Here follows a list of college sports team nicknames.
These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots.
See also Lopers.
See also Bluejays.
Note: "Laker" can also be a term for a lake freighter, a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade. The two Michigan schools listed here explicitly use maritime imagery in their athletic branding—Grand Valley State's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain, and Lake Superior State's athletic logo prominently features an anchor.
See also Red Lions.
Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)
Note: "Mounties" can refer to either the geographic feature or, in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mount Allison's nickname may possibly come from either source; U.S. schools would use the geographic feature.
They were the Rockets but are now the Pride
Landmark College, Vermont
Concordia University- Austin (Austin,Texas)