| 100% | HUSKIES | 7 | Washington ___, softball team that represents University of Washington and is headed by coach Heather Tarr |
| 76% | WILDCATS | 8 | Arizona ___, softball team that represents University of Arizona and is headed by coach Mike Candrea |
| 76% | GATORS | 6 | Florida ___, softball team that represents University of Florida and is headed by coach Tim Walton |
| 59% | TEXAS | 5 | ___ Longhorns, softball team that represents the University at Austin and is headed by coach Mike White |
| 31% | LOBOS | 5 | Athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico |
| 30% | TULLY | 5 | House ___, Great House of Westeros that is headed by Lord Edmure |
| 30% | MOON | 4 | It has phases that are represented by the starts of 18-, 29-, 47- and 61-Across ... and by 1-Down |
| 30% | WILDCATS | 8 | University of Kentucky sports team, or what tigers and jaguars are |
| 28% | GENE | 4 | Stallings who was head coach for University of Alabama football from 1990 to 1996 |
| 28% | ATOMICPILE | 10 | The first one of these was built by Fermi and his team in 1942 |
| 28% | CAKE | 4 | "___ Boss," reality TV series that follows the operations of Carlo's Bake Shop and is hosted by Buddy Valastro |
| 28% | XMEN | 4 | Team of fictional superheroes from Marvel comics which was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby: Hyph. |
| 27% | TARA | 4 | VanDerveer who has been head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team since 1985 |
| 27% | HAY | 3 | Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen |
| 27% | RON | 3 | New head coach of the Washington, DC, football team, nicknamed "Riverboat ___" |
| 27% | JIMHARBAUGH | 11 | NFL coach who coached the University of Michigan football team between 2015 and 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | AWAY | 4 | "Gouge ___," song by rock band Pixies that is inspired by the story of Samson and Delilah |
| 27% | OOLONG | 6 | Type of traditional tea from China that is made by sun-drying and oxidizing tea leaves |
| 27% | PUER | 4 | Type of fermented tea from China that is made by drying, rolling, and fermenting black tea |
| 27% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | University of South Carolina women's basketball coach who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 2020, 2022, and 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | PATTYGASSO | 10 | University of Oklahoma softball head coach who won her sixth Women's College World Series in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | DEBATE | 6 | Planned September 29, 2020 event at the University of Notre Dame that will be watched by millions |
| 27% | CRICKET | 7 | Sport that originated in England and is played with a bat and ball between teams of eleven |
| 27% | TOWN | 4 | "Another ___, Another Train," 1973 song by ABBA that was performed in the style of Simon and Garfunkel |
| 26% | IDA | 3 | State that's east of Washington and Oregon: Abbr. |
| 26% | TIAREJENNINGS | 13 | Softball player who won two championships with the University of Oklahoma and who was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | GIANTS | 6 | "On the Shoulders of ___," scientific book that was compiled and edited by Stephen Hawking |
| 26% | REEK | 4 | Huge creature that went on a rampage in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" and was killed by the marksmanship of Jango Fett |
| 26% | SOO | 3 | Name of the locks that are crossed by the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the USA and Canada |
| 26% | WATER | 5 | ___ Bearer, shape of a human that is said to be represented by the constellation Aquarius |