March Madness mascots ranked for all 68 NCAA tournament teams

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That’s right, friends: With the bracket being revealed, March Madness is officially HERE.

And we know the next few days until the first round of the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament will be spent with you filling out your bracket, erasing it, filling it out again, tweaking it, tweaking it again and then making last-second changes before the first game after the First Four tips off on Thursday.

If you’re into doing deep research with stats, rankings, and history? Well, I’m sorry. This isn’t the list for you.

This is the ninth (!) annual version of the list to help you pick your bracket based on team nicknames or mascots.

My completely non-scientific system is based on a combination of moniker creativity, how threatening the mascot is and, sometimes, the look of the costumed thing.

Let’s jump right in:

68. San Diego State Aztecs

We’ve talked about this for years: no mascot, bad ranking. We’re still waiting for San Diego State to replace the offensive Aztec Warrior.

67. Illinois Fighting Illini

They also got rid of their offensive mascot and the Kingfisher isn’t official yet.

66. Michigan Wolverines

No mascot! Get a scary wolverine! It’s so easy!

65. Kentucky Wildcats

My gripe every year: too many Wildcat names.

64. Arizona Wildcats

Too many Tigers.

62. Clemson Tigers

61. Memphis Tigers

60. Missouri Tigers

59. High Point Panthers

More big cats? Yawn.

58. BYU Cougars

57. Houston Cougars

56. SIU Edwardsville Cougars

55. Baylor Bears

Bears are scarier IMO.

54. UCLA Bruins

53. Montana Grizzlies

I know there are too many Bulldogs, but DOGS ARE THE BEST!

51. Mississippi State Bulldogs

50. Yale Bulldogs

49. Gonzaga Bulldogs

48. Drake Bulldogs

47. Bryan Bulldogs

46. UConn Huskies

45. Wofford Terriers

44. American Eagles

Birds of prey are no joke.

43. Marquette Golden Eagles

Bonus points for gold.

42. NC Wilmington Seahawks

Fun fact: Seahawks aren’t an actual bird. We’ve reached the “cool names, but there are issues” tier.

41. St. John’s Red Storm

I want, like, a storm mascot. Instead, Johnny Thunderbird is a bird.

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