| 100% | NFL | 3 | Sports group whose regular season runs from September to January: Abbr. |
| 89% | NFL | 3 | Sports group whose regular season runs from September to December: Abbr. |
| 58% | NBA | 3 | Sports league whose regular season goes from October to April: Abbr. |
| 47% | NFL | 3 | Sports group whose 2016 season begins on September 8: Abbr. |
| 37% | NCAA | 4 | Group whose biggest winner is Stanford, with 136 sports championships to date: Abbr. |
| 34% | LIBRA | 5 | Zodiac sign that runs from September to October |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | Sports group whose commissioner is Adam Silver: Abbr. |
| 33% | NHL | 3 | Sports group whose athletes wear ice skates: Abbr. |
| 33% | MLB | 3 | Sports group whose logo contains a swinging batter: Abbr. |
| 33% | NFL | 3 | Sports group whose 2024 MVP was Josh Allen: Abbr. |
| 31% | PGATOUR | 7 | Sports group whose year-end trophy is the FedEx Cup: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 30% | PGA | 3 | Sports group whose 2017 championship was won by Justin Thomas: Abbr. |
| 30% | PGA | 3 | Sports group whose competitions may take place at country clubs: Abbr. |
| 30% | NHL | 3 | Sports group whose newest team is the Utah Mammoth: Abbr. |
| 29% | SQUADS | 6 | Sports teams, groups of players to pick from |
| 28% | CAPRICORN | 9 | Sign of the zodiac runs from December to January |
| 28% | SEC | 3 | College football group whose 2020 championship title went to the Alabama Crimson Tide: Abbr. |
| 26% | KGB | 3 | Soviet spy group from 1954 to 1991: Abbr. |
| 25% | PETA | 4 | Group opposed to clothing made from leather or fur: Abbr. |
| 25% | SPAN | 4 | Run from here to there? |
| 25% | NBA | 3 | Sports group for LA Lakers: Abbr. |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | Campus sports group: Abbr. |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | College sports group: Abbr. |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | University sports group: Abbr. |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | Scholastic sports group: Abbr. |
| 25% | USTA | 4 | Court sport group: Abbr. |
| 25% | KARATE | 6 | Sport whose belt levels, from beginning to advanced, appear in the starred answers |
| 24% | PGA | 3 | Sports group that awards the FedExCup: Abbr. |
| 24% | NFL | 3 | Sports group in the movie "Concussion": Abbr. |
| 24% | NFL | 3 | Sports group with Lions and Patriots: Abbr. |