| 100% | UTES | 4 | Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. team) |
| 100% | UTES | 4 | Runnin' ___ (Western N.C.A.A. team) |
| 92% | UTES | 4 | Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. team nickname) |
| 89% | UTES | 4 | Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. basketball team) |
| 80% | UTES | 4 | "Runnin'" team of N.C.A.A. Division I college basketball |
| 75% | UTES | 4 | N.C.A.A.'s Runnin' ___ |
| 75% | ILLINI | 6 | "Fighting" N.C.A.A. team |
| 74% | UTES | 4 | Runnin' ___, 1944 N.C.A.A. basketball champs |
| 74% | UNLV | 4 | Runnin' Rebels of the N.C.A.A. |
| 73% | RAZORBACKS | 10 | N.C.A.A. team with the mascot Boss Hog |
| 72% | CHI | 3 | N.L. or A.L. team |
| 70% | UNLV | 4 | The Runnin' Rebels of the N.C.A.A. |
| 70% | BUFFALOBILLS | 12 | A team, or certain N.Y. phone statements |
| 69% | JAZZ | 4 | N.B.A. team with a non-plural name |
| 69% | LALAKERS | 8 | N.B.A. team with a 1980s "Showtime" era |
| 68% | MIL | 3 | N.L. Central team, on a scoreboard |
| 67% | SUNS | 4 | N.B.A. team with a gorilla mascot, strangely enough |
| 67% | LOTTERYPICK | 11 | Reward for a bad N.B.A. team |
| 67% | ORL | 3 | Florida N.B.A. team, on a scoreboard |
| 67% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team named after a poem |
| 67% | KRAKEN | 6 | N.H.L. team with a mythological eponym |
| 67% | YELLS | 5 | "Gimme a C ...!" and "Go team!" |
| 66% | AVE | 3 | N.Y.C.'s A, B, C or D |
| 65% | LIONS | 5 | N.F.L. team that hosts a game every Thanksgiving |
| 65% | RAMS | 4 | N.F.L. team that plays in a college stadium |
| 65% | CHARGERS | 8 | N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across |
| 65% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference |
| 64% | REDS | 4 | Baseball team with a C logo |
| 64% | PAC34 | 5 | West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024 |
| 63% | NYJETS | 6 | N.F.L. team for which Joe Namath was a QB |