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 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. 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).

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