List of college team nicknames in the United States

This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames.

If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.

Generally, athletics are mainly branded by their , meaning words like "University of" or "College" are usually omitted and only the unique name elements are used. For example, the University of Minnesota is only known as "Minnesota", San Diego State University as "San Diego State", and so on. Nonetheless, if a team's common name is different, it is displayed in parentheses, for example, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), United States Military Academy (Army), University of California, Berkeley (California), etc. The 12 most-used names of four-year college teams: Eagles (117), Hawks (107), Lions (66), Tigers (66), Cougars (59), Bulldogs (58), Panthers (55), Bears (51), Knights (51), Warriors (41), Wildcats (40), and Pioneers (35).

A

AB–AK

AL

AM

AN

AO–AQ

AR

AS

AT

AU

AV–AZ

B

BAB–BAP

BAR–BAY

BEL–BEN

BER–BEV

BI

BL

BO

BRA–BRI

BRO–BRY

BU

C

CAB–CALH

CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA B–CALIFORNIA L

CALIFORNIA STATE

CALU–CAN

CAP–CAR

CAS–CAY

CC

CEC–CENTE

CENTRAL–CENTRAL L

CENTRAL M–CENTRAL W

CENTRALI–CER

CHA

CHE–CHR

CI

CL

COA–COK

COL–COLO

COLU

COM–CONC

CONN–COP

COR–COW

CR

CU–CY

D

DA

DE–DEL

DEN–DET

DI–DO

DR

DU–DY

E

EAR–EAST

EASTERN–EB

EC–ED

EL

EM

EN–EV

F

FA

FE–FI

FL

FO

FR–FU

G

GA

GE

GI–GO

GR

GU–GW

H

HAG–HAN

HAR

HAS–HE

HI

HOB–HOS

HOU–HOW

HU

I

ID–IL

IM–IN

IO–IT

J

JA

JE–JU

K

KA

KE

KI–KU

L

LA–LAK

LAM–LAW

LE

LI

LOC–LOR

LOS

LOU

LOW–LY

M

MAC–MAL

MAN

MAR

MAS–MAY

MC

ME

MIA–MID

MIL–MIN

MIR–MIT

MOB–MON

MOO–MOT

MOU

MU

N

NA–NEV

NEW

NH–NORM

NORTH A–NORTH C

NORTH D–NORTH

NORTHA–NORTHEA

NORTHERN–NORTHLAND

NORTHWEST

NORTHWO–NY

O

OA–OG

OH–OK

OL–OR

OT–OZ

P

PA

PE

PF–PI

PL–PR

PU

Q

R

RA

RE

RH–RI

ROA–ROC

ROG–RU

S

SAC–SAG

SAINT A–SAINT J

SAINT L–SAINT X

SAL–SAM

SAN

SANTA–SANTI

SAR–SC

SE

SH

SI

SK–SON

SOUTH

SOUTHEAST

SOUTHERN–SOUTHSIDE

SOUTHWEST

SOUTHWESTERN–SOW

SP

STA–STE

STI–SUL

SUNY

SUR–SY

T

TA

TEC-TER

TEX

TH–TI

TO

TR

TU–TY

U

V

VA–VE

VI–VO

W

WAB–WAR

WAS–WAY

WEA–WES

WEST–WESTC

WESTERN

WESTF–WH

WIC–WIN

WIS–WIT

WO–WY

X

Y

Z

Notes

See also

• List of U.S. college mascots
• List of college nickname changes in the United States

References