| 100% | HOGS | 4 | University of Arkansas team, informally |
| 59% | RAZORBACK | 9 | University of Arkansas mascot |
| 58% | HOGS | 4 | University of Arkansas athletes, familiarly |
| 56% | TERPS | 5 | University of Maryland, informally |
| 55% | TERPS | 5 | University of Maryland athletes, informally |
| 55% | BEARCATS | 8 | University of Cincinnati team |
| 55% | DUCKS | 5 | University of Oregon team |
| 55% | WILDCATS | 8 | University of Arizona team |
| 55% | GATORS | 6 | University of Florida team |
| 55% | TERRAPINS | 9 | University of maryland team |
| 54% | LOBOS | 5 | University of New Mexico team |
| 53% | UTES | 4 | University of Utah's football team |
| 52% | REBELS | 6 | University of Nevada at Las Vegas team |
| 52% | WALTON | 6 | Name on the business school at the University of Arkansas |
| 51% | BULLDOGS | 8 | University of Georgia's canine-named sports teams |
| 50% | ALUMS | 5 | Graduates of a university, informally |
| 49% | WILDCATS | 8 | University of Kentucky sports team, or what tigers and jaguars are |
| 49% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | University of California, ___ (school whose sports teams are the Banana Slugs) |
| 48% | OWLS | 4 | Sports teams of Temple University |
| 46% | VOLUNTEERS | 10 | University of Tennessee team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000 |
| 46% | WOLVERINES | 10 | University of Michigan team whose football stadium has a capacity of over 100,000 |
| 44% | NCAAS | 5 | Big tournaments for university teams, informally |
| 42% | ADREP | 5 | Part of a media sales team, informally |
| 42% | JIMHARBAUGH | 11 | Former NFL coach who has coached the University of Michigan football team since 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SOX | 3 | One of two A.L. teams, informally |
| 41% | MINUTEMEN | 9 | Nickname of the University of Massachusetts athletic teams |
| 41% | GENESTALLINGS | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of Alabama football team from 1990 to 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TIDE | 4 | Crimson ___ (University of Alabama's team) |
| 41% | RAZORBACKS | 10 | Arkansas team |
| 40% | STEVESPURRIER | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.) |