A sport’s team’s logo is an important aspect of identifying a team. A logo is supposed to be unique, and we have seen some awesome logos in college football. Conversely, we have also seen some logos that should really be redrawn. Here are the five best, and five worst logos in college football.
BEST: Washington State Cougars
The Washington State Cougars have lived towards the bottom of the PAC12 for most of the school’s history. The football team has been through the coaching carousel and is now on their third coach in the span of five years. With that being said, the Cougs have one of the best logos in all of college sports. The Crimson cougar head is a sign of power and pride for the school, and if you look from left to right, the cougar head contains the letters “WSU”. The way the letters are put together with just a few whiskers added to the top of the head makes this logo one of the best in the nation.
WORST: Oregon Ducks “O”
The Oregon Ducks may be a powerhouse in almost every college sport, but the recognizable Oregon “O” is just plain boring. The “O” is either a solid green, or an eye shattering yellow that hurts to look at. Sometimes, the team gets a little wild and adds wings to the Oregon “O”, but other than that it is just a letter. The “O” also represents how many national championships that the Oregon football program has.
BEST: LSU Tigers- Tiger
The LSU Tigers logo features a gold tiger outlined with a dark color. The tiger looks fierce, but also welcoming enough to the point where an Oregon fan would try and pet it. On a football helmet, the tiger head usually rests below the letters “LSU” printed in purple.
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WORST: Georgia Bulldogs “G”
Oh, look, another letter. Honestly this logo of a “G” in an oval has been used by at least one high school in every state. Their logo is just a black G that could have easily been typed with the Algerian font. Also, don’t the Green Bay Packers have the same logo? Just saying. The Bulldogs may be a dynasty in college football, but they’re the bulldogs. Would it kill them to put their mascot Uga on the helmets?
BEST: Florida State Seminoles
Just looking at this logo makes every Florida State fan hyped up and ready to run through a brick wall. The Seminole is classic and easily recognizable. The Seminole has a feather on its head, with the letters “FSU” spelled out at the base of the feather. Overall, it is usually very hard to add human figures into a logo, and Florida State absolutely rocks it.
WORST: Tennessee Volunteers “T”
No way, another SEC school using a letter as a logo? That’s crazy no one saw that one coming at all (sarcasm). The orange “T” for Tennessee could stand for many things, in fact many people get Texas and Tennessee mixed up. Either way, the orange “T” isn’t anything too eye catching.
BEST: Texas Longhorns
The Longhorns’ logo is iconic. Any college football fan should be able to identify the longhorn from a mile away. The silhouette of a bull with (get this) long horns was first debuted in 1961 and was widely accepted by fans. Overall, the silhouette is a really cool concept, and the Longhorns nailed the ideal of having a unique logo.
WORST: Oklahoma State
The Oklahoma State Cowboys logo should resemble a cowboy, right? Well, instead of a Cowboy the school thought it was a good idea to just write out “OSU” and call it a day. The logo doesn’t resemble that of a sports team, rather something that looks like it should be painted on the side of a factory machine.
BEST: Eastern Washington Eagles
We have to throw an FCS school in here, and Eastern Washington is our tribute. Similar to the Washington State logo, the Eagles were able to incorporate their school’s abbreviation into the logo. The letter “E”, and the letter “W” make up the wings of the eagle, while the “U” resembles a set of back legs. The claws and head of the eagle are black, while the portion of the eagle that is made up of EWU is the school’s shade of red. The school did a very good job of incorporating the letters and making an iconic logo.
WORST: Northwestern “N”
Okay, so Northwestern has three logos, the first is the wildcat that looks like it is howling at the moon (it’s a cat, cats don’t howl). The second logo is just a plain purple N that is skinnier in some places and thicker in others. The consistency is really not there. However, sometimes the school gets a little exciting and actually puts the aforementioned wildcat head on top of the purple N”” to create a third logo. Honestly, the wildcat and the “N” both look like they were drawn by a fifth grader. I can’t wait to remake this in Microsoft Paint later tonight.
