| 100% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (byname for the University of Mississippi) |
| 89% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname for the University of Mississippi) |
| 80% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss, colloquial name for the University of Mississippi |
| 62% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (colloquial name for University of Mississippi) |
| 60% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (the University of Mississippi, familiarly) |
| 60% | WILDCATPITCH | 12 | Sales spiel for the University of Kentucky? |
| 59% | MOTTO | 5 | “Crescat scientia; vita excolatur,” for the University of Chicago |
| 56% | AUS | 3 | Country with the University of Melbourne, for short |
| 56% | MASCOT | 6 | The Duck, for the University of Oregon |
| 56% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Grisham, American novelist who studied at the University of Mississippi School of Law |
| 55% | JOENAMATH | 9 | Super Bowl III champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 55% | KENSTABLER | 10 | Super Bowl XI champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 54% | LONDON | 6 | The University of ___, institute where Nelson Mandela studied for a Bachelor of Laws |
| 54% | GINO | 4 | ___ Torretta, who played quarterback for the University of Miami and won the Heisman Trophy in 1992 |
| 54% | BARTSTARR | 9 | Super Bowl I and II champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 53% | HAHNIUM | 7 | Name proposed by the University of California, Berkeley, for element 105, Dubnium |
| 52% | ANS | 3 | ___ Miss aka University of Mississippi |
| 52% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss aka University of Mississippi |
| 51% | COEDS | 5 | Some University of Virginia undergrads in 1969, for the first time |
| 51% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname of a university in the SEC) |
| 50% | DELTA | 5 | Large US airline named for the southern region of the Mississippi River |
| 47% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname for a state university in the South) |
| 47% | SHAKIRAAUSTIN | 13 | University of Mississippi center who was selected by the Washington Mystics as the third overall pick in the 2022 WNBA draft (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, familiarly |
| 46% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, commonly |
| 46% | ORONO | 5 | The University of Maine’s hometown |
| 45% | NCAAWOMENS | 10 | With 40-Across, sport whose annual tournament was won this past Tuesday by the University of Connecticut, for the tenth time: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEEP | 4 | & 8A Name for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina |
| 45% | VENUSDEMILO | 11 | Marble statue of Aphrodite housed in the Louvre Museum, famous for its missing arms |
| 45% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (University of Mississippi nickname) |