College Basketball Teams in Alphabetical Order: Listed by School and Team Name

When you look at the roster of college basketball teams, there’s a lot to take in—over 350 teams compete in Division I. With so many teams, nickname overlaps are common, which can lead to confusion. That’s why we’ve put together a complete list of schools organized by both their official names and their nicknames.

*This list of college basketball teams was last updated in March 2024.

College Basketball Teams in Alphabetical Order by School

• Abilene Christian Wildcats
• Air Force Falcons
• Akron Zips
• Alabama Crimson Tide
• Alabama A&M Bulldogs
• Alabama State Hornets
• Albany Great Danes
• Alcorn State Braves
• American University Eagles
• Appalachian State Mountaineers
• Arizona Wildcats
• Arizona State Sun Devils
• Arkansas Razorbacks
• Arkansas State Red Wolves
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions
• Army West Point Black Knights
• Auburn Tigers
• Austin Peay Governors

• Ball State Cardinals
• Baylor Bears
• Bellarmine Knights
• Belmont Bruins
• Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
• Binghamton Bearcats
• Boise State Broncos
• Boston College Eagles
• Boston University Terriers
• Bowling Green Falcons
• Bradley Braves
• Brigham Young Cougars
• Brown Bears
• Bryant Bulldogs
• Bucknell Bison
• Buffalo Bulls
• Butler Bulldogs
• Cal Poly Mustangs
• Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
• Cal State Fullerton Titans
• Cal State Northridge Matadors
• California Golden Bears
• California Baptist Lancers
• Campbell Fighting Camels
• Canisius Golden Griffins
• Central Arkansas Bears
• Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
• Central Michigan Chippewas
• Charleston Cougars
• Charleston Southern Buccaneers
• Charlotte 49ers
• Chattanooga Mocs
• Chicago State Cougars
• Cincinnati Bearcats
• Clemson Tigers
• Cleveland State Vikings
• Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Colgate Raiders
• Colorado Buffaloes
• Colorado State Rams
• Columbia Lions
• Coppin State Eagles
• Cornell Big Red
• Creighton Bluejays
• Dartmouth Big Green
• Davidson Wildcats
• Dayton Flyers
• Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
• Delaware State Hornets
• Denver Pioneers
• DePaul Blue Demons
• Detroit-Mercy Titans
• Drake Bulldogs
• Drexel Dragons
• Duke Blue Devils
• Duquesne Dukes

• East Carolina Pirates
• East Tennessee State Buccaneers
• Eastern Illinois Panthers
• Eastern Kentucky Colonels
• Eastern Michigan Eagles
• Eastern Washington Eagles
• Elon Phoenix
• Evansville Purple Aces
• Fairfield Stags
• Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
• Florida Gators
• Florida A&M Rattlers
• Florida Atlantic Owls
• Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
• Florida International Golden Panthers
• Florida State Seminoles
• Fordham Rams
• Fort Wayne Mastodons
• Fresno State Bulldogs
• Furman Paladins
• Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs
• George Mason Patriots
• George Washington Revolutionaries
• Georgetown Hoyas
• Georgia Bulldogs
• Georgia Southern Eagles
• Georgia State Panthers
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
• Gonzaga Bulldogs
• Grambling State Tigers
• Grand Canyon Antelopes
• Green Bay Phoenix
• Hampton Pirates
• Harvard Crimson
• Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
• High Point Panthers
• Hofstra Pride
• Holy Cross Crusaders
• Houston Cougars
• Houston Christian Huskies
• Howard Bison
• Idaho Vandals
• Idaho State Bengals
• Illinois Fighting Illini
• Illinois State Redbirds
• Illinois-Chicago Flames
• Incarnate Word Cardinals
• Indiana Hoosiers
• Indiana State Sycamores
• Iona Gaels
• Iowa Hawkeyes
• Iowa State Cyclones
• IUPUI Jaguars

• Jackson State Tigers
• Jacksonville Dolphins
• Jacksonville State Gamecocks
• James Madison Dukes
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Kansas State Wildcats
• Kennesaw State Owls
• Kent State Golden Flashes
• Kentucky Wildcats
• La Salle Explorers
• Lafayette Leopards
• Lamar Cardinals
• Le Moyne Dolphins
• Lehigh Mountain Hawks
• Liberty Flames
• Lindenwood Lions
• Lipscomb Bisons
• Little Rock Trojans
• Long Beach State Beach
• Long Island Sharks
• Longwood Lancers
• Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
• Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
• Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
• Louisville Cardinals
• Loyola (IL) Ramblers
• Loyola (MD) Greyhounds
• Loyola Marymount Lions
• LSU Tigers
• Maine Black Bears
• Manhattan Jaspers
• Marist Red Foxes
• Marquette Golden Eagles
• Marshall Thundering Herd
• Maryland Terrapins
• Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks
• Massachusetts Minutemen
• McNeese State Cowboys
• Memphis Tigers
• Mercer Bears
• Merrimack College Warriors
• Miami (FL) Hurricanes
• Miami (OH) RedHawks
• Michigan Wolverines
• Michigan State Spartans
• Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
• Milwaukee Panthers
• Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Mississippi State Bulldogs
• Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
• Missouri Tigers
• Missouri State Bears
• Monmouth Hawks
• Montana Grizzlies
• Montana State Fighting Bobcats
• Morehead State Eagles
• Morgan State Bears
• Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers
• Murray State Racers

• N.J.I.T. Highlanders
• Navy Midshipmen
• NC State Wolfpack
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Nevada Wolf Pack
• New Hampshire Wildcats
• New Mexico Lobos
• New Mexico State Aggies
• New Orleans Privateers
• Niagara Purple Eagles
• Nicholls State Colonels
• Norfolk State Spartans
• North Alabama Lions
• North Carolina Tar Heels
• North Carolina A&T Aggies
• North Carolina Central Eagles
• North Dakota Fighting Hawks
• North Dakota State Bison
• North Florida Ospreys
• North Texas Mean Green
• Northeastern Huskies
• Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
• Northern Colorado Bears
• Northern Illinois Huskies
• Northern Iowa Panthers
• Northern Kentucky Norse
• Northwestern Wildcats
• Northwestern State Demons
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• Oakland Golden Grizzlies
• Ohio Bobcats
• Ohio State Buckeyes
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Oklahoma State Cowboys
• Old Dominion Monarchs
• Ole Miss Rebels
• Omaha Mavericks
• Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
• Oregon Ducks
• Oregon State Beavers
• Pacific Tigers
• Penn State Nittany Lions
• Pennsylvania Quakers
• Pepperdine Waves
• Pittsburgh Panthers
• Portland Pilots
• Portland State Vikings
• Prairie View A&M Panthers
• Presbyterian Blue Hose
• Princeton Tigers
• Providence Friars
• Purdue Boilermakers

• Queens University Royals
• Quinnipiac Bobcats
• Radford Highlanders
• Rhode Island Rams
• Rice Owls
• Richmond Spiders
• Rider Broncs
• Robert Morris Colonials
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights
• Sacramento State Hornets
• Sacred Heart Pioneers
• Saint Joseph’s Hawks
• Saint Louis Billikens
• Saint Mary’s Gaels
• Saint Peter’s Peacocks
• Sam Houston State Bearkats
• Samford Bulldogs
• San Diego Toreros
• San Diego State Aztecs
• San Francisco Dons
• San Jose State Spartans
• Santa Clara Broncos
• Seattle Redhawks
• Seton Hall Pirates
• Siena Saints
• SIU-Edwardsville Cougars
• South Alabama Jaguars
• South Carolina Gamecocks
• South Carolina State Bulldogs
• South Dakota Coyotes
• South Dakota State Jackrabbits
• South Florida Bulls
• Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
• Southeastern Louisiana Lions
• Southern Jaguars
• Southern Illinois Salukis
• Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
• Southern Methodist Mustangs
• Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
• Southern Utah Thunderbirds
• St. Bonaventure Bonnies
• St. Francis (PA) Red Flash
• St. John’s Red Storm
• St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies
• Stanford Cardinal
• Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
• Stetson Hatters
• Stonehill Skyhawks
• Stony Brook Seawolves
• Syracuse Orange

• Tarleton State Texans
• TCU Horned Frogs
• Temple Owls
• Tennessee Volunteers
• Tennessee State Tigers
• Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
• Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
• Texas Longhorns
• Texas A&M Aggies
• Texas A&M Commerce Lions
• Texas A&M-CC Islanders
• Texas Southern Tigers
• Texas State Bobcats
• Texas Tech Red Raiders
• Texas-Arlington Mavericks
• Texas-RGV Vaqueros
• Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners
• The Citadel Bulldogs
• Toledo Rockets
• Towson Tigers
• Troy Trojans
• Tulane Green Wave
• Tulsa Golden Hurricane
• UAB Blazers
• UC Davis Aggies
• UC Irvine Anteaters
• UC Riverside Highlanders
• UC San Diego Tritons
• UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
• UCF Knights
• UCLA Bruins
• UConn Huskies
• UMass Lowell River Hawks
• UMBC Retrievers
• UMKC Kangaroos
• UNC Asheville Bulldogs
• UNC Greensboro Spartans
• UNC Wilmington Seahawks
• UNLV Runnin’ Rebels
• USC Trojans
• USC Upstate Spartans
• Utah Utes
• Utah State Aggies
• Utah Tech Trailblazers
• Utah Valley Wolverines
• UTEP Miners

• Valparaiso Beacons
• Vanderbilt Commodores
• VCU Rams
• Vermont Catamounts
• Villanova Wildcats
• Virginia Cavaliers
• Virginia Military Keydets
• Virginia Tech Hokies
• Wagner Seahawks
• Wake Forest Demon Deacons
• Washington Huskies
• Washington State Cougars
• Weber State Wildcats
• West Virginia Mountaineers
• Western Carolina Catamounts
• Western Illinois Leathernecks
• Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
• Western Michigan Broncos
• Wichita State Shockers
• William & Mary Tribe
• Winthrop Eagles
• Wisconsin Badgers
• Wofford Terriers
• Wright State Raiders
• Wyoming Cowboys
• Xavier Musketeers
• Yale Bulldogs
• Youngstown State Penguins

College Basketball Teams in Alphabetical Order by Team Name

• 49ers (Charlotte)
• Aggies (New Mexico State)
• Aggies (North Carolina A&T)
• Aggies (Texas A&M)
• Aggies (UC Davis)
• Aggies (Utah State)
• Anteaters (UC Irvine)
• Antelopes (Grand Canyon)
• Aztecs (San Diego State)
• Badgers (Wisconsin)
• Beach (Long Beach State)
• Beacons (Valparaiso)
• Bearcats (Binghamton)
• Bearcats (Cincinnati)
• Bearkats (Sam Houston State)
• Bears (Baylor)
• Bears (Brown)
• Bears (Central Arkansas)
• Bears (Mercer)
• Bears (Missouri State)
• Bears (Morgan State)
• Bears (Northern Colorado)
• Beavers (Oregon State)
• Bengals (Idaho State)
• Big Green (Dartmouth)
• Big Red (Cornell)
• Billikens (Saint Louis)
• Bison (Bucknell)
• Bison (Howard)
• Bison (North Dakota State)
• Bisons (Lipscomb)
• Black Bears (Maine)
• Black Knights (Army West Point)
• Blazers (UAB)
• Blue Demons (DePaul)
• Blue Devils (Central Connecticut State)
• Blue Devils (Duke)
• Blue Hose (Presbyterian)
• Blue Raiders (Middle Tennessee State)
• Bluejays (Creighton)
• Bobcats (Ohio)
• Bobcats (Quinnipiac)
• Bobcats (Texas State)
• Boilermakers (Purdue)
• Bonnies (St. Bonaventure)
• Braves (Alcorn State)
• Braves (Bradley)
• Broncos (Boise State)
• Broncos (Santa Clara)
• Broncos (Western Michigan)
• Broncs (Rider)
• Bruins (Belmont)
• Bruins (UCLA)
• Buccaneers (Charleston Southern)
• Buccaneers (East Tennessee State)
• Buckeyes (Ohio State)
• Buffaloes (Colorado)
• Bulldogs (Alabama A&M)
• Bulldogs (Bryant)
• Bulldogs (Butler)
• Bulldogs (Drake)
• Bulldogs (Fresno State)
• Bulldogs (Georgia)
• Bulldogs (Gonzaga)
• Bulldogs (Louisiana Tech)
• Bulldogs (Mississippi State)
• Bulldogs (Samford)
• Bulldogs (South Carolina State)
• Bulldogs (The Citadel)
• Bulldogs (UNC Asheville)
• Bulldogs (Yale)
• Bulls (Buffalo)
• Bulls (South Florida)

• Cardinal (Stanford)
• Cardinals (Ball State)
• Cardinals (Incarnate Word)
• Cardinals (Lamar)
• Cardinals (Louisville)
• Catamounts (Vermont)
• Catamounts (Western Carolina)
• Cavaliers (Virginia)
• Chanticleers (Coastal Carolina)
• Chippewas (Central Michigan)
• Colonels (Eastern Kentucky)
• Colonels (Nicholls State)
• Colonials (Robert Morris)
• Commodores (Vanderbilt)
• Cornhuskers (Nebraska)
• Cougars (Brigham Young)
• Cougars (Charleston)
• Cougars (Chicago State)
• Cougars (Houston)
• Cougars (SIU-Edwardsville)
• Cougars (Washington State)
• Cowboys (McNeese State)
• Cowboys (Oklahoma State)
• Cowboys (Wyoming)
• Coyotes (South Dakota)
• Crimson (Harvard)
• Crimson Tide (Alabama)
• Crusaders (Holy Cross)
• Cyclones (Iowa State)
• Delta Devils (Mississippi Valley State)
• Demon Deacons (Wake Forest)
• Demons (Northwestern State)
• Dolphins (Jacksonville)
• Dolphins (Le Moyne)
• Dons (San Francisco)
• Dragons (Drexel)
• Ducks (Oregon)
• Dukes (Duquesne)
• Dukes (James Madison)
• Eagles (American University)
• Eagles (Boston College)
• Eagles (Coppin State)
• Eagles (Eastern Michigan)
• Eagles (Eastern Washington)
• Eagles (Florida Gulf Coast)
• Eagles (Georgia Southern)
• Eagles (Morehead State)
• Eagles (North Carolina Central)
• Eagles (Winthrop)
• Explorers (La Salle)
• Falcons (Air Force)
• Falcons (Bowling Green)
• Fightin Blue Hens (Delaware)
• Fighting Bobcats (Montana State)
• Fighting Camels (Campbell)
• Fighting Hawks (North Dakota)
• Fighting Illini (Illinois)
• Fighting Irish (Notre Dame)
• Flames (Illinois-Chicago)
• Flames (Liberty)
• Flyers (Dayton)
• Friars (Providence)
• Gaels (Iona)
• Gaels (Saint Mary’s)
• Gamecocks (Jacksonville State)
• Gamecocks (South Carolina)
• Gators (Florida)
• Gauchos (UC Santa Barbara)
• Golden Bears (California)
• Golden Eagles (Marquette)
• Golden Eagles (Oral Roberts)
• Golden Eagles (Southern Mississippi)
• Golden Eagles (Tennessee Tech)
• Golden Flashes (Kent State)
• Golden Gophers (Minnesota)
• Golden Griffins (Canisius)
• Golden Grizzlies (Oakland)
• Golden Hurricane (Tulsa)
• Golden Lions (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
• Golden Panthers (Florida International)
• Governors (Austin Peay)
• Great Danes (Albany)
• Green Wave (Tulane)
• Greyhounds (Loyola (MD))
• Grizzlies (Montana)

• Hatters (Stetson)
• Hawkeyes (Iowa)
• Hawks (Maryland-Eastern Shore)
• Hawks (Monmouth)
• Hawks (Saint Joseph’s)
• Highlanders (N.J.I.T.)
• Highlanders (Radford)
• Highlanders (UC Riverside)
• Hilltoppers (Western Kentucky)
• Hokies (Virginia Tech)
• Hoosiers (Indiana)
• Horned Frogs (TCU)
• Hornets (Alabama State)
• Hornets (Delaware State)
• Hornets (Sacramento State)
• Hoyas (Georgetown)
• Hurricanes (Miami (FL))
• Huskies (Houston Christian)
• Huskies (Northeastern)
• Huskies (Northern Illinois)
• Huskies (UConn)
• Huskies (Washington)
• Islanders (Texas A&M-CC)
• Jackrabbits (South Dakota State)
• Jaguars (IUPUI)
• Jaguars (South Alabama)
• Jaguars (Southern)
• Jaspers (Manhattan)
• Jayhawks (Kansas)
• Kangaroos (UMKC)
• Keydets (Virginia Military)
• Knights (Bellarmine)
• Knights (Fairleigh Dickinson)
• Knights (UCF)
• Lancers (California Baptist)
• Lancers (Longwood)
• Leathernecks (Western Illinois)
• Leopards (Lafayette)
• Lions (Columbia)
• Lions (Lindenwood)
• Lions (Loyola Marymount)
• Lions (North Alabama)
• Lions (Southeastern Louisiana)
• Lions (Texas A&M Commerce)
• Lobos (New Mexico)
• Longhorns (Texas)
• Lumberjacks (Northern Arizona)
• Lumberjacks (Stephen F. Austin)
• Mastodons (Fort Wayne)
• Matadors (Cal State Northridge)
• Mavericks (Omaha)
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• Mean Green (North Texas)
• Midshipmen (Navy)
• Miners (UTEP)
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• Monarchs (Old Dominion)
• Mountain Hawks (Lehigh)
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• Mountaineers (Mount St. Mary’s)
• Mountaineers (West Virginia)
• Musketeers (Xavier)
• Mustangs (Cal Poly)
• Mustangs (Southern Methodist)

• Nittany Lions (Penn State)
• Norse (Northern Kentucky)
• Orange (Syracuse)
• Ospreys (North Florida)
• Owls (Florida Atlantic)
• Owls (Kennesaw State)
• Owls (Rice)
• Owls (Temple)
• Paladins (Furman)
• Panthers (Eastern Illinois)
• Panthers (Georgia State)
• Panthers (High Point)
• Panthers (Milwaukee)
• Panthers (Northern Iowa)
• Panthers (Pittsburgh)
• Panthers (Prairie View A&M)
• Patriots (George Mason)
• Peacocks (Saint Peter’s)
• Penguins (Youngstown State)
• Phoenix (Elon)
• Phoenix (Green Bay)
• Pilots (Portland)
• Pioneers (Denver)
• Pioneers (Sacred Heart)
• Pirates (East Carolina)
• Pirates (Hampton)
• Pirates (Seton Hall)
• Pride (Hofstra)
• Privateers (New Orleans)
• Purple Aces (Evansville)
• Purple Eagles (Niagara)
• Quakers (Pennsylvania)
• Racers (Murray State)
• Ragin’ Cajuns (Louisiana)
• Raiders (Colgate)
• Raiders (Wright State)
• Rainbow Warriors (Hawaii)
• Ramblers (Loyola (IL))
• Rams (Colorado State)
• Rams (Fordham)
• Rams (Rhode Island)
• Rams (VCU)
• Rattlers (Florida A&M)
• Razorbacks (Arkansas)
• Rebels (Ole Miss)
• Red Flash (St. Francis (PA))
• Red Foxes (Marist)
• Red Raiders (Texas Tech)
• Red Storm (St. John’s)
• Red Wolves (Arkansas State)
• Redbirds (Illinois State)
• RedHawks (Miami (OH))
• Redhawks (Seattle)
• Redhawks (Southeast Missouri State)
• Retrievers (UMBC)
• Revolutionaries (George Washington)
• River Hawks (UMass Lowell)
• Roadrunners (Cal State Bakersfield)
• Roadrunners (Texas-San Antonio)
• Rockets (Toledo)
• Royals (Queens University)
• Runnin’ Bulldogs (Gardner-Webb)
• Runnin’ Rebels (UNLV)

• Saints (Siena)
• Salukis (Southern Illinois)
• Scarlet Knights (Rutgers)
• Screaming Eagles (Southern Indiana)
• Seahawks (UNC Wilmington)
• Seahawks (Wagner)
• Seawolves (Stony Brook)
• Seminoles (Florida State)
• Sharks (Long Island)
• Shockers (Wichita State)
• Skyhawks (Stonehill)
• Skyhawks (Tennessee-Martin)
• Sooners (Oklahoma)
• Spartans (Michigan State)
• Spartans (Norfolk State)
• Spartans (San Jose State)
• Spartans (UNC Greensboro)
• Spartans (USC Upstate)
• Spiders (Richmond)
• Stags (Fairfield)
• Sun Devils (Arizona State)
• Sycamores (Indiana State)
• Tar Heels (North Carolina)
• Terrapins (Maryland)
• Terriers (Boston University)
• Terriers (Wofford)
• Texans (Tarleton State)
• Thunderbirds (Southern Utah)
• Thundering Herd (Marshall)
• Tigers (Auburn)
• Tigers (Clemson)
• Tigers (Grambling State)
• Tigers (Jackson State)
• Tigers (LSU)
• Tigers (Memphis)
• Tigers (Missouri)
• Tigers (Pacific)
• Tigers (Princeton)
• Tigers (Tennessee State)
• Tigers (Texas Southern)
• Tigers (Towson)
• Titans (Cal State Fullerton)
• Titans (Detroit-Mercy)
• Tommies (St. Thomas-Minnesota)
• Toreros (San Diego)
• Trailblazers (Utah Tech)
• Tribe (William & Mary)
• Tritons (UC San Diego)
• Trojans (Little Rock)
• Trojans (Troy)
• Trojans (USC)
• Utes (Utah)
• Vandals (Idaho)
• Vaqueros (Texas-RGV)
• Vikings (Cleveland State)
• Vikings (Portland State)
• Volunteers (Tennessee)

• Warhawks (Louisiana-Monroe)
• Warriors (Merrimack College)
• Waves (Pepperdine)
• Wildcats (Abilene Christian)
• Wildcats (Arizona)
• Wildcats (Bethune-Cookman)
• Wildcats (Davidson)
• Wildcats (Kansas State)
• Wildcats (Kentucky)
• Wildcats (New Hampshire)
• Wildcats (Northwestern)
• Wildcats (Villanova)
• Wildcats (Weber State)
• Wolf Pack (Nevada)
• Wolfpack (NC State)
• Wolverines (Michigan)
• Wolverines (Utah Valley)
• Yellow Jackets (Georgia Tech)
• Zips (Akron)

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