The Absolute Best College Football Mascots

Uga is the 10th English Bulldog representing the University of Georgia, which has been a staple in the mascot landscape dating back to 1956. Although each dog in the line of wonderful little creatures is named Uga, Uga X-the latest Uga- has a custon made jersey and a varsity letter. Each Uga has it's own air conditioned dog house on the field. Uga X made appearances at the Countdown to Kickoff event...

Puddles the duck has been around since the 1920's until around 1947. Puddles was a live duck who was loved by many but unfortunately his appearances were put to an end by the Humane Society. Since then, a mascot costume was made and this mascot has become loved by millions across America. People do not have to watch college sports to know this duck. He has been seen in various commercials and just...

In 2005, LSU installed a $3.7 million, 15,000-square-foot habitat to house its famed live royal Bengal tiger mascot Mike V. That was 70 years after the school purchased Mike I from the Little Rock Zoo after collecting 25 cents from every student. Until 2016, shortly before Mike VII took over, cheerleaders would stand atop the tiger’s cage as it rolled to its parking spot outside the opposing team’s...

This live longhorn bull had his first appearance for Texas at a homecoming celebration on Thanksgiving Day in the year 1916, and Bevo is still one of the most beloved mascots in the game. He has sometimes broken out of his pen on the field during games, but he usually stands calmly in the endzone, and sometimes he even takes part in players' touchdown celebrations. Bevo is a fearsome and iconic mascot...

So this one is a weird one, the Tree is not the official mascot of the school, it is a member of the band at Stanford, but this tree is loved by everyone at the school, which is why he could not be left out of the list. The Tree is officially the mascot of the band, unofficially the mascot of the university. Trees are an important icon in Palo Alto, CA, where Stanford is located. For the last twenty...

The first orange mascot made his debut in 1980. The brown leggings were not the only major difference to the mascot of today, the original Otto was originally named Clyde, the name chosen by brothers of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, who had portrayed Syracuse’s mascot for over 40 years. In December of 1995, Chancellor Kenneth Shaw renamed the mascot, Otto, who has become Syracuse University’s...