NY)
- Neumann (Aston, PA)
- New Jersey City (Jersey City, NJ) – Gothic Knights
- Niagara College (multicampus)
- North Platte CC (part of Mid-Plains Community College) (North Platte, NE)
- Northern Essex CC (Haverhill, MA & Lawrence, MA)
- Northwood (Cedar Hill, TX)
- Queens (Queens)
- Rutgers (New Brunswick, NJ) – Scarlet Knights
- San Diego City (San Diego, CA)
- Shasta (Redding, CA)
- Southern-New Orleans (New Orleans)
- Southern Virginia (Buena Vista, VA)
- Southwestern Adventist (Keene, TX)
- St. Andrews (Laurinburg, NC)
- Stanislas (Quebec City)
- Surry CC (Dobson, NC)
- UCF (Orlando, FL)
- Warner Pacific (Portland, OR)
- Wenatchee Valley (Wenatchee, WA)
- Wartburg (Waverly, IA)
Blue Knights
Golden Knights
Green Knights
Purple Knights
Marauders
Maritime (larger category)
- Cal State Maritime (Vallejo, CA) – Keelhaulers
- Christopher Newport (Newport News, VA) – Captains
- Erskine (Due West, SC) – Flying Fleet
- Rhode Island College (Providence, RI) – Anchormen
- Rollins (Winter Park, FL) – Tars
- St. Clair County CC (Port Huron, Michigan) – Skippers
- The Apprentice School (Newport News, VA) – Builders
- U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) – Midshipmen
- Washington College (Chestertown, MD) – Shoremen
Buccaneers
- Atlantic Cape CC (multicampus)
- Barry (Miami Shores, FL)
- Beloit (Beloit, WI)
- Blinn (Brenham, TX)
- Charleston Southern (Charleston, SC)
- Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
- Dawson CC (Glendive, MT)
- East Tennessee State (Johnson City, TN)
- Florida SouthWestern State (multicampus)
- Massachusetts Bay CC (multicampus)
- Massachusetts Maritime (Buzzards Bay, MA)
- Park Gilbert (Gilbert, AZ)
- Shelton State CC (Tuscaloosa, AL)
- Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)
- UW–Marinette (Marinette, WI)
Commodores
Corsairs
Lakers[lower-alpha 11]
- Clayton State (Morrow, GA)
- Finger Lakes CC (Canandaigua, NY)
- Garrett (McHenry, MD)
- Grand Valley State (Allendale, MI)[lower-alpha 12]
- Iowa Lakes CC (Estherville, IA)
- Lake Land (Mattoon, IL)
- Lakeland CC (Kirtland, OH)
- Lake Superior State (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)[lower-alpha 13]
- Mercyhurst (Erie, PA)
- Mid Michigan CC (Harrison, MI & Mount Pleasant, MI)
- Nipissing (North Bay, ON)
- Roosevelt (Chicago)
- Southwestern Oregon CC (Coos Bay, OR)
- SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY)
Mariners
Pirates
- Chattahoochee Valley CC (Phenix City, AL)
- East Carolina (Greenville, NC)
- Georgia Southern-Armstrong (Savannah, GA)
- Hampton (Hampton, VA)
- Independence CC (Independence, KS)
- Modesto Junior (Modesto, CA)
- North Central Missouri (Trenton, MO)
- Orange Coast (Costa Mesa, CA)
- Palo Verde (Blythe, CA)
- Park (MO) (Parkville, MO)
- Peninsula (Port Angeles, WA)
- Pensacola State (Pensacola, FL)
- Porterville (Porterville, CA)
- Seton Hall (South Orange, NJ)
- Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)
- Ventura (Ventura, CA)
- Whitworth (Spokane, WA)
Privateers
Matadors
- Arizona Western (Yuma, AZ)
- Cal State Northridge (Northridge, CA)
- San Diego (San Diego, CA) – Toreros
- Valencia (Orlando, FL)
Military (larger category)
- Alderson Broaddus (Philippi, WV) – Battlers
- Ave Maria (Ave Maria, FL) – Gyrenes
- Gettysburg (Gettysburg, PA) – Bullets
- Hamilton (Clinton, NY) – Continentals
- Ithaca (Ithaca, NY) – Bombers
- IU Southeast (New Albany, IN) – Grenadiers
- Manhattanville (Purchase, NY) – Valiants
- Millsaps (Jackson, MS) – Majors
- Montréal (Montreal) – Carabins
- UMass (Amherst, MA) – Minutemen and Minutewomen
- Ursuline (Pepper Pike, OH) – Arrows
- VMI (Lexington, VA) – Keydets
- Xavier (OH) (Cincinnati) – Musketeers
- Western Illinois (Macomb) – Leathernecks
Archers
Cadets
Cannoneers
Cavaliers
- Aquinas (TN) (Nashville)
- Bois-de-Boulogne (Montreal)
- Bossier Parish CC (Bossier City, LA)
- Kankakee CC (Kankakee, IL)
- Johnson County CC (Overland Park, KS)
- Montreat (Montreat, NC)
- Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
- UVA Wise (Wise, VA)
- Walsh (Canton, OH)
- Western Tech (La Crosse, WI)
Chargers
- Alabama–Huntsville (Huntsville, AL)
- Briar Cliff (Sioux City, IA)
- Camosun (Saanich, BC)
- Capitol (Laurel, MD)
- Carl Sandburg (Galesburg, IL)
- Colby-Sawyer (New London, NH)
- Columbia State CC (Columbia, TN)
- Crandall (Moncton)
- Cypress (Cypress, CA)
- Dominican New York (Orangeburg, NY)
- Edison State CC (Piqua, OH)
- Georgia Highlands (multicampus)
- Hillsdale (Hillsdale, MI)
- Lancaster Bible (Lancaster, PA)
- New Haven (West Haven, CT)
- Point (Atlanta)
- Southeastern Baptist (Laurel, MS)
- UW–Barron County (Rice Lake, WI)
Colonels
Colonials
Conquerors
Defenders
Generals
Lancers
- California Baptist (Riverside, CA)
- Eastern Wyoming (Torrington, WY)
- Grace (Winona Lake, IN)
- Lake County (Grayslake, IL)
- Lenoir CC (Kinston, NC)
- Longwood (Farmville, VA)
- Loyalist (Belleville, ON)
- Mount Marty (Yankton, SD)
- South Carolina-Lancaster (Lancaster, SC)
- Windsor (Windsor, ON)
- Worcester State (Worcester, MA)
- Pasadena City (Pasadena, CA)
Paladins
Sentinels
Vanguards
Miners (larger category)
- Findlay (Findlay, OH) – Oilers
- New Mexico Mines (Socorro)
- Missouri S&T (Rolla, MO)
- South Dakota Mines (Rapid City, SD) – Hardrockers
- UTEP (El Paso, TX)
- Yuba (Marysville, CA) – 49ers
- Orediggers
Mountaineers
- Appalachian State (Boone, NC)
- Berea (Berea, KY)
- Eastern Oklahoma State (Wilburton, OK)
- Eastern Oregon (La Grande, OR)
- Mansfield (Mansfield, PA)
- Mohawk (Hamilton, ON)
- Mount St. Mary's (Emmitsburg, MD)[lower-alpha 14]
- Schreiner (Kerrville, TX)
- West Virginia (Morgantown, WV)
- Western Colorado (Gunnison, CO)
Mystics
Nickname based upon Indigenous peoples
- Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, MI) – Chippewas
- Florida State (Tallahassee, FL) – Seminoles
- Haskell Indian Nations (Lawrence, KS) – Fighting Indians[lower-alpha 15]
- Illinois (Champaign, IL) – Fighting Illini (Illinois Confederation)
- Mississippi College (Clinton, MS) – Choctaws
- Oglala Lakota (Kyle, SD) – Bravehearts[lower-alpha 15]
- Mendez (Gurabo, Puerto Rico) – Tainos
- Southwestern (KS) (Winfield, KS) – Moundbuilders
- Utah (Salt Lake City) – Utes
- Turtle Mountain CC (Belcourt, ND) – Mighty Mickinocks
- Williston State (Williston, ND) – Tetons
- William & Mary (Williamsburg, VA) – Tribe
Apaches
Aztecs
Braves
Chiefs
Indians
- Catawba (Salisbury, NC)
- Chipola (Marianna, FL)
- Ciudad Juárez (Ciudad Juárez)
- Itawamba CC (Fulton, MS)
- McCook CC (part of Mid-Plains Community College) (McCook, NE)
- South Carolina-Salkehatchie (Allendale, SC)
Nickname based on cultures/peoples (not Indigenous American)
- Alma (Alma, QC) – Jeannois
- Atlantis (Miami) – Atlanteans
- BYU-Hawaiʻi (Laie, HI) (no athletics) – Seasiders
- Compton (Compton, CA) – Tartars
- El Paso CC (El Paso, TX) – Tejanos & Tejanas
- Idaho (Moscow, ID) – Vandals
- Louisiana (Lafayette, LA) – Ragin' Cajuns
- Montmorency (Laval, QC) – Nomades
- New England College (Henniker, NH) – Pilgrims
Dutch/Dutchmen
- Central College (Pella, IA) – Dutch
- Hope (Holland, MI) – Flying Dutchmen
- Lebanon Valley (Annville, PA) – Flying Dutchmen
- Union (NY) (Schenectady, NY) – Dutchmen
Fighting Scots
Gaels
- Iona (New Rochelle, NY)
- Queen's (Kingston, ON) – Golden Gaels
- Saint Mary's California (Moraga, CA)
Highlanders
Islanders
Norse
Quakers
U.S. state nicknames
- Central Piedmont CC (Charlotte, NC) – Meck Dec'ers
- Iowa (Iowa City, IA) – Hawkeyes
- Indiana (Bloomington, IN) – Hoosiers
- Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) – Cornhuskers
- Oklahoma (Norman, OK) – Sooners
- UNC (Chapel Hill, NC) – Tar Heels
Scots
- Alma (Alma, MI)
- Covenant (Lookout Mountain, GA)
- Lyon (Batesville, AR) (men's teams only)
- Macalester (Saint Paul, MN)
- Maryville College (Maryville, TN)
- Presbyterian (Clinton, SC)
Texans
Volunteers
Western European groups
- Albion (Albion, MI) – Britons
- Alfred (Alfred, NY) – Saxons
- Bethany (KS) (Lindsborg, KS) – Terrible Swedes
- Carlow (Pittsburgh) – Celtics
- Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) – Fighting Irish
- St. Thomas (TX) (Houston) – Celts
Vikings
- Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)
- Augustana University (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Barstow CC (Barstow, CA)
- Bethany Lutheran (Mankato, MN)
- Berry (Mount Berry, GA)
- Big Bend CC (Moses Lake, WA)
- BYU–Idaho (Rexburg)
- Carl Albert State (Poteau, OK)
- Cleveland State (Cleveland)
- Del Mar (Corpus Christi, TX)
- Diablo Valley (Pleasant Hill, CA)
- Elizabeth City State (Elizabeth City, NC)
- Glen Oaks CC (Centreville, MI)
- Grand View (Des Moines)
- Grayson (Denison, TX)
- Hudson Valley CC (Troy, NY)
- Itasca CC (Grand Rapids, MN)
- Jefferson College (Hillsboro, MO)
- Lawrence (Appleton, WI)
- Long Beach City (Long Beach, CA)
- Maisonneuve (Montreal)
- Mercer County CC (Trenton, NJ & West Windsor, NJ)
- Missouri Valley (Marshall, MO)
- North Park (Chicago)
- Northwest-Shoals CC (Phil Campbell, AL)
- Ocean County (Toms River, NJ)
- Portland State (Portland, OR)
- Salem State (Salem, MA)
- Sampson CC (Clinton, NC)
- St. Johns River State (Palatka, FL)
- St. Lawrence (Kingston, ON)
- UAlberta Augustana (Camrose, Alberta)
- Valley City State (Valley City, ND)
- Victoria (Victoria, BC) – Vikes
- Villa Maria (Buffalo, NY)
- Westchester CC (Valhalla, NY)
- West Valley (Saratoga, CA)
- Western Washington (Bellingham, WA)
Pacers
Pilots
Flyers
Pioneers
- Alfred State (Alfred, NY)
- Antelope Valley (Lancaster, CA)
- Butler County CC (Butler, PA)
- Cal State East Bay (Hayward, CA)
- Carroll University (Waukesha, WI)
- Crowley's Ridge (Paragould, AR)
- Delta College (University Center, MI)
- Denver (Denver)
- Glenville State (Glenville, WV)
- Grinnell (Grinnell, IA)
- Indian River State (Fort Pierce, FL)
- Lewis & Clark (Portland, OR)
- Malone (Canton, OH)
- Marietta (Marietta, OH)
- MidAmerica Nazarene (Olathe, KS)
- Miles CC (Miles City, MT)
- North Arkansas (Harrison, AR)
- Northland CC/Tech (Thief River Falls, MN & East Grand Forks, MN)
- Pacific Union (Angwin, CA)
- Point Park (Pittsburgh)
- Pontifical Catholic-Mayagüez (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)
- Prairie State (Chicago Heights, IL)
- Sacred Heart (Fairfield, CT)
- Smith (Northampton, MA)
- Spartanburg Methodist (Spartanburg, SC)
- Texas Woman's (Denton, TX)
- Transylvania (Lexington, KY)
- Tusculum (Greeneville, TN)
- Utica (Utica, NY)
- Volunteer State CC (Gallatin, TN)
- Wayland Baptist (Plainview, TX)
- Western Oklahoma State (Altus, OK)
- Western Piedmont CC (Morganton, NC)
- Wharton County Junior (Wharton, TX)
- William Paterson (Wayne, NJ)
- UW-Platteville (Platteville, WI)
Plainsmen
Pipers
- Hamline (Saint Paul, MN)
- Lyon (Batesville, AR) (women's teams only)
Political movements (larger category)
- Antioch (Yellow Springs, OH) – Radicals
- George Washington (Washington, D.C.) – Revolutionaries
- Providence Christian (Pasadena, CA) – Sea Beggars
- Yeshiva (New York City) – Maccabees & Lady Macs
Patriots
- Arlington Baptist (Arlington, TX)
- Baptist Bible (MO) (Springfield, MO)
- College of Central Florida (Ocala, FL)
- Cumberlands (Williamsburg, KY)
- Dallas Baptist (Dallas)
- Francis Marion (Florence, SC)
- George Mason (Fairfax, VA)
- Isothermal CC (Spindale, NC)
- Northwest-Shoals CC (Muscle Shoals, AL)
- Patrick & Henry CC (Martinsville, VA)
- South Piedmont CC (multicampus)
- Southeastern Tech (Vidalia, GA)
- Southern State CC (Hillsboro, OH)
- UT Tyler (Tyler, TX)
- Valley Forge (Phoenixville, PA)
- Wallace Selma CC (Selma, AL)
Patriotes
Rebels
Renegades
Political/royal occupations (larger category)
- Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks, CA) – Kingsmen and Regals
- Durham (Oshawa, ON) – Lords
- Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, PA) – Diplomats
- Heidelberg (Tiffin, OH) – Student Princes
- Monroe CC (Rochester, NY) – Tribunes
- Rockford (Rockford, IL) – Regents
- Washington & Jefferson (Washington, PA) – Presidents
Ambassadors
Barons
Dons
Dukes
Governors
Monarchs
Royals
- Bethel (MN) (Arden Hills, MN)
- Douglas (New Westminster, BC)
- Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, VA)
- Ecclesia (Springdale, AR)
- Hope International (Fullerton, CA)
- Lake Region State (Devils Lake, ND)
- Nipawin Bible (Nipawin, SK)
- Queens Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
- Redeemer (Hamilton, ON)
- Regent (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Scranton (Scranton, PA)
- Warner (Lake Wales, FL)
Senators
Statesmen
Raiders
- Central CC (multicampus)
- Central Lakes (Brainerd, MN)
- Colgate (Hamilton, NY)
- Franklin University (Columbus, OH)
- Fulton-Montgomery CC (Johnstown, NY)
- Grand Rapids CC (Grand Rapids
- Milwaukee Engineering (Milwaukee)
- Moorpark (Moorpark, CA)
- Mount Union (Alliance, OH) – Purple Raiders
- Northwest Florida State (Niceville, FL)
- Oakland CC (Oakland County, MI)
- Oakton CC (Des Plaines, IL)
- Pierce (Lakewood, WA & Puyallup, WA)
- Rivier (Nashua, NH)
- Roane State CC (Harriman, TN)
- Rose State (Midwest City, OK)
- Rutgers–Newark (Newark, NJ) – Scarlet Raiders
- Seminole State (Sanford, FL)
- Shippensburg (Shippensburg, PA)
- Southern Oregon (Ashland, OR)
- Three Rivers CC (MO) (Poplar Bluff, MO)
- Wright State (Dayton, OH)
Blue Raiders
Red Raiders
- Northwestern College (Orange City, IA
- Texas Tech (Lubbock, TX) – Red Raiders and Lady Raiders
Rangers
Tartans
- Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh)
- Sinclair CC (Dayton, OH) – Tartan Pride
Trailblazers
- Arkansas State-Mountain Home (Mountain Home, AR)
- Asheville-Buncombe Tech CC (Asheville, NC)
- Atlanta Metropolitan (Atlanta)
- Brightpoint CC (Chester, VA)
- Centralia (Centralia, WA)
- Forsyth Tech CC (Winston-Salem)
- John Wood CC (Quincy, IL)
- Lewis & Clark CC (Godfrey, IL)
- Louisville Bible (Louisville, KY)
- Luzerne County CC (Nanticoke, PA)
- MCLA (North Adams, MA)
- North Central Kansas Tech (Beloit, KS)
- North Texas-Dallas (Dallas, TX)
- Ohio Christian (Circleville, OH)
- Utah Tech (St. George, UT)
- Vincennes (Vincennes, IN)
Trades (larger category)
- Acadia (Wolfville, NS) – Axemen and Axewomen
- Grays Harbor (Aberdeen, WA) – Chokers
- Lincoln Memorial (Harrogate, TN) – Railsplitters[lower-alpha 21]
- Northwest College (Powell, WY) – Trappers
- Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) – Boilermakers
- Stetson (DeLand, FL) – Hatters
- Vermilion CC (Ely, MN) – Ironmen
- Williamson Mechanical Trades (Media, PA) – Mechanics
Brewers
Loggers
Lumberjacks
- Alpena CC (Alpena, MI)
- Dakota Bottineau (Bottineau, ND) – Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks
- Humboldt State (Arcata, CA)
- Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, AZ)
- Northland (Ashland, WI) – LumberJacks and LumberJills
- Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches, TX) – Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks
Warriors
- Alliance (Manhattan, NY)
- Appalachian Bible (Mount Hope, WV)
- American Indian (Phoenix, AZ)
- Bacone (Muskogee, OK)
- Cal State Stanislaus (Turlock, CA)
- Corban (Salem, OR)
- Diné (Tsaile, AZ)
- East Central CC (Decatur, MS)
- Eastern Connecticut State (Willimantic, CT)
- East Stroudsburg (East Stroudsburg, PA)
- El Camino (Alondra Park, CA)
- Hawaiʻi (Honolulu) – Rainbow Warrors & Rainbow Wahine
- Hendrix (Conway, AR)
- Indian Hills CC (Ottumwa, IA & Centerville, IA)
- Indiana Tech (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Jessup (Rocklin, CA)
- Lewis-Clark State (Lewiston, ID)
- Life Pacific (San Dimas, CA)
- Little Priest (Winnebago, NE)
- Lycoming (Williamsport, PA)
- Massasoit CC (Brockton, MA)
- Merrimack (North Andover, MA)
- Midland University (Fremont, NE)
- Rend Lake (Ina, IL)
- Ridgewater (Willmar, MN & Hutchinson, MN)
- Rochester University (Rochester Hills, MI)
- Rowan-Cabarrus CC (multicampus)
- Southern Wesleyan (Central, SC)
- Sterling (Sterling, KS)
- TX A&M-Central TX (Killeen, TX)
- Union (NE) (Lincoln, NE)
- Vaughn (Flushing, Queens)
- Valor Christian Columbus, OH)
- Wabash Valley (Mt. Carmel, IL)
- Waterloo (Waterloo, ON)
- Waldorf (Forest City, IA)
- Walla Walla CC (Walla Walla, WA)
- Wayne State (MI) (Detroit)
- Webber International (Babson Park, FL)
- Westcliff (Irvine, CA)
- Westmont (Montecito, CA)
- Winona State (Winona, MN)
- Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee)
See also
- List of college team nicknames in the United States
- List of college nickname changes in the United States
- List of college mascots in the United States
- Native American mascot controversy
- Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of NJCAA Division I schools
- List of NJCAA Division II schools
- List of NJCAA Division III schools
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
Footnotes
- ↑ San Francisco State's nickname is not derived from the alligator, but rather the Golden Gate Bridge. The current nickname evolved from an earlier nickname of "Golden Gaters".
- ↑ The school's formal name is University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, but it brands its athletic program solely as Chattanooga. The nickname of "Mocs" is a contraction of the former nickname of "Moccasins". While the city is located in the Tennessee River's Moccasin Bend, the school's athletic branding had long alluded to Native American stereotypes. The current nickname and athletic imagery strongly emphasize the northern mockingbird, the official state bird of Tennessee.
- ↑ Evolved from a former nickname of Thoroughbreds; the baseball team was the last to abandon that nickname, doing so in 2014.
- 1 2 While this school's nickname is "Lions", its athletic imagery depicts a cougar, also known as "mountain lion".
- ↑ While the athletic nicknames of all Penn State campuses incorporate the word "Lions" in some way—most notably the Nittany Lions nickname of the main campus—this refers in all cases to the cougar (aka "mountain lion"). The main campus uses a stylized cougar's head in its athletic logo, and one of that campus' most prominent landmarks is a larger-than-life sculpture of a cougar. Most other Penn State campuses feature a replica of this sculpture.
- ↑ Formally the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, academically branded as "UA Little Rock", but athletically known as Little Rock.
- ↑ The former women's nickname of "Women of Troy" is still officially acceptable, but has mostly been superseded by Trojans.
- ↑ Derived from the fact that the institution, which had opened in 1946, was saved from closure in 1949 when it was taken over by the city of Charlotte. The only relation to the mining term is that the university's founder felt the school embodied the "49er spirit" of California Gold Rush settlers.
- ↑ Not derived from the title of nobility, but instead from the university's second president, Samuel Page Duke.
- ↑ Nickname specifically honors 19th-century transportation mogul "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who supplied the university's initial endowment.
- ↑ Usually refers to the geographic feature, but can also refer to a lake freighter, a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade, and by extension to an individual who serves on such a ship.
- ↑ This school's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain.
- ↑ This school's athletic logo consists primarily of an anchor.
- ↑ Sports teams also branded as "The Mount".
- 1 2 3 Tribal college or university.
- ↑ Originally founded to educate Native Americans, with longstanding historic ties to the local Lumbee people.
- ↑ Not a culturally based nickname, but rather on the school's location on Ward Island, a peninsula between Corpus Christi Bay and Oso Bay that is locally treated as an island.
- 1 2 Here, the nickname of "Pilots" refers to the maritime profession.
- ↑ Franciscan's nickname specifically references its city's namesake, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
- ↑ The university's formal name is University of Wisconsin–Parkside, but it has branded its athletic program as "Parkside" since 2018.
- ↑ The nickname is one of the most famous nicknames of the university's namesake, Abraham Lincoln.
References
- ↑ "Mississippi State Traditions".
- ↑ "Akron". www.gozips.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.