Iowa State University is well known for their technology programs and research, producing some of the world’s leading theorists, writers, and even astronauts, but what of their sports programs The Cyclones of Iowa State compete in the Big 12 Conference of the NCAA’s 1st Division, a conference generally recognized to be one of the weaker ones in the NCAA, and it’s safe to say their sports program doesn’t have quite the lustre that their academic pursuits do

Wake Forest University (WFC) is a private university located in North Carolina The school, which was founded in 1834 after the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, got its name from the area called Wake Forest where it was originally established

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was founded in 1872 as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAM) In 1896, the school, which is located at Blacksburg in the state of Virginia, changed its name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (or VPI for short)

Texas A&M University is the coeducational public school that lies in Collage Station in Texas This university, which is also called TAMU or A&M, was formerly known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

Texas Tech University, which is located at Lubbock Texas, was established on February 10, 1923 This public university was originally called the Texas Tech University System, which is known for being one of the largest contiguous campuses in the US

UCLA is actually the acronym of the University of California, Los Angeles This institution, which was founded in 1881, was originally referred to as the California State Normal School's Los Angeles branch

If there is one university in the state of California that has maintained many school traditions for all these years, it is the University of California at Berkeley, also known as Berkeley, UC Berkeley California, or simply Cal This university, which was established in 1868, was the first public university in the state to be called the University of California