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List of college team nicknames in the United States

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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 common name, 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), etcetera.[A][B][C] 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).[D]

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A

AB–AK

AL

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AM

AN

AO–AQ

AR

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AS

AT

AU

AV–AZ

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B

BAB–BAP

BAR–BAY

BEL–BEN

BER–BEV

BI

BL

BO

BRA–BRI

BRO–BRY

BU

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C

CAB–CALH

CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA B–CALIFORNIA L

CALIFORNIA STATE

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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

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D

DA

DE–DEL

DEN–DET

DI–DO

DR

DU–DY

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E

EAR–EAST

EASTERN–EB

EC–ED

EL

EM

EN–EV

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F

FA

FE–FI

FL

FO

FR–FU

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G

GA

GE

GI–GO

GR

GU–GW

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H

HAG–HAN

HAR

HAS–HE

HI

HOB–HOS

HOU–HOW

HU

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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

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MIR–MIT

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MOB–MON

MOO–MOT

MOU

MT

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MU

N

NA–NEV

NEW

NH–NORM

NORTH A–NORTH C

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NORTH D–NORTH T

NORTHA–NORTHEAST

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

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SAINT L–SAINT X

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SAL–SAM

SAN

SANTA–SANTI

SAR–SC

SE

SH

SI

SK–SON

SOUTH

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SOUTHEAST

SOUTHERN–SOUTHSIDE

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SOUTHWEST

SOUTHWESTERN–SOW

SP

STA–STE

STI–SUL

SUNY

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SUR–SY

T

TA

TEC-TER

TEX

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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

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WIS–WIT

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WO–WY

X

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Y

Z

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Notes

  1. Common abbreviations are not shown. For example, "Institute of Technology" is commonly shortened to "Tech", so schools like Florida Institute of Technology do not display "Florida Tech". However, if the title of any page already uses the common name, for example, the official name of Virginia Tech is Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, only the short name will be displayed, since the page names are used instead of the full name of the institutions for this listing. There may also be cases where the university does not use the common abbreviation, for example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses "MIT" instead of "Massachusetts Tech" or "Mass Tech", in which case the common name will be shown in parentheses.
  2. Some schools not only drop "University" or "College", and prefer to use shorter names. This tends to happen more often with state institutions. For example, Middle Tennessee State University uses "Middle Tennessee", McNeese State University uses "McNeese", or Central Connecticut State University uses "Central Connecticut"; although it can also occur in other cases, such as Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology that only uses "Rose–Hulman". In those situations, the common name is not displayed.
  3. Sometimes, common names show the state where the school is located to avoid ambiguity. For example, the Anderson Ravens can include "(IN)", to clarify that they are located in the state of Indiana and differentiate them from the Anderson Trojans, which can include "(SC)" and are located in South Carolina. Although there may also be situations where only one institution adds its state in parentheses, such as the Notre Dame Falcons who use "(OH)" to distinguish themselves from the well-known Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In those cases, the state in parentheses is not shown, since that is what the location row is for.
  4. Including names with attached adjectives such as "Blue", "Golden", "Flying", or "Fighting", nonetheless, this data may be inexact.
  5. The athletics are mainly branded simply as Benedictine, but they may also be known as Benedictine–Lisle.
  6. It is branded as Benedictine Mesa.
  7. PWUC is part of Pennsylvania Western University and not of University of California. Nonetheless, its athletics are known simply as California. It may be also known as California (PA) or PennWest California.
  8. This is the joint intercollegiate sports program of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College. It is branded as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
  9. It has campuses in Boca Raton; Miami; Orlando; Sarasota and Tampa, Florida.
  10. It has campuses in Gadsden; Anniston and Centre, Alabama.
  11. It has campuses in Kenosha; Racine and Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
  12. They are also known as Lopes.
  13. They are also known as Red-Tailed Hawks.
  14. They represent Hobart College.
  15. They represent William Smith College.
  16. The athletics are mainly branded simply as Louisiana, but they are also known as Louisiana–Lafayette, UL Lafayette and ULL.
  17. The athletics are mainly branded as Louisiana–Monroe, but they are also known as UL Monroe and ULM.
  18. They are also known as Fighting Tigers.
  19. It has campuses in Andalusia; Greenville; Opp and Luverne, Alabama.
  20. Previously known as Ironmen.
  21. The main campus is located in Fergus Falls, but it also has campuses at Moorhead; Detroit Lakes and Wadena, Minnesota.
  22. The athletics are branded as New Rochelle Mustangs.
  23. The athletics are branded as Bronx Express.
  24. It has campuses at Chicago, Illinois; Spokane, Washington and Plymouth, Michigan.
  25. The athletics are mainly branded as Omaha, but they are also known as Nebraska–Omaha and UNO.
  26. It has campuses in Macy; Santee and South Sioux City, Nebraska.
  27. Men's basketball team uses Runnin' Rebels, women's basketball team uses Lady Rebels, and baseball team uses Hustlin' Rebels.
  28. The athletics are mainly branded simply as Nicholls, but it may also be known as Nicholls State.
  29. It may also be known as Vikings.
  30. The athletics are mainly branded simply as Northwestern, but they may also be known as Northwestern–St. Paul or Northwestern (MN).
  31. It may also be known as UNWO.
  32. It may also be known as NWOSU.
  33. It may be known as Notre Dame Maryland or simply Notre Dame.
  34. It may also be known as Hustlin' Owls.
  35. The athletics are mainly branded simply as Park, but they may also be known as Park–Missouri.
  36. They are branded as Park–Gilbert.
  37. It has campuses in Franklin; Suffolk and Isle of Wight, Virginia.
  38. Women's basketball team uses Lady Lions.
  39. it Has campuses in Abington, Altoona, Carlisle, Center Township, Center Valley, DuBois, Dunmore, Erie, Hazleton, Hershey, Lemont Furnace, Lehman Township, Lower Swatara Township, Malvern, McKeesport, Middleton Township, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Schuylkill Haven, Sharon, Spring Township, University Park, York
  40. It may also be known as Pitt State.
  41. Also referred to as Pitt.
  42. It is also known as Pitt–Bradford.
  43. It is also known as Pitt–Greensburg.
  44. It is also known as Pitt–Johnstown.
  45. It is also known as Pitt–Titusville.
  46. Pitzer operates a joint athletic program with Pomona College, it is branded as Pomona–Pitzer.
  47. Pomona operates a joint athletic program with Pitzer College, it is branded as Pomona–Pitzer.
  48. Owls and Lady Owls in Spanish.
  49. Men's teams are also known as Tarzans/Tarzanes, and women's teams also uses Janes/Juanas.
  50. Red-tailed Hawks in Spanish.
  51. It has campuses in Austin; Albert Lea and Owatonna, Minnesota.
  52. It has campuses in Grants Pass; Medford and White City, Oregon.
  53. It is branded as Rowan–Gloucester.
  54. It is branded as Rowan–Cumberland.
  55. They only represent College of Saint Benedict.
  56. They only represent Saint John's University.
  57. The athletics are branded as St. Joseph's–Brooklyn.
  58. The athletics are branded as St. Joseph's–Long Island.
  59. Unofficial nickname. Also known simply as Slippery Rock University athletics.
  60. It has campuses in Polkton; Monroe and Wadesboro, North Carolina.
  61. It has campuses in Lincoln; Beatrice and Milford, Nebraska.
  62. They are also known as Fighting Owls.
  63. It has campuses in Portland; Gorham and Lewiston, Maine.
  64. It has campuses in Opelika; Wadley and Valley, Alabama.
  65. It has campuses in Belleville; Granite City and Red Bud, Illinois.
  66. Also known as UTRGV, Rio Grande Valley or simply Rio Grande.
  67. Also known simply as Texas Aggies.
  68. The women's basketball team uses Lady Raiders.
  69. It may also be known as Towson State due to its former names.
  70. Women's teams are named Tigerettes.
  71. They are also known as T-Birds.
  72. Men's basketball team is also known as Runnin' Utes, and the women's gymnastics team is known as Red Rocks.
  73. It has campuses in Sugar Grove; Aurora and Plano, Illinois.
  74. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Eau Claire, but they are also known as UW–Eau Claire or simply Eau Claire.
  75. The athletics are mainly branded as Green Bay, but they are also known as Wisconsin–Green Bay, UW–Green Bay or UWGB.
  76. The athletics are mainly branded as Sheboygan, but they are also known as UWGB–Sheboygan.
  77. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–La Crosse, but they are also known as UW–La Crosse.
  78. The athletics are mainly branded as Milwaukee, but they are also known as Wisconsin–Milwaukee or UW–Milwaukee.
  79. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Oshkosh, but they are also known as UW–Oshkosh.
  80. The athletics are branded as UWO–Fox Cities.
  81. The athletics are mainly branded as Parkside, but they are also known as Wisconsin–Parkside or UW–Parkside.
  82. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Platteville, but they are also known as UW–Platteville.
  83. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Baraboo, but they are also known as UW–Baraboo.
  84. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–River Falls, but they are also known as UW–River Falls.
  85. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Stevens Point, but they are also known as UW–Stevens Point.
  86. The athletics are mainly branded as Marshfield, but they are also known as UWSP–Marshfield.
  87. The athletics are mainly branded as Wausau, but they are also known as UWSP–Wausau.
  88. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Stout, but they are also known as UW–Stout.
  89. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Superior, but they are also known as UW–Superior.
  90. The athletics are mainly branded as Wisconsin–Whitewater, but they are also known as UW–Whitewater or simply Whitewater.
  91. The athletics are mainly branded as Rock County, but they are also known as UWW–Rock County.

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