| 100% | OSU | 3 | School whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye (Abbr.) |
| 74% | OSU | 3 | Sch. whose mascot is Brutus Buckeye |
| 72% | OSU | 3 | Its mascot is Brutus Buckeye: Abbr. |
| 71% | MSU | 3 | School whose mascot is Sparty: Abbr. |
| 68% | LSU | 3 | Baton Rouge school whose mascot is Mike the Tiger: Abbr. |
| 66% | OSU | 3 | Brutus Buckeye is its mascot: Abbr. |
| 64% | ASU | 3 | School whose mascot is Sparky the Sun Devil (abbr.) |
| 62% | USNA | 4 | Military school whose mascot is Bill the Goat (Abbr.) |
| 59% | TUFTS | 5 | School whose mascot is Jumbo the elephant |
| 59% | TULANE | 6 | School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican |
| 58% | YALE | 4 | School whose mascot is the bulldog Handsome Dan |
| 58% | KSU | 3 | School whose team mascot is Willie the Wildcat (Abbr.) |
| 57% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose mascot is a Bruin |
| 57% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school whose mascot is a bulldog |
| 55% | KSU | 3 | Midwestern school whose team mascot is Willie the Wildcat (Abbr.) |
| 55% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school whose mascot is the bulldog Handsome Dan |
| 54% | OSU | 3 | Brutus Buckeye's school in Columbus: Abbr. |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | School whose yearbook is named "BruinLife": Abbr. |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | School whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 54% | USC | 3 | School whose athletes are the Trojans: Abbr. |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | School whose athletes are called Bruins: Abbr. |
| 54% | UCLA | 4 | School whose athletes are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 54% | MGM | 3 | Company whose mascot is a roaring lion: Abbr. |
| 52% | MTM | 3 | TV production company whose mascot was Mimsie the Cat: Abbr. |
| 52% | UCLA | 4 | School whose newspaper is the Daily Bruin: Abbr. |
| 52% | UNC | 3 | School whose athletes are the Tar Heels: Abbr. |
| 51% | NYU | 3 | School whose main campus is in Greenwich Village: Abbr. |
| 51% | NRA | 3 | Political lobby whose mascot is Eddie Eagle: Abbr. |
| 51% | MGM | 3 | Movie studio whose mascot is a lion: Abbr. |
| 51% | LSU | 3 | Public university in Baton Rouge whose mascot is Mike the Tiger: Abbr. |