| 100% | MOTTO | 5 | “Crescat scientia; vita excolatur,” for the University of Chicago |
| 50% | HYDE | 4 | ___ Park, home to the University of Chicago |
| 50% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (nickname for the University of Mississippi) |
| 50% | WILDCATPITCH | 12 | Sales spiel for the University of Kentucky? |
| 50% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss (byname for the University of Mississippi) |
| 49% | OLE | 3 | ___ Miss, colloquial name for the University of Mississippi |
| 48% | OBAMA | 5 | His library will be hosted by the University of Chicago |
| 48% | HYDE | 4 | ___ Park, neighborhood that's home to the University of Chicago |
| 47% | BOOTH | 5 | The University of Chicago ___ School of Business, alma mater of Nobel laureate Eugene Fama |
| 47% | AUS | 3 | Country with the University of Melbourne, for short |
| 46% | MASCOT | 6 | The Duck, for the University of Oregon |
| 46% | JOENAMATH | 9 | Super Bowl III champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 46% | KENSTABLER | 10 | Super Bowl XI champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LONDON | 6 | The University of ___, institute where Nelson Mandela studied for a Bachelor of Laws |
| 44% | GINO | 4 | ___ Torretta, who played quarterback for the University of Miami and won the Heisman Trophy in 1992 |
| 44% | BARTSTARR | 9 | Super Bowl I and II champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HAHNIUM | 7 | Name proposed by the University of California, Berkeley, for element 105, Dubnium |
| 42% | COEDS | 5 | Some University of Virginia undergrads in 1969, for the first time |
| 41% | SIXCORNERS | 10 | Chicago district named for the intersection of three streets |
| 38% | THREEPEAT | 9 | *One of two for the 1990s Chicago Bulls |
| 38% | ILL | 3 | University of Chicago's state: Abbr. |
| 38% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, familiarly |
| 38% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, commonly |
| 38% | ORONO | 5 | The University of Maine’s hometown |
| 38% | HYDE | 4 | __ Park: University of Chicago locale |
| 38% | 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. |
| 37% | HYDE | 4 | ___ Park, home to University of Chicago |
| 37% | SEATTLE | 7 | Home to the University of Washington |
| 37% | ORONO | 5 | Home to the University of Maine |
| 37% | CATHOLIC | 8 | Like the University of Notre Dame |