| Clue | Mascot | Team |
| Then again, an imaginary D&D sword wouldn't help these applied scientists either. | |
| Unless you are a small stick or a chunk of rawhide, you need not fear these tiny pooches. | |
| The only reason it's not called what it really is (a lizard) is because it's extremely round and immobile. | |
| Then again, inanimate piles of string are even less scary. | |
| Well, that is unless you might get caught in a pile of string because you're 'wimpy' and 'don't even have teeth' | |
| The only thing frightening here is that they might make your laundry pink. | |
| Take that possibility away and you're left with a mascot so un-scary that it actually makes you more comfortable. | |
| Chattanooga/Florida southern (NCAA) | |
| His last name would be more frightening, but alas. | |
| West Bromwich Albion | |
| Rowan (NCAA) | |
| Rhode Island School of Design | |
| Missouri Tech | |
| Syracuse | |
| Montana State | |
| Southern New Hampshire | |
| U Wisc-Steven's Point | |
| Mary Baldwin | |
| Baltimore (MLB) | |
| St. Louis (MLB), others | |
| Toronto (MLB) | |
| SUNY-Environmental Science | |
| College of Insurance | |
| Webb Institute | |
| Akron | |
| Many Teams (and way too impressive) | |
| Maryland-Baltimore | |
| Penn | |
| Cal State-Monterrey | |
| Bryan and Stratton-Cleveland | |
| Loyola/Indianapolis/others | |
| Goucher | |
| Virginia Polytech | |
| Centenary College of Louisiana | |
| Not just a regular frog. Unless you're going for Hampshire College | |
| St Louis Pharmacy | |
| Cal State-Long Beach (Basketball only) | |
| Arkansas-Monticello (Women's teams) | |
| St. Bonaventure | |
| College of the Atlantic | |
| UC-Santa Cruz | |