List of college mascots in the United States
This is an incomplete list of unusual U.S. college mascots:
Team Nicknames
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Alabama Birmingham Blazers
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Akron Zips
- Campbell Camels
- Chattanooga Mocs
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
- Evergreen State Geoducks
- Long Beach State 49ers
- Georgetown Hoyas
- Georgia Tech Yellowjackets
- Indiana Hoosiers
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (women only; men's teams are called Bulldogs)
- Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
- Loyola University Chicago Ramblers
- Marshall Thundering Herd
- Maryland Terrapins
- Miami Hurricanes
- Michigan Wolverines
- Minnesota Golden Gophers
- Montana Grizzlies
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Nevada Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Pygmies
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Penn Quakers
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Purdue Boilermakers
- Rice Owls
- Scottsdale Community College Artichokes
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- SIU Salukis
- Stanford Cardinal (singular)
- Syracuse Orangemen
- Tennessee Volunteers
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Tulane Green Wave
- UC Irvine Anteaters
- UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
- Vanderbilt Commodores
- Virginia Cavaliers
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons
- Washburn Ichabods
- Wisconsin Badgers
Mascot Incarnations
- "Bevo," a live Texas longhorn steer, the official mascot of the University of Texas at Austin
- "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers
- "Cam the Ram," a live male bighorn sheep, the official mascot of the Colorado State Rams.
- "Cy," the costumed cardinal that serves as the mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones
- "Handsome Dan," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale University Bulldogs [1] and the first mascot adopted by a university in the US
- "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers; got a major facelift in 2001
- "Mike the Tiger," a live Bengal Tiger, the official mascot of the LSU Tigers
- "Ralphie," a live American bison, the official mascot of the University of Colorado Buffaloes
- "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels
- "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M University Aggies (not an official mascot)
- "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes
- "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the University of Tennessee Volunteers
- "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's University Hawks; the mascot flaps its "wings" without interruption (even for halftime) throughout SJU basketball games
- "The Tree," a dancing tree of indeterminate species, official mascot of The Stanford Band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University
- "Uga," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the University of Georgia Bulldogs [2]