List of college sports team nicknames


The following is a sports team nicknames for colleges.
These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots.

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49ers">California Gold Rush#Forty-niners">49ers

Aggies">Agriculture">Aggies

See also [|Lopers].

[Apaches]

[Badger]s

See [|Battling Bishops].

Bison">American bison">Bison

See also [|Tigers].

Blue Wave">Wind wave">Blue Wave and Variants

[Cadet]s

See also [|Hurricanes].

[Cannoneer]s

[Deacon]s

[Eagle]s

[Falcon]s

[Gaels]

For the Queen's University of Kingston, See [|Golden Gaels]

Gaiters">Gaiters#In the Anglican church">Gaiters

Harriers">Harrier (bird)">Harriers

See also [|Canes].

Ice Dogs

[Jackrabbit]s

[Kaiser]s

[Ladies]

Note: "Laker" can also be a term for a lake freighter, a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade, and by extension an individual who serves on such a ship. The two Michigan schools listed here explicitly use maritime imagery in their athletic branding—Grand Valley State's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain, and Lake Superior State's athletic logo prominently features an anchor.
See also [|Red Lions].

Little Giants">Giant (mythology)">Giants

[Maccabees]

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.

Nads">Human gonad">Nads

[Oak]s

Pacers">Horse racing">Pacers

Note: "Pilots" can refer to either the maritime or aeronautic profession. Portland and LSU-Shreveport's nicknames refer to the former, while Providence Seminary's refers to the latter.

[Quakers]

Racers">Thoroughbred">Racers

Sabercats

[Tar Heel]s

Urban Knights

V-Hawks

Warhawks

X-Men and X-Women

Yellow Jackets">Yellow jacket">Yellow Jackets and variants

Zias