| 100% | STANFORD | 8 | West Coast university whose teams are called the Cardinal |
| 62% | MIT | 3 | New England university whose teams are called the Engineers: Abbr. |
| 62% | MIT | 3 | Boston-area university whose teams are called the Engineers: Abbr. |
| 59% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 59% | STANFORD | 8 | California university whose teams are the Cardinal |
| 52% | SYRACUSE | 8 | School whose teams are called The Orange |
| 52% | TULANE | 6 | Southern university whose sports teams are called the Green Wave |
| 50% | ELON | 4 | Southern university whose team is the Phoenix |
| 50% | SYRACUSE | 8 | New York university whose teams are the Orange |
| 49% | KENTSTATE | 9 | Ohio university whose team is the Golden Flashes |
| 49% | RUTGERS | 7 | New Jersey university whose teams are the Scarlet Knights |
| 49% | STETSON | 7 | Florida university whose teams are aptly named the Hatters |
| 48% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname for a Southern university whose teams are the Rebels: 2 wds. |
| 47% | YALE | 4 | University whose athletic teams are the Bulldogs |
| 47% | UTICA | 5 | University whose athletic teams are the Pioneers |
| 46% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose team colors are "true blue" and gold: Abbr. |
| 46% | TULANE | 6 | New Orleans university whose team name is the Green Wave |
| 45% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | West Coast city whose boardwalk is home to the Giant Dipper coaster |
| 45% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose student newspaper is the Daily Bruin: Abbr. |
| 45% | ORE | 3 | West Coast state whose state tree is the Douglas fir: Abbr. |
| 45% | USNA | 4 | Sch. whose athletic teams are called the Midshipmen |
| 44% | MAINE | 5 | New England university whose sports teams are the Black Bears |
| 44% | NIAGARA | 7 | Buffalo-area university whose athletic teams are the Purple Eagles |
| 44% | ELON | 4 | North Carolina university whose sports teams are known as The Phoenix |
| 41% | ELON | 4 | Its sports teams are called the Phoenix |
| 40% | KENTSTATE | 9 | Ohio university whose sports teams are nicknamed the Golden Flashes |
| 40% | MIT | 3 | Sch. whose sports teams are aptly called the Engineers |
| 39% | NYU | 3 | Sch. whose team is the Violets |
| 39% | UCLA | 4 | School whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 39% | LASALLE | 7 | Philadelphia school whose teams are the Explorers |