List of college mascots in the United States
This is an incomplete list of unusual U.S. college mascots:
Team Nicknames
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Appalachian State Mountaineers
- Arizona State Sun Devils
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Akron Zips
- Campbell Camels
- Charlotte 49ers
- Chattanooga Mocs
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
- Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
- Evergreen State Geoducks
- Florida State Seminoles
- Franklin and Marshall Diplomats
- Georgetown Hoyas
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- Idaho Vandals
- Indiana Hoosiers
- IPFW Mastodons
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Long Beach State 49ers
- Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (women only; men's teams are called Bulldogs)
- Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
- Loyola Ramblers
- Marshall Thundering Herd
- Maryland Terrapins
- Miami Hurricanes
- Michigan Wolverines
- Minnesota Golden Gophers
- Montana Grizzlies
- Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (which are extinct)
- New Mexico Tech Pygmies
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- North Texas Mean Green (men only; women's teams are called Lady Eagles)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Oberlin Yeomen
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Ohio Wesleyan Battlin' Bishops
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Penn Fighting Quakers
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Purdue Boilermakers
- Richmond Spiders
- Saint Louis Billikens
- Scottsdale Community College Artichokes
- SIU Salukis
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Stanford Cardinal (singular)
- Syracuse Orange
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Tulane Green Wave
- UAB Blazers
- UC Irvine Anteaters
- UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
- UNLV Runnin' Rebels (men's basketball only; all other teams are simply Rebels or Lady Rebels)
- Vanderbilt Commodores
- Virginia Cavaliers
- Virginia Tech Hokies
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons
- Washburn Ichabods (men only; women's teams are called Lady Blues)
- West Virginia Mountaineers
- Wichita State Shockers
- Wofford Terriers
- Wisconsin Badgers
Mascot Incarnations
- "Bevo," a live Texas longhorn steer, the official mascot of the University of Texas at Austin
- "Big Al the elephant," the costumed mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
- "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky 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
- "Gompeii," the bronzed head of a now deceased goat, the mascot of WPI
- "Handsome Dan," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale Bulldogs [1] and the first mascot adopted by a university in the US
- "Jack," a live English bulldog is the official mascot of Georgetown
- "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola 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 Colorado Buffaloes
- "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels
- "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M Aggies
- "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes
- "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the Tennessee Volunteers
- "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's 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 Georgia Bulldogs [2]