List of college sports team nicknames in North America

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
• Pittsburg State (Pittsburg, KS) - Gorillas
• Richmond (Richmond, VA) - Spiders
• SD State (Brookings) - Jackrabbits
• Tufts (Medford, MA & Somerville, MA) - Jumbos
• UC Irvine (Irvine) - Anteaters
• UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz) - Banana Slugs
• WA Tech (Bellevue) - Red Pandas
• Yakima Valley CC (Yakima, WA) - Yaks

Aardvarks

• Aims CC (Greeley, CO)
• Pikes Peak State College (Colorado Springs)

Amphibians/Reptiles (larger category)

• Eastern AZ (Thatcher) – Gila Monsters
• FL 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

• North Seattle (Seattle, WA) - Tree Frogs
• Quinebaug Valley CC (Danielson, CT)
• TCU (Fort Worth, TX) – Horned 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 (MD) (Baltimore, MD)
• Russell Sage (Albany, NY & Troy, NY)
• San Francisco State (San Francisco)^[a]
• Thomas Nelson CC (Hampton, VA & Williamsburg, VA)

Geckos

• GateWay CC (Phoenix, AZ)
• San Jacinto (Pasadena, TX & Houston)

Antelopes

• 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

• Randolph CC (Randolph County, NC)
• San Antonio (San Antonio)

Badgers

• Amarillo (Amarillo, TX)
• Brock (St. Catherines, ON)
• Northern VT-Johnson (Johnson)
• Spring Hill (Mobile, AL)
• Wisconsin (Madison)
• Snow (Ephraim, UT)

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
• 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)
• MO State (Springfield, MO)
• Morgan State (Baltimore, MD)
• Mott CC (Flint, MI)
• Northern CO (Greeley, CO)
• NE State CC (Blountville, TN)
• NYIT (Old Westbury, NY)
• Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
• Pikeville (Pikeville, KY)
• Quest (Squamish, BC) - Kermode Bears
• 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)
• SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)
• SW MS CC (Summit, MS)
• Truett McConnell (Cleveland, GA)
• UAlberta (Edmonton) – Pandas
• UC San Francisco (San Francisco)
• USCGA (New London, CT)
• Ursinus (Collegeville, PA)
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis)

Black Bears

• Maine (Orono, ME)
• PA Highlands CC (Johnstown, PA)

Bruins

• Bellevue (NE) (Bellevue, NE)
• Belmont (Nashville, TN)
• Bob Jones (Greenville, SC)
• Carolina (Winston-Salem)
• George Fox (Newberg, OR)
• Kellogg CC (Battle Creek, MI)
• Salt Lake CC (Salt Lake City)
• Sheridan (ON) (multicampus)
• Trocaire (Buffalo, NY)
• UCLA (Los Angeles)

Golden Bears

• California (Berkeley)
• Clinton (SC) (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

• Adams State (Alamosa, CO)
• Butler CC (El Dorado, KS)
• Franklin (IN) (Franklin, IN)
• Georgia Gwinnett (Lawrenceville, GA)
• Georgian (Barrie, ON)
• Guttman CC (Manhattan) (no sports teams)
• Missouri State-West Plains (West Plains, MO)
• Montana (Missoula)
• Oakland (Rochester Hills, MI) - Golden Grizzlies

Kodiaks

• Cascadia (Bothell, WA)
• Lethbridge (Lethbridge, AB)

Polar Bears

• Bowdoin (Brunswick, ME)
• OH Northern (Ada, OH)

Big Cats (larger category excluding Lions and Tigers)

• Vanier (Montreal) - Cheetahs

Bobcats

• Bates (Lewiston, ME)
• Brandon (Brandon, MB)
• Bryant and Stratton (Syracuse, NY and Buffalo, NY)
• Burman (Lacombe, AB)
• Central OR CC (Bend, OR)
• East GA State (Swainsboro, GA)
• Frostburg State (Frostburg, MD)
• Georgia College (Milledgeville, GA)
• GA NW 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)
• WV Wesleyan (Buckhannon, WV)

Catamounts

• Vermont (Burlington, VT)
• Western Carolina (Cullowhee, NC)
• Potomac State (Keyser, WV)

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)
• Charleston (Charleston, SC)
• Chatham (Pittsburgh)
• Chicago State (Chicago)
• Clackamas CC (Oregon City, OR)
• Clark (MA) (Worcester, MA)
• Cleveland State CC (Cleveland, TN)
• Clinton CC (NY) (Plattsburgh, NY)
• Coastal Bend (Beeville, TX)
• Coastal Carolina CC (Jacksonville, NC)
• Collin (McKinney, TX)
• CO 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)
• IL 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)
• Sault (Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
• South Mountain CC (Phoenix, AZ)
• Southern IL–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 NE 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)
• TX A&M-San Antonio (San Antonio)
• Williamson (Franklin, TN)

Leopards

• Lafayette (Easton, PA)
• Logan (MO) (Chesterfield, MO)
• La Verne (La Verne, CA)
• Temple (TX) (Temple, TX)
• Wentworth Tech (Boston)

Lynx

• Carroll CC (Westminster, MD)
• Colorado-Denver (Denver) (no sports teams)
• Édouard-Montpetit (Longueuil, QC)
• Kennebec Valley CC (Fairfield, ME)
• Lesley (Cambridge, MA)
• Occidente (Los Mochis)
• NHTI Concord CC (Concord, NH)
• Rhodes (Memphis, TN)
• Valle de México (Mexico City)

Mountain Lions

• Alliant International (multicampus)
• Concord (Athens, WV)
• De Anza (Cupertino, CA)
• Estrella Mountain CC (Avondale, AZ)
• Mayland CC (Spruce Pine, NC)
• Mount Wachusett CC (Gardner, MA)
• UCCS (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Young Harris (Young Harris, GA)

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 IL (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)
• KY 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 IA (Cedar Falls, IA)
• OH 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 VA 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 FL State (Avon Park, FL)
• Tompkins Cortland CC (Dryden, New York)
• UW-Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
• VA 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

• 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)
• Cazenovia (Cazenovia, NY)
• CC Allegheny County (Allegheny County, PA)
• Chico State (Chico, CA)
• Central WA (Ellensburg, WA)
• Culver–Stockton (Canton, MO)
• Davidson (Davidson, NC)
• Daemen (Amherst, NY)
• Emmanuel (ON) (Kitchener, ON)
• Fort Valley State (Fort Valley, GA)
• IN Wesleyan (Marion, IN)
• Johnson & Wales (multicampus)
• Kansas State (Manhattan, KS)
• Kentucky (Lexington)
• LA Christian (Pineville, LA)
• Linfield (McMinnville, OR)
• New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
• ND Science (Wahpeton, ND)
• NW Vista (San Antonio)
• Northern Michigan (Marquette, MI)
• Northwestern (Evanston, IL/Chicago)
• Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech (Orangeburg, SC)
• PA 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 NV (Carson City, NV)
• Wiley (Marshall, TX)
• Wilmington (DE) (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^[b]
• 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
• WV Northern CC (Wheeling, WV) - Thundering Chickens

Bantams

• Trinity (CT) (Hartford, CT)
• South Carolina-Union

Blue Jays

• Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, PA)
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore)
• Manor (Jenkintown, PA)
• MN West CC/Tech (multicampus)
• Saint Joseph (CT) (West Hartford, CT)
• Westminster (MO) (Fulton, MO)

Bluejays

• Creighton (Omaha, NE)
• Elmhurst (Elmhurst, IL)
• Tabor (Hillsboro, KS)

Cardinals

• Andrews (Berrien Springs, MI)
• Ball State (Muncie, IN)
• Catholic (Washington, D.C.)
• Concordia (MI) (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Gadsden State CC (Gadsden, AL)
• Hibbing CC (Hibbing, MN)
• IL State (Normal, IL) (Redbirds)
• Incarnate Word (San Antonio)
• Labette CC (Parsons, KS)
• Lamar (Beaumont, TX)
• Louisville (Louisville, KY)
• MA Pharmacy/Health (Boston)
• McGill (Montreal) - Redbirds
• Mineral Area (Park Hills, MO)
• North Central (IL) (Naperville, IL)
• North ID (Coeur D'Alene, ID)
• Otterbein (Westerville, OH)
• Saginaw Valley State (University Center, MI)
• Saint Mary's (MN) (Winona, MN)
• Skagit Valley (Mount Vernon, WA)
• St. John Fisher (Rochester, NY)
• Stratford (multicampus)
• SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY)
• Trinity Valley CC (Athens, TX)
• Wesleyan (CT) (Middletown, CT)
• Wheeling (Wheeling, WV)
• William Jewell (Liberty, Missouri)
• CUNY York (Jamaica, Queens)

Chaparrals

• DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL)
• El Centro (Dallas)
• Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, TX)
• Midland (TX) (Midland, TX)

Condors

• Conestoga (Kitchener, ON)
• Oxnard (Oxnard, CA)

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 WI (Mequon, WI)
• Davis (NY) (Johnson City, NY)
• Daytona State (Daytona Beach, FL)
• Dutchess CC (Poughkeepsie, NY)
• East Central (MO) (Union, MO)
• Eastern ID (Idaho Falls, ID)
• Fairmont State (Fairmont, WV)
• Fanshawe (London, ON)
• Felician (Lodi, NJ & Rutherford, NJ)
• Fisher (Boston)
• Fitchburg State (Fitchburg, MA)
• FL College (Temple Terrace, FL)
• Folsom Lake (Folsom, CA)
• Friends (Wichita, KS)
• KS Christian (Overland Park, KS)
• Lackawanna (Scranton, PA)
• Langara (Vancouver, BC)
• Lone Star-CyFair (Cypress, TX)
• Messiah (Grantham, PA)
• Montevallo (Montevallo, AL)
• Northern ME CC (Presque Isle, ME)
• Notre Dame (OH) (South Euclid, OH)
• Pfeiffer (Misenheimer, NC)
• St. Augustine's (Raleigh, NC)
• Seattle Pacific (Seattle)
• SE IL (Harrisburg, IL)
• Simmons (KY) (Louisville)
• Solano CC (Fairfield, CA)
• Truman (IL) (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

• Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, AL)
• South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

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)
• FL Atlantic (Boca Raton, FL)
• 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 AB Tech (Edmonton, AB) - Ooks
• Oconee Fall Line Tech (Sandersville, GA & Dublin, GA)
• OR 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 (Philadelphia)
• Union County (Union County, NJ)
• Warren Wilson (Asheville, NC)
• Westfield State (Westfield, MA)
• William Woods (Fulton, MO)

Peacocks

• Creative Studies (MI) (Detroit)
• Saint Peter's (Jersey City, NJ) - Peacocks & Peahens
• Upper IA (Fayette, IA)

Pelicans

• John Paul the Great (Escondido, CA)
• Nunez CC (Chalmette, LA)

Penguins

• Clark (WA) (Vancouver, WA)
• Dominican (CA) (San Rafael, CA)
• Youngstown State (Youngstown, OH)

Raptors

• Bard (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)
• Montgomery (Montgomery County, MD)
• Rutgers–Camden (Camden, NJ) - Scarlet Raptors

Ravens

• Anderson (Anderson, IN)
• Benedictine (KS) (Atchison, KS)
• Carleton (ON) (Ottawa, ON)
• Coffeyville CC (Coffeyville, KS) – Red Ravens
• Franklin Pierce (Rindge, NH)
• Reading Area CC (Reading, PA)
• Rosemont (Rosemont, PA)

Roadrunners

• Angelina (Lufkin, TX)
• Butte (Oroville, CA)
• Cal State Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
• Crafton Hills (Yucaipa, CA)
• Dalton State (Dalton, GA)
• Desert (Palm Desert, CA)
• DE 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)
• SW MI (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
• Nichols (Dudley, MA)
• ND State (Fargo, ND)
• OK Baptist (Shawnee, OK)
• Southern Union State CC (Wadley, AL)
• Wayne CC (Goldsboro, NC)

Buffaloes

• AR Baptist (Little Rock, AR)
• Colorado (Boulder)
• Milligan (Johnson City, TN)
• NE Indian CC (multicampus)
• West Texas A&M (Canyon, TX)

Camels

• Campbell (Buies Creek, NC) - Fighting Camels
• CT College (New London, CT)

Cats (larger category, excluding Big Cats)

• Anna Maria (Paxton, MA) – AMCats
• Central NM 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
• TX 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

• CO Mesa (Grand Junction, CO)
• Lone Star-Montgomery (The Woodlands, TX)
• Medaille (Buffalo, NY)
• Mercy (NY) (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
• Midlands Tech (multicampus)
• Minnesota State (Mankato)
• Mitchell CC (Statesville, NC)
• Mitchell Tech (Mitchell, SD)
• OH State–Mansfield (Mansfield, OH)
• NW KS 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 ID (Caldwell, ID) – Yotes
• Cuyamaca (Rancho San Diego, CA)
• KS Wesleyan (Salina, KS)
• La Cité (Ottawa)
• Lake Tahoe CC (South Lake Tahoe, CA)
• Okanagan (Kelowna)
• South Dakota (Vermillion, SD)
• Southern NV (Las Vegas)
• Weatherford (Weatherford, TX)

Deer

Bucks

• Arkansas-Rich Mountain (Mena, AR)
• Motlow State CC (Lynchburg, TN)
• Washington State CC (Marietta, OH)

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
• Maryland–Baltimore County [UMBC] (Catonsville, MD) – Retrievers
• ON Tech or 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)
• AL A&M (Normal, AL)
• Allan Hancock (Santa Maria, CA)
• Barton (Wilson, NC)
• Bellevue (WA) (Bellevue, WA)
• Bergen CC (Bergen County, NJ)
• Bowie State (Bowie, MD)
• Boyce (Louisville, KY)
• Brooklyn (Brooklyn)
• Bryant (Smithfield, RI)
• Bunker Hill CC (Boston)
• Butler (Indianapolis)
• The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
• Clarendon (TX) (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)
• LA Tech (Ruston, LA) (men's teams)
• McPherson (McPherson, KS)
• Minnesota–Duluth (Duluth, MN)
• MS 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)
• SC State (Orangeburg, SC)
• South Suburban (South Holland, IL)
• SW OK State (Weatherford, OK)
• Springfield (IL) (Springfield, IL)
• Thaddeus Stevens Tech (Lancaster, PA)
• TN Wesleyan (Athens, TN)
• Texarkana (Texarkana, TX)
• Texas Lutheran (Seguin, TX)
• Tougaloo (Tougaloo, MS)
• Truman (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

• AR State Mid-South (West Memphis, AR)
• Assumption (Worcester, MA)
• Eastern NM (Portales, New Mexico)
• Fort Scott CC (Fort Scott, KS)
• Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
• Loyola (MD) (Baltimore)
• Moberly Area CC (Moberly, MO)
• Moravian (Bethlehem, PA)

Huskies

• Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg, PA)
• East L.A. (Monterey Park, CA)
• George Brown (Toronto)
• Houston Christian (Houston)
• Keyano (Fort McMurray, AB)
• MI Tech (Houghton, MI)
• Monroe County CC (Monroe Charter Township, MI & Temperance, MI)
• Northeastern (Boston)
• Northern IL (DeKalb, IL)
• St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, MN)
• St. Mary's (NS) (Halifax, NS)
• Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
• Southern ME (Gorham, ME)
• UConn (Storrs, CT)
• UW–Marathon County (Wausau, WI)
• Washington (Seattle)

Saints

• D'Youville (Buffalo, NY)
• Maryville (MO) (Town and Country)
• Siena (Loudonville, NY)

Salukis

• Southern IL (Carbondale)
• SW TN CC (Memphis, TN)

Scotties

• Agnes Scott (Decatur, GA)
• Highland CC (KS) (Highland, KS)

Terriers

• Boston University (Boston)
• Hiram (Hiram, OH)
• St. Francis Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights)
• Thomas (ME) (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)
• Baptist FL (Graceville, FL)
• Bay Ridge Christian (Fort Bend County, TX)
• Benedictine (IL) (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 TX (Killeen, TX)
• Chadron State (Chadron, NE)
• Clark State (Springfield, OH)
• Coastal AL CC (Monroeville, AL)
• CO Mountain (multicampus)
• Concordia Irvine (Irvine, CA)
• Coppin State (Baltimore)
• Drake State CC/Tech (Huntsville, AL) - Blue Eagles
• Dyersburg State CC (Dyersburg, TN)
• Eastern (PA) (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 Bible (Ankeny, IA)
• Faulkner (Montgomery, AL)
• Florida Gulf Coast (Fort Myers)
• Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale)
• Georgia Southern (Statesboro, GA)
• Hinds CC (Raymond, MS)
• Houston CC (Houston)
• IL Valley CC (Oglesby, IL)
• Judson (IL) (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)
• Merchant Marine (Kings Point, NY) - Sea Eagles^[c]
• Meridian CC (Meridian, MS)
• Midway (Midway, KY)
• Moncton (Moncton) – Aigles Bleu (Blue Eagles)
• Morehead State (Morehead, KY)
• Mt. San Jacinto (Riverside County, CA)
• Niagara (NY) (Lewiston, NY)
• NC Central (Durham, NC)
• NE TX CC (Mount Pleasant, TX)
• NE WI Tech (Green Bay, WI)
• Northern NM (Española, NM)
• NW AR CC (Bentonville, AR)
• Northwest (WA) (Kirkland, WA)
• Northwestern–St. Paul (Saint Paul, MN)
• OK Christian (Oklahoma City, OK)
• OK 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)
• SK Indian Tech (Saskatoon)
• SW Christian (OK) (Bethany, OK)
• Stanly CC (Locust, NC)
• State Tech MO (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 ID (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

• Lock Haven (Lock Haven, PA)
• Oxford Emory (Oxford, GA)

Golden Eagles

• Cal State Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• Charleston (WV) (Charleston)
• Chattahoochee Tech (Marietta, GA)
• Clarion (Clarion, PA)
• (CO State-Global (Aurora, CO)
• Cornerstone (Grand Rapids)
• Feather River (Quincy, CA)
• John Brown (Siloam Springs, AR)
• La Sierra (Riverside, CA)
• Laramie County CC (Cheyenne, WY)
• Marquette (Milwaukee)
• Minnesota–Crookston (Crookston, MN)
• NE IL (Chicago)
• Oral Roberts (Tulsa, OK)
• Rock Valley (Rockford, IL)
• Southern ID (Twin Falls, ID)
• Southern MS (Hattiesburg, MS)
• Spalding (Louisville, KY)
• St. Joseph's (Long Island) (Patchogue, NY)
• SUNY Brockport (Brockport, NY)
• Tennessee Tech (Cookeville)
• UT 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

• Southern Indiana (Evansville)
• Toccoa Falls (Toccoa, GA)

Foxes

• Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (multicampus) - Zorros
• Fox Valley Tech (Appleton, WI)
• KY CC/Tech System (multicampus)
• Sweet Briar (Sweet Briar, Virginia) – Vixen
• West Shore CC (Scottville, MI)

Red Foxes

• CC Aurora (Aurora, CO)
• Marist (Poughkeepsie, NY)
• Red Rocks CC (Lakewood, CO)

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)
• DE 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)
• Hodges (Naples, FL & Fort Myers, FL)
• Holy Names (Oakland, CA)
• Housatonic CC (Bridgeport, CT)
• Houston-Clear Lake (Houston)
• Howard (Big Spring, TX)
• Humber (Toronto)
• Hunter (Manhattan)
• Huntingdon (Montgomery, AL)
• Illinois Tech (Chicago)
• Indiana (PA) (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 (NJ) (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 (AR) (North Little Rock, AR)
• Shorter (GA) (Rome, GA)
• SE CC (IA) (Burlington, IA & Keokuk, IA)
• South GA State (Douglas, GA & Waycross, GA)
• Southern MD (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

• Jamestown CC (Jamestown, NY)
• Muskegon CC (Muskegon, MI)
• Kansas (Lawrence)

Nighthawks

• National Park (Hot Springs, AR)
• North Georgia (Dahlonega)
• Northern VA CC (Annandale, VA)
• Northwest Nazarena (Nampa, ID)
• Thomas (GA) (Thomasville, GA)

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(OH) (Oxford, OH) – RedHawks
• Montclair State (Montclair, NJ)
• Ripon (Ripon, WI)
• Roberts Wesleyan (Rochester, NY)
• Seattle (Seattle) – Redhawks
• Simpson (CA) (Redding, CA)
• Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau, MO) – Redhawks

River Hawks

• Susquehanna (Selinsgrove, PA)
• UMass Lowell (Lowell, MA)

Riverhawks

• Anne Arundel CC (Arnold, MD)
• Northeastern State (Tahlequah, OK)
• Umpqua CC (Roseburg, OR)
• West Virginia-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 (MD) (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

• Atlanta Tech (Atlanta, GA)
• Fort Lewis (Durango, CO)
• Navajo Tech (Crownpoint, NM)
• Point (West Point, GA)
• Sauk Valley CC (Dixon, IL)
• Stonehill (Easton, MA)
• UT Martin (Martin, TN)

Thunderhawks

• Confederation (Thunder Bay, ON)
• Miami-Middletown (Middletown, OH)

Warhawks

• Auburn Montgomery (Montgomery, AL)
• Calhoun CC (Decatur, AL)
• Coastal AL East CC (Brewton, AL)
• McMurry (Abilene, TX) -War Hawks
• Louisiana-Monroe [aka ULM] (Monroe, LA)
• Wisconsin–Whitewater (Whitewater)

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^[d]
• Ottawa (ON) (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 ME 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)
• NE AL CC (Rainsville, AL)
• San Joaquin Delta (Stockton, CA)
• Sisseton Wahpeton (Sisseton, SD)
• Southern Methodist (University Park, TX)
• Southwest (Hobbs, NM)
• SW MN State (Marshall, MN)
• Stevenson (Stevenson, MD)
• SUNY Morrisville (Morrisville, NY)
• Western ON, (London, ON)
• Western NM, (Silver City, New Mexico)
• Western WY CC, (Rock Springs, WY)

Palominos

• Laredo (Laredo, TX)
• Palo Alto (San Antonio)

Ponies

• Morelia Tech (Morelia, Mexico)
• Panola (Carthage, TX)

Stallions

• Abraham Baldwin (Tifton, GA)
• North American (Stafford, TX)

Thoroughbreds

• KY 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)
• SCAD (Savannah, GA)
• St. Ambrose (Davenport, IA) – Fightin' Bees

Boll Weevils

• Arkansas–Monticello (Monticello, AR) (men's teams)
• Enterprise State CC (Enterprise, AL)

Hornets

• AL State (Montgomery, AL) - Hornets & Lady Hornets
• DE State (Dover, DE)
• Emporia State (Emporia, KS)
• Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
• Harris-Stowe State (St. Louis)
• Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, MI)
• Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA)
• Morris (SC) (Sumter, SC)
• Northern Vermont–Lyndon (Lyndon, VT)
• Sacramento State (Sacramento, CA)
• Shenandoah (Winchester, VA)
• SUNY Broome (Dickinson, Waverly, and Owego, NY)

Stingers

• Concordia (Montreal) (Montreal)
• Florence-Darlington Tech (Florence, SC)

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)
• WV State (Institute, WV)
• UW-Superior (Superior, WI)

Yellowjackets

• MT State-Billings (Billings)
• Rochester CC/Tech (Rochester, MN)
• Rochester (Rochester, NY)

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)
• College of NJ (Ewing, NJ)
• Columbia (NY) (New York City)
• CC Baltimore County-Dundalk (Dundalk, MD)
• CC Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• East MS CC (Scooba, MS)
• Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, VA)
• Eastern Nazarene (Quincy, MA)
• Emerson (Boston)
• Emmanuel (GA) (Franklin Springs, GA)
• Finlandia (Hancock, MI)
• FL 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 (MO) (Saint Charles, MO)
• Loma Linda (Loma Linda, CA)
• Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles)
• Mars Hill (Mars Hill, NC)^[e]
• Missouri Southern (Joplin, MO)
• Molloy (Long Island)
• Moreno Valley (Moreno Valley, CA)
• Mount St. Joseph (Delhi Township, OH)^[e]
• Mountain View (Dallas)
• Multnomah (Portland, OR)
• Nassau CC (Garden City, NY)
• Normandale CC (Bloomington, MN)
• North Central TX (Gainesville, TX)
• North Alabama (Florence, AL)
• Paine (Augusta, GA)
• Penn State (multicampus) – Nittany Lions
• 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)
• SE LA (Hammond, LA)
• SW Assemblies of God (Waxahachie, TX)
• TX A&M-Commerce (Commerce, TX)
• Trinity Bible (Ellendale, ND)
• Vanguard (Costa Mesa, CA)
• Wallace State CC (Hanceville, AL)
• York (Toronto) (Toronto)

Golden Lions

• Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, AR)
• Raritan Valley CC (North Branch, NJ)

Lyons

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

Pride

• Clarke (Dubuque, IA)
• Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
• Hofstra (Hempstead, NY)
• Lowcountry Tech (Beaufort, SC)
• Purdue Northwest (Hammond and Westville, IN)
• Regis (MA) (Weston, MA)
• Springfield (MA) (Springfield, MA)
• Widener (Chester, PA)

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
• 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)
• Mount Saint Vincent (NY) (Riverdale, Bronx)
• Sagrado Corazón (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• Shoreline CC (Shoreline, WA)
• Staten Island (Staten Island)
• Tamaulipas Higher Ed (Altamira, Mexico) - Delfines
• Wor-Wic CC (Salisbury, MD)

Muskies

• Lakeland (WI) (Sheboygan, WI)
• Muskingum (New Concord, OH)

Sharks

• Cape Cod CC (West Barnstable, MA) (no sports)
• HI Pacific (Honolulu)
• Landmark (Putney, VT)
• LIU (Brooklyn and Brookville, NY)
• Miami Dade (Miami)
• Nova Southeastern (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
• OR Coast CC (Newport, OR)
• Puerto Rico-Aguadilla (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
• SEARK (Pine Bluff, AR)
• Simmons (MA) (Boston)
• Suffolk County CC (Selden, NY)

Marsupials (larger category)

• Columbia (SC) (Columbia, SC) – Koalas
• UW–Green Bay, Sheboygan (Sheboygan, WI) – Wombats

Kangaroos

• Austin (Sherman, TX)
• Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri) - Roos
• SUNY Canton (Canton, NY)

Moose

• Granite State (Concord, NH)
• Maine-Augusta (Augusta, ME)
• NW CT CC (Winsted, CT)

Otters

• Alamance CC (Haw River, NC) - River Otters
• Cal State Monterey Bay (Marina/Seaside, CA)

Prehistoric animals (larger category)

• Amherst (Amherst, MA) – Mammoths
• Calgary (Calgary) – Dinos
• Cuyahoga CC (Cuyahoga County, OH) - Triceratops

Mastodons

• MA Art/Design
• Purdue Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN)

Rams

• Angelo State (San Angelo, TX) – Rams and Rambelles
• A.T. Still (Kirksville, MO)
• Bluefield (Bluefield, VA)
• Columbia International (Columbia, SC)
• CO State (Fort Collins, CO)
• Cornell (IA) (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)
• Jefferson (PA) (Philadelphia)
• Mobile (Mobile, AL)
• Monterrey Tech (Monterrey)
• North Central (MN) (Minneapolis)
• Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)
• San Francisco City College (San Francisco)
• Shepherd (Shepherdstown, WV)
• SE CC (NC) (Whiteville, NC)
• SW Christian (TX) (Terrell, TX)
• Springfield Tech CC (Springfield, MA)
• Suffolk (Boston)
• SUNY Farmingdale (Farmingdale, NY)
• Toronto Metropolitan (Toronto)
• TX Wesleyan (Fort Worth)
• 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

• Albany State (Albany, GA)
• Anoka-Ramsey CC (Coon Rapids, MN & Cambridge, MN)
• West Chester (West Chester, PA)

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)
• MIT (Cambridge, MA)
• 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)

Scorpions

• NV State (Henderson, NV)
• TX Southmost (Brownsville, TX)^[f]

Snakes (larger category)

• Boréal (Sudbury, ON) - Vipères
• FL Southern (Lakeland, FL) – Moccasins

Cobras

• Caldwell CC/Tech (Hudson, NC)
• Coker (Hartsville, SC)
• Parkland (Champaign, IL)

Rattlers

• Florida A&M (Tallahassee, FL)
• Medicine Hat (Medicine Hat, AB)
• Otero (La Junta, CO)
• St. Mary's (TX) (San Antonio)
• UW–Rock County (Janesville, WI)

Tigers (standalone category - multiple sub-categories)

• Auburn (Auburn, AL)
• Benedict (Columbia, SC)
• Campbellsville (Campbellsville, KY)
• Casa Blanca (Culiacán) - White Tigers
• Central Christian (KS) (McPherson, KS)
• Champion Christian (Hot Springs, AR)
• Chattanooga State CC (Chattanooga, TN)
• Clemson (Clemson, SC)
• Coahoma CC (Coahoma County, MS)
• CO College (Colorado Springs)
• Cowley CC (Arkansas City, KS)
• Dakota Wesleyan (Mitchell, SD)
• Dalhousie (Halifax, NS)
• DePauw (Greencastle, IN)
• Doane (Crete, NE)
• East Central (OK) (Ada, OK)
• East TX Baptist (Marshall, TX)
• Edward Waters (Jacksonville, FL)
• Fairfax America (Fairfax, VA)
• FIT (New York City)
• Fort Hays State (Hays, KS)
• Georgetown (KY) (Georgetown, KY)
• Grace Christian (Grand Rapids)
• Grambling State (Grambling, LA)
• Hampden–Sydney (Hampden Sydney, VA)
• Holy Family (Philadelphia)
• Interamerican PR (San German, PR)
• Iowa Wesleyan (Mount Pleasant, IA)
• 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
• NE MS 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 (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)
• TN State (Nashville, TN)
• TX 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

• Buffalo State (Buffalo, NY)
• ID State (Pocatello, ID)
• LSU-Eunice (Eunice, LA)
• Maine–Fort Kent (Fort Kent, ME)

Fighting Tigers

• Andrew (Cuthbert, GA)
• SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY)

Golden Tigers

• Brenau (Gainesville, GA)
• Tuskegee (Tuskegee, AL)

Wild Pigs

• Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) – Razorbacks
• Texas A&M-Kingsville (Kingsville, TX) – Javelinas

Wolverines

• Essex County (Newark, NJ)
• Grove City (Grove City, PA)
• Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Morris Brown (Atlanta)
• San Bernardino Valley (San Bernardino, CA)
• Sierra (Rocklin, CA)
• Utah Valley (Orem, UT)

Wolves (larger category)

• Algonquin (Ottawa)
• Alvernia (Reading, PA) – Golden Wolves
• Cardinal Stritch (Fox Point, WI & Glendale, WI)
• 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)
• NE Wesleyan (Lincoln, NE) – Prairie Wolves
• Newberry (Newberry, SC)
• North GA Tech (Clarkesville, GA)
• Northern State (Aberdeen, SD)
• Puerto Rico-Arecibo (Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
• VA 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 (GA) (Macon, GA)

Lobos

• Durango (Durango City)
• Iberoamericana (Mexico City)
• Meritorious Autonomous Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
• Monterey Peninsula (Monterey, CA)
• New Mexico (Albuquerque)
• Sul Ross State (Alpine, TX)

Red Wolves

• Arkansas State (Jonesboro, AR)
• IU East (Richmond, IN)

Seawolves

• Alaska-Anchorage (Anchorage)
• Sonoma State (Rohnert Park, CA)
• Southern ME CC (South Portland, ME)
• SUNY Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)

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)
• FL Gateway (Lake City, FL)
• Lone Star-Tomball (Tomball, TX)
• North Central MI (Petoskey, MI)
• Northcentral Tech (Wausau, WI)
• Northern BC (Prince George, BC)
• Northwood (Midland, MI)
• SUNY Adirondack (Queensbury, NY)

Wolf Pack/Wolfpack

• Copiah-Lincoln CC (Wesson, MS)
• Loyola New Orleans (New Orleans) – Wolfpack
• Madison Area Tech (Madison, WI)
• Nevada-Reno (Reno) – Wolf Pack
• NC State (Raleigh, NC) – Wolfpack
• Thompson Rivers (Kamloops) – WolfPack
• Westmoreland County CC (Youngwood, PA)

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

• Brookdale CC (Lincroft, NJ)
• Capilano (North Vancouver, BC)
• Dawson (Montreal)
• MUW (Columbus, MS)
• Whitman (Walla Walla, WA)

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 TX (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 (PA) (Loretto, PA) – Red Flash
• Stanford (Palo Alto, CA) – Cardinal
• Swarthmore (Swarthmore, PA) - Garnet

Big Red

• Cornell (NY) (Ithaca, NY)
• Denison (Granville, OH)

Maroons

• Roanoke (Salem, VA)
• UChicago (Chicago)

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(CA) (Los Angeles, CA) (no varsity teams) - Athenians

Argonauts

• Providence (MT) (Great Falls, MT)
• Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont, CA)
• West FL (Pensacola, FL)

Centurions

• Bucks County CC (Bucks County, PA)
• Montcalm CC (Sidney, Michigan)

Gladiators

• Atlantic UC Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
• Chabot (Hayward, CA)

Spartans

• Aurora (Aurora, IL)
• Dubuque (Dubuque, IA)
• Case Western Reserve (Cleveland)
• Castleton (Castleton, VT)
• Cayuga CC (Auburn, NY)
• CO NW 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)
• MN State CC/Tech (multicampus)
• MO Baptist (Creve Coeur, MO)
• Norfolk State (Norfolk, VA)
• Northampton CC (Bethlehem, PA)
• NE Tech (Cheraw, SC)
• San Jose State (San Jose, CA)
• Stark State (Jackson Township, Ohio)
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Sparkill, New York)
• SW CC (IA) (Creston, IA)
• Tampa (Tampa, FL)
• Trinity Western (Langley, BC)
• UNC Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)
• USC Upstate (Spartanburg, SC)
• Vieux Montréal (Montreal) - Spartiates
• York (PA) (Spring Garden Township, PA)

Titans

• Albany Tech (Albany, GA)
• Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
• CC Morris (Randolph, NJ)
• Central Carolina Tech (Sumter, SC)
• Central GA Tech (Warner Robins, GA)
• Central OH Tech (Newark, OH)
• Detroit Mercy (Detroit)
• Eastern FL State (Melbourne, FL)
• Guilford Tech CC (Piedmont Triad)
• IU South Bend (South Bend, IN)
• Illinois Wesleyan (Bloomington, IL)
• Lane CC (Eugene, OR)
• OH 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

• Eckerd (St. Petersburg, FL)
• Edmonds (Lynnwood, WA)
• Guam (Mangilao, Guam)
• IA Central CC (Fort Dodge, IA)
• Missouri-St. Louis (St. Louis County, MO)
• UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)

Trojans

• Allegany MD (Cumberland, MD)
• Anderson (Anderson, SC)
• Central AL 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)^[g]
• Monterrey (Monterrey) - Troyanos
• Mount Olive (Mount Olive, NC)
• MS Delta CC (Moorhead, MS)
• North IA Area CC (Mason City, IA)
• Seminole State (Seminole, OK)
• Skyline (San Bruno, CA)
• Southern AB 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)^[h]
• VA State (Petersburg, VA)

Vulcans

• Hawaiʻi-Hilo (Hilo, HI)
• California (PA) (California, PA)

Christian symbols/figures (larger category)

• Gogebic CC (Ironwood, MI) – Samsons
• Meredith (Raleigh, NC) – Avenging Angels
• Providence (RI) (Providence, RI) – Friars
• Saint Joseph's ME (Standish, ME) – Monks
• Snead State CC (Boaz, AL) – Parsons

Battling Bishops

• NC Wesleyan (Rocky Mount, NC)
• OH Wesleyan (Delaware, OH)

Blue Angels

• New Rochelle (New Rochelle, NY)
• Kaskaskia (Kaskaskia, IL)
• Mount Mary (Milwaukee, WI)

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)
• Holy Cross (MA) (Worcester, MA)
• Madonna (Livonia, MI)
• Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
• North Greenville (Tigerville, SC)
• NW 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

• Carroll (MT) (Helena, MT)
• St. Francis (IL) (Joliet, IL)

Saints

• Aquinas (MI) (Grand Rapids)
• Ashford (San Diego, CA)
• Central Christian Bible (Moberly, MO)
• Emmanuel (MA) (Boston)
• Flagler (St. Augustine, FL)
• Holy Cross (IN) (Notre Dame, IN)
• Limestone (Gaffney, SC)
• Lurleen B. Wallace CC (Andalusia, AL)
• Marymount (VA) (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)
• Presentation (Aberdeen, SD)
• 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

• AZ State (Tempe) – Sun Devils
• Cape Fear CC (Wilmington, NC) – Sea Devils
• MS Valley State (Itta Bena, MS) – Delta Devils and Devilettes
• Northwestern State (Natchitoches, LA) – Demons
• TX A&M International (Laredo, TX) – DustDevils

Blue Demons

• DePaul (Chicago)
• Marianopolis (Westmount, Quebec)

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

• Allen County (Iola, KS)
• Dickinson (Carlisle, PA)
• Eureka (Eureka, IL)
• Lower Columbia (Longview, WA)

Dragons

• Cambrian (Greater Sudbury)
• Donnelly (Kansas City, KS)
• Drexel (Philadelphia)
• Howard (Columbia, MD)
• Hutchinson CC (Hutchinson, KS) – Blue Dragons
• Lane (Jackson, TN)
• MN 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)
• VA Lynchburg (Lynchburg, VA)

Red Dragons

• SUNY Cortland (Cortland, NY)
• SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, NY)

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

• Missouri Western (Saint Joseph, MO)
• l'Outaouais (Gatineau, QC)

Gryphons

• Guelph (Guelph)
• Sarah Lawrence (Yonkers, NY)

Phantoms

• Delaware County CC (Delaware County, PA and Chester County, PA)
• East-West (Chicago)

Phoenix

• André-Grasset (Montreal) - Phenix
• UChicago (Chicago)
• Cumberland (Lebanon, TN)
• Elon (Elon, NC)
• FL Poly (Lakeland, FL)
• Green Bay (Green Bay, WI)
• Olin (Needham, MA)
• Swarthmore (Swarthmore, PA)
• Wilson (Chambersburg, PA)

Firebirds

• Carthage (Kenosha, WI)
• Kirtland CC (Grayling, MI)
• Saint Katherine (San Marcos, CA)
• UDC (Washington, D.C.)

Spirits

• Salem (Winston-Salem)
• UW–Baraboo/Sauk County (Baraboo, WI)

Spirit

• DE Tech CC-Stanton/Wilmington (Newark, DE)
• Ottawa (AZ) (Surprise, AZ)

Thunderbirds

• Algoma (Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
• British Columbia (Vancouver)
• Casper (Casper, WY)
• Cloud County CC (Concordia, KS)
• Highline (Des Moines, WA)
• Merritt (Oakland, CA)
• Mesa CC (Mesa, AZ)
• NM Junior (Hobbs, New Mexico)
• Southern Utah (Cedar City, UT)
• United Tribes Tech (Bismarck, ND)

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 (LA) (New Orleans) (women's teams only) - Gold Nuggets & Gold Rush

Beacons

• Bushnell (Eugene, OR)
• UMass Boston (Boston)
• Valparaiso (Valparaiso, IN)

Blazers

• Belhaven (Jackson, MS)
• Canadian Mennonite (Winnipeg)
• Elms (Chicopee, MA)
• Hood (Frederick, MD)
• Kingswood (Sussex, NB)
• North Lake (Irving, TX)
• UAB (Birmingham, AL)
• Valdosta State (Valdosta, GA)

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
• 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 TX (Snyder, TX) – Westerners

Tommies

• St. Thomas (MN) (Saint Paul, MN)
• St. Thomas (NB) (Fredericton)

Nickname based upon college tradition/figure

• Akron (Akron, OH)^[2] - Zips
• Arkansas Tech (Russellville, AR) - Wonder Boys
• Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) - 49ers^[i]
• Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) - Hoyas
• James Madison (Harrisonburg, VA) – Dukes^[j]
• Manhattan (Riverdale, Bronx) - Jaspers
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN) - Pomeroys
• Vanderbilt (Nashville, TN) – Commodores^[k]
• 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)

• Chesapeake (Wye Mills, MD) - Skipjacks
• Haverford (Ardmore, PA) - Fords

Clippers

• Briercrest (Caronport, Saskatchewan)
• Maine-Machias (Machias, ME)
• South Puget Sound CC (Olympia, WA)

Express

• Wells (Aurora, NY)
• Owens CC (Toledo, OH)

Jets

• Jackson (MI) (Jackson, MI)
• Miramar (San Diego, CA)
• Newman (KS) (Wichita, KS)
• South GA Tech (Americus, GA)

Rockets

• Southern AR Tech
• Toledo (Toledo, OH)

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
• MT State-Northern (Havre, MT) - Northern Lights
• New England (ME) (Biddeford, ME) - Nor'easters
• Rockies (Cranbrook, BC) - Avalanche
• Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, PA) - The Rock
• SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY) - Great Lakers

Comets

• Coconino CC (Flagstaff, AZ)
• Contra Costa (San Pablo, CA)
• Cottey (Nevada, MO)
• Mayville State (Mayville, ND)
• Olivet (Olivet, MI)
• Palomar (San Marcos, CA)
• UT Dallas (Richardson, TX)

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 (IL) (Galesburg, IL) – Prairie Fire
• Lee (TN) (Cleveland, TN)
• Liberty (Lynchburg, VA)
• Saint Mary (NE) (Omaha, NE)
• Southeastern (FL) (Lakeland, FL) – Fire
• Steinbach Bible (Steinbach, MB)
• UBC Okanagan (Kelowna) – Heat
• UIC (Chicago)
• Welch (Gallatin, TN)

Hurricanes

• GA SW 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 Hurricanes

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.

• Mansfield (Mansfield, PA)
• Mount Allison (Sackville, NB)
• Mount Aloysius (Cresson, PA)
• Mt. San Antonio (Walnut, CA)

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
• IN State (Terre Haute, IN) – Sycamores
• OH 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

• Goshen (Goshen, IN)
• Oakland City (Oakland City, IN)
• SUNY–ESF, (Syracuse, NY

Oaks

• Menlo (Menlo Park, CA)
• Salem CC (Carneys Point Township, NJ)

Stars

• Dominican (IL) (River Forest, IL)
• Illinois-Springfield (Springfield, IL) - Prairie Stars
• Lansing CC (Lansing, MI)
• Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, OK)
• South AR CC (El Dorado, AR)
• Stephens (Columbia, MO)

Storm

• AZ Christian (Phoenix, AZ) Firestorm
• Chemeketa CC (Salem, OR)
• Crown (St. Bonifacius, MN)
• Davidson-Davie CC (Lexington, NC)
• Eston (Eston, Saskatchewan)
• Harrisburg Science/Tech (Harrisburg, PA)
• Napa Valley (Napa, CA)
• Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish (New Town, ND)
• Simpson (IA) (Indianola, IA)
• Southeast CC (multicampus)
• SE OK State (Durant, OK) – Savage Storm
• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, OK) – Crimson Storm
• SW IL (Belleville, IL)
• Tidewater CC (multicampus)

Red Storm

• St. John's (NY) (Jamaica, Queens)
• Rio Grande (Rio Grande, OH)

Suns

• AR Tech (Russellville, AR) - Golden Suns
• Cedar Valley (Lancaster, TX)
• Sitting Bull (Fort Yates, ND)

Thunder

• Algonquin (Ottawa, ON)
• Concordia Edmonton (Edmonton, AB)
• Fond du Lac Tribal/CC (Cloquet, MN)
• Lake Erie (Painesville, OH)
• Lakehead (Thunder Bay)
• Manhattan Christian (Manhattan, KS)
• Trine (Angola, IN)
• Wheaton (IL) (Wheaton, IL)

Tornadoes

• Brevard (Brevard, NC)
• Concordia (TX) (Austin, TX)
• Geneva (Beaver Falls, PA) – Golden Tornadoes
• King (Bristol, TN) – Tornado
• Talladega (Talladega, AL)

Cyclones

• Centenary (NJ) (Hackettstown, NJ)
• IA State (Ames, IA)
• Moraine Valley CC (Palos Hills, IL)
• St. Cloud Tech/CC (St. Cloud, MN)
• UW–Fox Valley (Menasha, WI)

Wave/Waves

• Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) – Crimson Tide
• Calumet St. Joseph (Whiting, IN) - Crimson Wave
• FL State-Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) – BlueWaves
• Galveston (Galveston, TX) - Whitecaps
• Kingsborough CC (Brooklyn) – Wave
• OH State–Marion (Marion, OH) – Scarlet Wave
• Pepperdine (Malibu, CA) – Waves
• Tulane (New Orleans) – Green Wave

People

• Arkansas CC-Batesville (Batesville, AR) - River Bandits
• ASA (New York City) - Avengers
• Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain, MS) - Toppers
• Centenary LA (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
• IA Western CC (Council Bluffs, IA) - Reivers
• LA Tech (Ruston, LA) (women's teams only) - Lady Techsters
• LeMoyne-Owen (Memphis, TN) - Magicians
• Loyola Chicago (Chicago) - Ramblers
• NW OH (Lima, OH) - Racers
• Oberlin (Oberlin, OH) - Yeomen
• Ohio University-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)

• Brandeis (Waltham, MA) - Judges
• Rowan (Glassboro, NJ) – Profs
• Southern NH (Manchester, NH) - Penmen
• Whittier (Whittier, CA) – Poets

Agricultural occupations (larger category)

• OK Science/Arts (Chickasha, OK) - Drovers
• Wichita State (Wichita, KS) - Shockers

Aggies

• Cameron (Lawton, OK)
• Delaware Valley (Doylestown, PA)
• Doña Ana CC (Las Cruces, NM)
• NE Tech Agriculture (Curtis, NE)
• New Mexico State (Las Cruces, NM)
• North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, NC)
• OK 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

• Cisco (Cisco, TX)
• Flint Hills Tech (Emporia, KS)
• Odessa (Odessa, TX)

Belles

• Bennett (Greensboro, NC)
• St. Mary's (IN) (Notre Dame, IN)

Cowboys (larger category)

• Connors State (Warner, OK)
• Garden City CC (Garden City, KS) – Broncbusters
• Hardin-Simmons (Abilene, TX)
• McNeese (Lake Charles, LA)
• NM Highlands (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
• OK State-Stillwater (Stillwater, OK)
• Puerto Rico-Bayamón (Bayamón, Puerto Rico)
• Southern AR (Magnolia, AR) – Muleriders
• SW TX Junior (Uvalde, TX)
• Wyoming (Laramie, WY)

Gauchos

• UC Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Glendale CC (AZ) (Glendale, AZ)
• Saddleback (Mission Viejo, CA)

Rough Riders/Roughriders

• Crowder (Neosho, MO)
• Luna CC (Las Vegas, NM)
• Yavapai (Prescott, AZ)

Rustlers

• Central WY (Riverton, WY)
• Golden West (Huntington Beach, CA)
• Lakeland (AB) (Lloydminster, AB)

Vaqueros

• Central AZ (Coolidge, AZ)
• Santa Barbara City (Santa Barbara, CA)
• UTRGV (Rio Grande Valley, Texas)
• Glendale CC (CA) (Glendale, CA)

Engineers

• MIT (Cambridge, MA)
• Rensselaer Poly (Troy, NY)
• Rose-Hulman (Terre Haute, IN) – Fightin' Engineers
• Worcester Poly (Worcester, MA)

Exploration (larger category)

• Goodwin (East Hartford, CT) - Navigators
• La Salle (Philadelphia) - Explorers

Conquistadors

• Dodge City CC (Dodge City, KS)
• Pasco-Hernando CC (New Port Richey, FL)
• FL National (Hialeah, FL)

Voyageurs

• Laurentian (Greater Sudbury)
• Rainy River CC (International Falls, MN)

Foresters

• Huntington (Huntington, IN)
• Lake Forest (Lake Forest, IL)

Hilltoppers

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

Knights (standalone category - large quantity)

• Academy of Art (San Francisco) - Urban Knights
• Aiken Tech (Graniteville, SC)
• Arcadia (Glenside, PA)
• Bellarmine (Louisville, KY)
• Berkeley (New York City)
• Calvin (Grand Rapids)
• Carleton (MN) (Northfield, MN)

March 04, 2023