Two girls smiling

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.^[1]

Etymology[link]

The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words gerle (also spelled girle or gurle).^[2] The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense.^[1]

A girl from Mali

Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530. Its first noted meaning for sweetheart is 1648. The earliest known appearance of girl-friend is in 1892 and girl next door, meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961.^[3]

Usage for adults[link]

The word girl is sometimes used to refer to an adult female. This usage may be considered derogatory or disrespectful in professional or other formal contexts, just as the term boy can be considered disparaging when applied to an adult man. Hence, this usage is often deprecative.^[1] It can also be used deprecatively when used to discriminate against children ("you're just a girl").

In casual context, the word has positive uses, as evidenced by its use in titles of popular music. It has been used playfully for people acting in an energetic fashion (Canadian singer Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous Girl") or as a way of unifying women of all ages on the basis of their once having been girls (American country singer Martina McBride's "This One's for the Girls"). These positive uses mean gender rather than age.

Demographics[link]

An adolescent girl from Mauritania

Slightly more boys are born than girls (in the US this ratio is about 105 boys born for every 100 girls), but girls are slightly less likely to die than boys, during childhood, so that the ratio for under 15 years of age is 104 boys for every 100 girls.^[4][5] Since the 18th century the human sex ratio has been observed as about 1,050 boys for every 1,000 girls born and sex selection on the part of parents further lessens the number of female births.

While patriarchal beliefs have led to female infanticide (the killing of female infants) since ancient times, it is a persistent practice in some regions of the world today. It is a significant problem in India and China in particular. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report indicates that these practices, combined with neglect, have resulted in at least 60 million "missing" girls in Asia. Large numbers of adult women are absent from the population in some regions, a consequence of female infanticide during recent decades.

Census information shows the problem is worsening. In India overall, by 2011, there were little more than 9 girls younger than 6 years old for every 10 boys. The 2011 census showed that the ratio of girls to boys under the age of 6 years old has dropped even during the past decade, from 927 girls for every 1000 boys in 2001 to 918 girls for every 1000 boys in 2011. Maharashtra state's ratio is 883 girls, and Satara is even lower at 881. Hospitals in India are banned from giving out the gender of an unborn fetus to prevent sex-selection abortions, although evidence indicates that the information is often revealed.^[6] Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute in Washington, D.C. has said: "Twenty-five million men in China currently can’t find brides because there is a shortage of women [...] young men emigrate overseas to find brides." The gender imbalance in these regions is also blamed for spurring growth in the commercial sex trade; the UN's 2005 report states that up to 800,000 people being trafficked across borders each year, and as many as 80 percent are women and girls.^[7]

Biology[link]

Girls develop female characteristics by inheriting two X chromosomes (XX), one from each parent.^[8]

About one in a thousand girls have a 47,XXX karyotype, and one in 2500 have a 45,X one.

Girls typically have a female reproductive system. Some intersex children with ambigous genitals, and biologically male transgender children, may also be classified or self-identify as girls.^[9]

Gender and environment[link]

A girl plays with paper dolls. Biological sex interacts with environment in ways not fully understood.

Biological sex interacts with environment in ways not fully understood.^[10] Identical twin girls separated at birth and reunited decades later have shown both startling similarities and differences.^[11] In 2005 Kim Wallen of Emory University noted, "I think the 'nature versus nurture' question is not meaningful, because it treats them as independent factors, whereas in fact everything is nature and nurture." Wallen said gender differences emerge very early and come about through an underlying preference males and females have for their chosen activities.

Girls' education[link]

School girls in Afganistan

Girls' equal access to education has been achieved in some countries, but there are significant disparities in the majority. There are gaps in access between different regions and countries and even within countries. Girls account for 60 per cent of children out of school in Arab countries and 66 per cent of non-attendees in South and West Asia; however, more girls than boys attend schools in many countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America and Western Europe.^[12] Research has measured the economic cost of this inequality to developing countries: Plan International’s analysis shows that a total of 65 low, middle income and transition countries fail to offer girls the same secondary school opportunities as boys, and in total, these countries are missing out on annual economic growth of an estimated $92 billion.^[12]

Although the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has asserted "primary education shall be compulsory and available free to all" girls are slightly less likely to be enrolled as students in primary and secondary schools (70%:74% and 59%:65%). Worldwide efforts have been made to end this disparity (such as through the Millennium Development Goals) and the gap has closed since 1990.^[13]

Educational environment and expectations[link]

Kurdish girl

According to Kim Wallen, expectations will nonetheless play a role in how girls perform academically. For example, if females skilled in math are told a test is "gender neutral" they achieve high scores, but if they are told males outperformed females in the past, the females will do much worse. "What’s strange is," Wallen observed, "according to the research, all one apparently has to do is tell a woman who has a lifetime of socialization of being poor in math that a math test is gender neutral, and all effects of that socialization go away."^[14] Author Judith Harris has said that aside from their genetic contribution, the nurturing provided by parents likely has less long-term influence over their offspring than other environmental aspects such as the children's peer group.^[15]

In England, studies by the National Literacy Trust have shown girls score consistently higher than boys in all scholastic areas from the ages of 7 through 16, with the most striking differences noted in reading and writing skills.^[16] In the United States, historically, girls lagged on standardized tests. In 1996 the average score of 503 for US girls from all races on the SAT verbal test was 4 points lower than boys. In math, the average for girls was 492, which was 35 points lower than boys. "When girls take the exact same courses," commented Wayne Camara, a research scientist with the College Board, "that 35-point gap dissipates quite a bit." At the time Leslie R. Wolfe, president of the Center for Women Policy Studies said girls scored differently on the math tests because they tend to work the problems out while boys use "test-taking tricks" such as immediately checking the answers already given in multiple-choice questions. Wolfe said girls are steady and thorough while "boys play this test like a pin-ball machine." Wolfe also said although girls had lower SAT scores they consistently get higher grades than boys across all courses their first year in college.^[17] By 2006 girls were outscoring boys on the verbal portion of the United States' nation-wide SAT exam by 11 points.^[18] A 2005 University of Chicago study showed that a majority presence of girls in the classroom tends to enhance the academic performance of boys.^[19]

International initiatives for girls' rights[link]

Indian girls

Girl in Guatemala

An ahwazian Arab girl in traditional Arab dress.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1988) and Millennium Development Goals (2000) promoted better access to education for all girls and boys and to eliminate gender disparities at both primary and secondary level. Worldwide school enrolment and literacy rates for girls have improved continuously. 2005, global primary net enrolment rates were 85 per cent for girls, up from 78 per cent 15 years earlier; at the secondary level, girls’ enrolment increased 10 percentage points to 57 per cent over the same period.^[12]

A number of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have created programs focussing on addressing disparities in girls' access to such necessities as food, healthcare and education. CAMFED is one organization active in providing education to girls in sub-Saharan Africa. PLAN International's "Because I am a Girl" campaign is a high-profile example of such initiatives. PLAN's research has shown that educating girls can have a powerful ripple effect, boosting the economies of their towns and villages; providing girls with access to education has also been demonstrated to improve community understanding of health matters, reducing HIV rates, improving nutritional awareness, reducing birthrates and improving infant health. Research demonstrates that a girl who has received an education will:

• Earn up to 25 percent more and reinvest 90 percent in her family.
• Be three times less likely to become HIV-positive.
• Have fewer, healthier children who are 40 percent more likely to live past the age of five.^[20]

Plan International has also created a campaign to establish an International Day of the Girl. The goals of this initiative are to raise global awareness of the unique challenges facing girls, as well as the key role they have in addressing larger poverty and development challenges. A delegation of girls from Plan Canada introduced the idea to Rona Ambrose, Canada's Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, at the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in February 2011. In March 2011, Canada's Parliament unanimously adopted a motion requesting that Canada take the lead at the United Nations in the initiative to proclaim September 22 the International Day of the Girl. If adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, an International Day of the Girl could be declared before the end of 2011.^[21]

Its most recent research has led PLAN International to identify a need to coordinate projects that address boys' roles in their communities, as well as finding ways of including boys in activities that reduce gender discrimination. Since political, religious and local community leaders are most often men, men and boys have great influence over any effort to improve girls' lives and achieve gender equality. PLAN International's 2011 Annual Report points out that men have more influence and may be able to convince communities to curb early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) more effectively than women. Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Saad, who has campaigned against the practice, is quoted in the report: “We have decided that our daughter will not go through this bad, inhumane experience [...] I am part of the change.”^[22]

Art and literature[link]

Peter Paul Rubens - Portrait of a Young Girl

The Time Of The Lilacs, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson.

Historically, art and literature in Western culture has portrayed girls as symbols of innocence, purity, virtue and hope. Egyptian murals included sympathetic portraits of young girls who were daughters of royalty. Sappho's poetry carries love poems addressed to girls.

In Europe, some early paintings featuring girls were Petrus Christus' Portrait of a Young Girl (about 1460), Juan de Flandes' Portrait of a Young Girl (about 1505), Frans Hals' Die Amme mit dem Kind in 1620, Diego Velázquez' Las Meninas in 1656, Jan Steen's The Feast of St. Nicolas (about 1660) and Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring along with Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. Later paintings of girls include Albert Anker's portrait of a Girl with a Domino Tower and Camille Pissarro's 1883 Portrait of a Felix Daughter.

Mary Cassatt painted many famous Impressionist works that idealize the innocence of girls and the mother-daughter bond, for example her 1884 work Children on the Beach During the same era, Whistler's Harmony in Gray and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander and The White Girl depict girls in the same light.

The European children's literature canon includes many notable works with young female protagonists. Traditional fairy tales have preserved memorable stories about girls. Among these are Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rapunzel, The Princess and the Pea and the Brothers Grimm's Little Red Riding Hood. Well-known children's books about girls include Alice in Wonderland, Heidi, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Nancy Drew series, Little House on the Prairie, Madeline, Pippi Longstocking, A Wrinkle in Time, Dragonsong, and Little Women.

Beginning in the late Victorian era, more nuanced depictions of girl protagonists became popular. Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, and other tales featured themes that ventured into tragedy. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll featured a widely noted female protagonist confronting eccentric characters and intellectual puzzles in surreal settings. Moreover, Carroll's controversial photographs of girls are often cited in histories of photographic art. Literature followed different cultural currents, sometimes romanticizing and idealizing girlhood, and at other times developing under the influence of the growing literary realism movement. Many Victorian novels begin with the childhood of their heroine, such as Jane Eyre, an orphan who suffers ill treatment from her guardians and then at a girls' boarding school. The character Natasha in War and Peace, on the other hand, is sentimentalized. By the 20th century, the portrayal of girls in fiction had for the most part abandoned idealized portrayals of girls. Popular literary novels include Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in which a young girl, Scout, is faced with the awareness of the forces of bigotry in her community. Vladimir Nabokov's controversial book Lolita (1955) is about a doomed relationship between a 12 year old girl and an adult scholar as they travel across the United States. Zazie dans le métro (Zazie in the Metro) (1959) by Raymond Queneau is a popular French novel that humorously celebrates the innocence and precocity of Zazie, who ventures off on her own to explore Paris, escaping from her uncle (a professional female impersonator) and her mother (who is preoccupied by a meeting with her lover). Zazie was also made into a popular movie in 1960 (Zazie dans le métro) by French director Louis Malle.

Books which have both boy and girl protagonists have tended to focus more on the boys, but important girl characters appear in Knight's Castle, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Book of Three and the Harry Potter series.

Recent novels with an adult audience have included reflections on girlhood experiences. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden begins as the female main character and her sister are dropped off in the pleasure district after being separated from their family in 19th century Japan. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See traces the laotong (old sames) bond of friendship between a pair of childhood friends in modern Beijing, and the parallel friendship of their ancestors in 19th century Hunan, China.

Popular culture[link]

A teenage girl with a modern hairstyle in Harajuku, Tokyo.

There have been many American comic books and comic strips featuring a girl as the main character such as Little Lulu and Little Orphan Annie. In superhero comic books an early girl character was Etta Candy, one of Wonder Woman's sidekicks. In the Peanuts series (by Charles Schulz) girl characters include Peppermint Patty, Lucy van Pelt and Sally Brown.

In Japanese animated cartoons and comic books girls are often protagonists. Most of Hayao Miyazaki's animated films feature a young girl heroine, as in Majo no takkyūbin (Kiki's Delivery Service). There are many other girl protagonists in the Shōjo style of manga, which is targeted to girls as an audience. Among these are The Wallflower, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Tokyo Mew Mew and Full Moon o Sagashite. Meanwhile, some genres of Japanese cartoons may feature sexualized and objectified portrayals of girls.

The term girl is widely heard in the lyrics of popular music (such as with the song "About a Girl"), most often meaning a young adult or teenaged female.

History[link]

Princess Neferure as a girl, sitting on the lap of her tutor Senenmut. Girls and women in Ancient Egypt enjoyed a relatively high social status.

The status of girls throughout world history is closely related to the status of women in any culture. Where women enjoy a more equal status with men, girls benefit from greater attention to their needs.

Girls' education[link]

In Ancient Egypt, the princess Neferure grew up under the reign of her mother, the woman Pharaoh Hatshepsut, who had inherited the throne after the death of her husband Thutmose II. Women in Ancient Egypt had a relatively high status in society, and as the daughter of the pharaoh, Neferura was provided with the best education possible. Her tutors were the most trusted advisors of her mother. She grew up to take on an important role by taking on the duties of a queen while her mother was pharaoh.^[23] Despite the fact that women and men had a great deal of equality in Ancient Egypt, there were still important divisions in gender roles. Men worked as scribes for the government, for example, whereas women would often work at occupations tied to the home, such as farming, baking bread and brewing beer; however, a large number of women, particularly from the upper classes, worked in business and traded at markets, as perfumers, and some women also worked in temples. For this reason, girls' and boys' education differed. Boys could attend formal schools to learn how to read, write, and do math, while girls would be educated at home to learn the occupations of their mothers. Some women did become literate and were scholars, however, such as Hypatia.^[24][25]

The future Elizabeth I of England at age 13 years.

Girls' formal education has traditionally been considered far less important than that of boys. In Europe, exceptions were rare before the printing press and the Reformation made literacy more widespread. One notable exception to the general neglect of girls' literacy is Queen Elizabeth I. In her case, as a child she was in a precarious position as a possible heir to the throne, and her life was in fact endangered by the political scheming of other powerful members of the court. Following the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was considered illegitimate. Her education was for the most part ignored by Henry VIII. Remarkably, Henry VIII's widow, Catherine Parr, took an interest in the high intelligence of Elizabeth, and supported the decision to provide her with an impressive education after Henry's death, starting when Elizabeth was 9.^[26] Elizabeth received an education equal to that of a prominent male aristocrat; she was educated in Latin, Greek, Spanish, French, philosophy, history, mathematics and music. England reaped the reward of her rich education when circumstances resulted in her becoming a capable monarch.

By the 18th century, Europeans recognized the value of literacy, and schools were opened to educate the public in growing numbers. Education in the Age of Enlightenment in France led to up to a third of women becoming literate by the time of the French Revolution, contrasting with roughly half of men by that time.^[27] However, education was still not considered as important for girls as for boys, who were being trained for professions that remained closed to women, and girls were not admitted to secondary level schools in France until the late 19th century. Girls were not entitled to receive a Baccalaureate diploma in France until the reforms of 1924 under education minister Léon Bérard. Schools were segregated in France until the end of World War II. Since then, compulsory education laws have raised the education of girls and young women throughout Europe.

"Coming of age" customs[link]

Many cultures have traditional customs to mark the "coming of age" of a girl or boy, to recognize their transition to adulthood, or to mark other milestones of their journey to maturity as children.

Japan has a coming-of-age ritual called Shichi-Go-San (七五三), which literally means "Seven-Five-Three". This is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15. It is generally observed on the nearest weekend. On this day, the girl will be dressed in a traditional kimono, and will be taken to a temple by her family for a blessing ceremony. Nowadays, the occasion is also marked with a formal photo portrait.

Some coming-of-age ceremonies are religious rituals to recognize a girl's maturity with respect to her understanding of religious beliefs, and to recognize her changing role in her religious community. Confirmation is a ceremony common to many Christian denominations for both boys and girls, usually taking place when the child is in their teen years. In Roman Catholic communities, Confirmation ceremonies are considered one of seven sacraments that a Catholic may receive during their life. In many countries, it is traditional for Catholics children to undergo another sacrament, First Communion, at the age of 7 years old. The sacrament is usually performed in a church once a year, with children who are of age receive a blessing from a Bishop in a special ceremony. It is traditional in many countries for Catholic girls to wear white dresses and possibly a small veil or wreath of flowers in their hair to their First Communion. The white dress symbolizes spiritual purity.

Many coming-of-age ceremonies are to acknowledge the passing of a girl through puberty, when she experiences menarche, or her first menstruation. The traditional Apache coming-of-age ceremony for girls is called the na'ii'ees (Sunrise Ceremony), and takes place over four days. The girls are painted with clay and pollen, which they must not wash off until the end of the rituals, which involve dancing and rituals that challenge physical strength. Girls are given teaching in aspects of sexuality, confidence, and healing ability. The girls pray in the direction of the east at dawn, and in the four cardinal directions, which represent the four stages of life. This ceremony was banned by the U.S. government for many decades; after being decriminalized by the Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978, it has seen a revival. ^[28]

Preparing girls for marriage[link]

A postwar German girl helps her mother, who is struggling for income, prepare food to sell, 1946.

In many ancient societies, girls' upbringing had much to do with preparing them to be future wives. In many cultures, it was not the norm for women to be economically independent. Thus, where a girl's future well-being depended upon marrying her to a man who was economically self-sufficient, it was crucial to prepare her to meet whatever qualities or skills were popularly expected of wives.

In cultures ranging from Ancient Greece to the 19th century United States, girls have been taught such essential domestic skills as sewing, cooking, gardening, and basic hygiene and medical care such as preparing balms and salves, and in some cases midwife skills. These skills would be taught from generation to generation, with the knowledge passed down orally from mother to daughter. A well-known reference to these important women's skills is in the folk tale Rumpelstiltskin, which dates back to Medieval Germany and was collected in written form by the folklorists the Brothers Grimm. The miller's daughter is valued as a potential wife because of her reputation for being able to spin straw into gold.

In some parts of China, beginning in the Southern Tang kingdom in Nanjing (937-975), the custom of foot binding was associated with upper class women who were worthy of a life of leisure, and husbands who could afford to spare them the necessity of work (which would require the ability to be mobile and spend the day on their feet). Because of this belief, parents hoping to ensure a good marriage for their daughters would begin binding their feet from about the age of seven years old to achieve the ideal appearance. The tinier the feet, the better the social rank of a future husband. This practice did not end until the early years of the 20th century.^[29]

China has had many customs tied to girls and their roles as future wives and mothers. According to one custom, a girl's way of wearing her hair would indicate her marital status. An unmarried girl would wear her hair in two "pigtails", and once married, she would wear her hair in one.^[30]

In some cultures, girls' passing through puberty is viewed with concern for a girl's chastity. In some communities, there is a traditional belief that female genital mutilation is a necessity to prevent a girl from becoming sexually promiscuous. The practice is dangerous, however, and leads to long-term health problems for women who have undergone it. The practice has been a custom in 28 countries of Africa, and persists mainly in rural areas. This coming-of-age custom, sometimes incorrectly described as "female circumcision", is being outlawed by governments, and challenged by human rights groups and other concerned community members, who are working to end the practice.

Girls' games and other pastimes[link]

Girls' pastimes, such as games and other leisure activities, reflect the customs of their communities.

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  A girl applying henna art in Morocco.

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  A girl enjoying a game of table football in Mauritania.

See also[link]

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• Boy
• Female infanticide
• Girl group
• Girl Guides
• Girl Power
• Tomboy
• Woman

References[link]

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A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team. Although the term "fight song" is primarily used in America, the use of fight songs is commonplace around the world, but they may be referred to as team anthems, himnos equipos (Spanish language), or team songs in other countries, such as Australia, Mexico and New Zealand. Fight songs differ from stadium anthems, used for similar purposes, in that they are usually written specifically for the purposes of the team, whereas stadium anthems are not.

The term "Fight Song" may also refer to a piece of music meant to excite or "pump up" a crowd^{[citation needed]} for whatever reason, such as at a rave or concert^{[citation needed]}.

In the United States, fight songs are especially popular^{[citation needed]} for college and high school sports. Among the most notable are "For Boston"^{[citation needed]}, The Notre Dame Victory March, The Victors^{[citation needed]}, Minnesota Rouser^{[citation needed]}, Anchors Aweigh^{[citation needed]}, Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech^{[citation needed]}, Buckeye Battle Cry^{[citation needed]}, and On Wisconsin^{[citation needed]}. Additionally, several NFL teams maintain traditional songs that are often several decades old. Notable fight songs include When the Saints Go Marching In; Skol, Vikings; Bear Down, Chicago Bears; Go! You Packers! Go!; Fly, Eagles Fly; San Diego Super Chargers; Hail to the Redskins; Hey, Hey Tampa Bay, and the Detroit Lions' traditional fight song "Gridiron Heroes"^{[citation needed]}.

Hundreds of colleges have fight songs, some of which are over a century old. The oldest collegiate fight song in the United States is Boston College's "For Boston", composed by T.J. Hurley in 1885.^[1] Fight songs are laden with history; in singing a fight song, fans feel part of a large, time-honored tradition^{[citation needed]}. The following list contains some of the most established^{[citation needed]} and popular in America.

List of professional sports team fight songs[link]

Japan[link]

• Rakuten Eagles – The Manpower!!! (by Morning Musume), Koero! Rakuten Eagles (by C-ute)

List of college fight songs[link]

Notes:

• Colleges whose names begin with "University of" or "College of" are listed by traditional name; for example, the University of Cincinnati is listed under C, not U.
• The service academies are universally referred to in sports media by their associated branch of service. This means, for example, that the United States Military Academy is found at A, for Army.
• Schools which are normally known by a different contraction of their official name, or an acronym/initialism, are listed by their most common name. Examples:
  • The University of California, Berkeley is most often referred to by American sports media as either "California" or "Cal", meaning it can be found at C.
  • The University of California, Los Angeles is generally called "UCLA", meaning it can be found at U.
  • The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga prefers to be called "Chattanooga" for athletics purposes, meaning it can be found at C.
• Other regional campuses, such as California State University, Fresno, are listed by their regional name, meaning the aforementioned school can be found under F.

A[link]

• Abilene Christian University – ACU Fight Song
• Adelphi University – Adelphi University Fight Song
• Adrian College – Hail Adrian!
• United States Air Force Academy – The U.S. Air Force (informally known as The Air Force Song, and often incorrectly known as Wild Blue Yonder) is played after Touchdowns while the Falcon Fight Song is played after PAT's.
• University of Akron – Akron Blue and Gold
• University of Alabama – Yea Alabama!
• University of Alabama at Birmingham – UAB Blazer Fight Song
• University of Alabama in Huntsville – We Are Chargers
• Alabama A&M – Stand Up and Cheer
• Alabama State University – Hail Alabama
• University of Alaska Fairbanks – UAF Fight Song
• University of Albany – Purple and Gold
• University of Alberta – University Cheer Song
• Albion College – Fyte Onne!
• Albright College – Albright Fight Song
• Alcorn State University – Alcorn State Fight Song (Tune of the "War Chant")
• Alfred University – On, Saxon Warriors
• Allegheny College – Allegheny Pep Song
• Alma College – Alma College Scots Fight Song
• American University – AU Fight Song
• Amherst College – Lord Jeffery Amherst, Cheer for Old Amherst, and Glory, Glory to Old Amherst
• Anderson University (Indiana) – Raven Fight Song
• Angelo State University – ASU Fight Song (tune of Across the Field)
• Appalachian State University – Hi Hi Yikas
• University of Arizona – Bear Down, Arizona! and Fight, Wildcats, Fight!
• Arizona State University – Maroon and Gold
• University of Arkansas – Arkansas Fight Song
• University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff – UAPB Fight Song
• Arkansas State University – ASU Loyalty Fight Song
• Arkansas Tech University – Tech Fight Song
• United States Military Academy (Army) – On Brave Old Army Team
• Ashland University – The Battle Song
• Assumption College – Greyhounds Win
• Auburn University – War Eagle
• Augsburg College – The Auggie Fight Song
• Augustana College (Illinois) – The Augustana Fight Song
• Augustana College (South Dakota) – The Augustana School Song
• Austin College – Austin College Fight Song (tune of On Wisconsin)
• Austin Peay – Austin Peay Fight Song

B[link]

• Baldwin-Wallace College – B.W. Battle Song
• Ball State – Fight, Team, Fight
• Barry University – Go Barry Go
• Bates College – School Songs
• Baylor University – Bearly There
• Bellarmine University – Bellarmine University Fight Song
• Belmont University – Belmont University Fight Song
• Bemidji State University – Go Bemidji Beavers
• Benedictine College – Raven Fight Song
• Bethune-Cookman University – Let's Go Wildcats
• Birmingham-Southern College – Birmingham-Southern Fight Song
• Bishop's University – Raise a Toast!
• Black Hills State University – BHSU Fight Song
• Boise State University – Boise State Fight Song
• Boston College – For Boston
• Boston University – Go B.U.
• Bowling Green State University – Forward Falcons
• Bradley University – Bradley Loyalty Song (Charge On, Bradley)
• Brandeis University – Brandeis Fight Song
• Brigham Young University – The Cougar Song (Rise and Shout, The Cougars Are Out)
• Brigham Young University-Hawaii – BYU-H Fight Song
• University of British Columbia – Hail, U.B.C. and High on Olympus
• Brown University – Ever True to Brown and The Brown Cheering Song
• Bucknell University – 'Ray Bucknell
• Buena Vista University – Buena Vista Fight Song
• University at Buffalo – Victory March, Go For A Touchdown, and Buffalo Fight Song
• Butler University – Butler War Song

C[link]

• California Institute of Technology (Caltech) – Fight for California Tech
• California Lutheran University – The CLU Fight Song
• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – Ride High, You Mustangs
• Cal Poly Pomona – Bronco Fight Song
• California State University, Bakersfield – CSUB Victory!
• California State University, Chico – Chico State Fight Song
• California State University, East Bay – Pioneer Fight Song
• California State University, Fullerton – Fight On, Titans
• University of California, Berkeley (California) – Fight for California (primary fight song), Big "C", Sons of California, The Golden Bear, California Indian Song, Stanford Jonah, Roll On You Golden Bear, Make Way for the Bear, and Palms of Victory
• University of California, Davis – Aggie Fight
• University of California, Irvine – U-C-I Fight
• University of California, Los Angeles – Sons of Westwood and The Mighty Bruins
• University of California, Riverside – Brave Scots
• University of California, San Diego – Triton Fight Song
• University of California, Santa Barbara – El "C" Grande
• Cameron University – Aggie's Fight
• Campbell University – Campbell University Fight Song (tune of Arizona State's fight song, "Maroon and Gold.")
• Canisius College – Canisius College March and Drive Canisius
• Capital University – Pride of the Purple
• Carnegie Mellon University – Fight for the Glory of Carnegie
• Carthage College – Carthage Fight Song
• Case Western Reserve University – Fight On, Case Reserve
• The Catholic University of America – C. U. Marching Song
• Centenary College (Louisiana) – Centenary Fight Song
• University of Central Arkansas – UCA Fight Song
• Central Connecticut State University – C.C.S.U. Victory
• University of Central Florida – UCF Fight Song
• Central Methodist University – Fighting Eagles
• Central Michigan University – The Fighting Chippewa, and Hail Chippewa!
• University of Central Missouri – Go Mules
• University of Central Oklahoma – UCO Fight Song
• Central State University – Fight for CSU
• Central Washington University – CWU Fight Song (tune of Across the Field)
• Centre College – Old Centre
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Chattanooga) – Fight, Chattanooga!
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte) – Charlotte Fight Song
• University of Chicago – Wave the Flag (For Old Chicago) and Scholarly Yells
• Christopher Newport University – "CNU Fight Song"
• University of Cincinnati – Cheer Cincinnati, Red and Black,Give A Cheer
• The Citadel – Dixie,

City College of New York – CCNY Fight Song

• Clarion (PA) – Carry On for Clarion
• Clark Atlanta University – Hail! Roaring Panthers
• Clayton State University – Clayton State Fight Song
• Clemson University – Tiger Rag
• Cleveland State University – The Pride of Cleveland
• United States Coast Guard Academy – Semper Paratus
• Coastal Carolina University – Coastal Carolina Fight Song
• Coe College – Coe Fight Song
• Colgate University – Fight, Fight, Fight and Fight for the Team
• College of Mount St. Joseph – MSJ Fight Song
• College of William and Mary – Tribe Fight Song
• Colorado School of Mines – The Mines Fight Song (same tune as Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech)
• Colorado State University – Colorado State Fight Song
• Colorado State University-Pueblo – CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves Fight Song
• University of Colorado – Glory, Glory Colorado, Go Colorado, and Fight CU
• Columbia University – Roar, Lion, Roar, Stand Up and Cheer, Who Owns New York?
• Columbus State (GA) – Cougar Fight
• Concordia University, St. Paul – Concordia Fight Song (Same tune as On Wisconsin)
• University of Connecticut – UConn Husky
• Converse College – Ride of the Valkyries
• Cornell University – Primarily, Give My Regards to Davy. Also, The Big Red Team, Fight for Cornell and New Cornell Fight Song
• Creighton University – The White and the Blue

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• Dakota State University – DSU Fight Song
• Dartmouth College – Dartmouth's in Town Again, Come Stand Up Men, As the Backs Go Tearing By, and Glory to Dartmouth
• Davidson College – O Davidson
• University of Dayton – Victory
• University of Delaware – The Delaware Fight Song
• Denison University – Denison Marching Song
• University of Denver – Fairest of Colleges
• DePaul University – Blue Demons Fight Song
• DePauw University – Here's to DePauw (March on Down the Field)
• University of Detroit-Mercy – The Titan Way
• Dickinson College – Fight, Fight for Dickinson
• Drake University – The "D" Song
• Drexel University – Drexel Fight Song
• Duke University – Fight! Blue Devils, Fight! and Blue and White
• Duquesne University – Victory Song (Red and Blue)

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• Earlham College – "Fight Fight Inner Light"; "Battle Hymn of the Quakers"; "Theme of the Quaker Army"; "How Can We Keep from Scoring"; "Rah–Rah–Rio–Rem"; "Etc."
• East Carolina University – E.C. Victory
• East Central University – ECU Fight Song
• East Stroudsburg University (PA) – Hail Dear Old Stroudsburg
• East Tennessee State University – ETSU Fight Song
• Eastern Illinois University – Eastern Loyalty (a.k.a. EIU Fight Song)
• Eastern Kentucky University – Rally Maroon and White and Hail, Hail Eastern Maroons
• Eastern Michigan University – Eastern Eagles Fight Song ; Go Green (EMU Spirit Song)
• Eastern Oregon University – Mount Up
• Eastern Washington University – Go Eags! (tune of Stanford's Come Join the Band)
• Edinboro University of Pennsylvania – Scotland the Brave
• Elmira College – Go E-L-M-I-R-A ! (EC Fight Song)
• Elon University – Here's to Elon, Let's Win This Game,
• University of Evansville – Hail to Evansville
• The Evergreen State College – The Geoduck Fight Song

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• Fairfield University – The Fairfield University Fight Song
• Fairmont State University – Fairmont State Fight Song
• Ferris State University – Fighting Bulldogs
• University of Findlay – Findlay Fight Song
• University of Florida – The Orange and Blue
• Florida A&M University – Our Florida
• Florida Atlantic University – FAU Fight Song
• Florida International University – We are the Panthers
• Florida State University – FSU Fight Song
• Fordham University – Fordham Ram
• Franklin College – Stand Up and Cheer^[2]
• Franklin & Marshall College – On Down the Field
• California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) – Fight, Varsity
• Furman University – Hail the White and Purple

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• George Mason University – Patriot Dreams and Fight Song
• George Washington University – Hail the Buff and Blue (a.k.a. The GW Fight Song)
• Georgetown University – There Goes Old Georgetown
• University of Georgia – Glory, Glory and Hail to Georgia
• Georgia Southern University – Southern Fight
• Georgia State University – Fight Panthers
• Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology) – Up with the White and Gold and Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech
• Gettysburg College – Loyalty Song
• Gonzaga University – For the White and the Blue and Bulldogs of Gonzaga
• Grambling State University – Fight for Dear Old Grambling
• Grand Valley State University – GVSU Victory
• Grinnell College – Here Come the Pioneers!
• Grove City College – Stand Up and Cheer!
• Gustavus Adolphus College – Gustie Rouser
• Guadalajara Autonomous University (UAG) Himnos Tecos!

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• Hamilton College – We Never Will Forget Thee
• Hampton University – Hampton Fight Song
• University of Hartford – Hartford, On to Victory
• Harvard University – Ten Thousand Men of Harvard (main song); Yo-Ho; Harvardiana; Gridiron King; Up the Street; Soldiers Field; R-A-D; Harvard Eternal; Veritas; Our Director; Fight Fiercely, Harvard; Onward Crimson
• Haverford College – Football Song
• University of Hawai'i – Co-Ed Fight Song
• Heidelberg College – Heidelberg Victory March
• High Point University – Panther Pride
• Hillsdale College – Hillsdale Fight Song (Charge On)
• Hiram College – Hooray for Hiram (tune of Our Director)
• Hofstra University – Hofstra Fight Song
• College of the Holy Cross – Chu-Chu Rah-Rah
• Hope College – Hope College Fight Song
• University of Houston – Cougar Fight Song
• Houston Baptist University– Get Up & Go You Mighty Huskies
• Howard University – Howard University Fight Song
• Howard Payne University – HPU Fight Song
• Humboldt State University – Drive On Humboldt

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• University of Idaho – Go, Vandals, Go
• Idaho State University – Growl, Bengals, Growl!
• University of Illinois – Illinois Loyalty; Oskee Wow Wow
• University of Illinois at Chicago – Fire Up Flames!
• Illinois State University – Go, You Redbirds
• Illinois Wesleyan University – Fight Wesleyan!
• Indiana University – Indiana, Our Indiana and Indiana, Fight!
• Indiana State University – March On You Fighting Sycamores
• University of Indianapolis – U of Indianapolis Fight Song
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) – Let's Go Jags
• University of Iowa – Iowa Fight Song, On Iowa
• Iowa State University – ISU Fights

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• Jackson State University – Cheer Boys
• Jacksonville State University – JSU Fight Song
• Jacksonville University – JU Dolphin Fight Song
• James Madison University – JMU Fight Song
• Jesus College, Oxford – Exeter Wank Wank Wank
• John Carroll University – Onward John Carroll
• Johns Hopkins University – To Win and Johnny Hopkins, On to Victory
• Juniata College – Fight On, JC

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• Kalamazoo College – All Hail to Kazoo
• University of Kansas – I'm a Jayhawk, Fighting Jayhawk, Stand Up and Cheer, Kansas Song, and Sunflower Song
• Kansas State University – Wildcat Victory
• Kent State University – Fight On for KSU
• University of Kentucky – On, On, U of K, Kentucky Fight
• Kentucky Wesleyan College – KWC Fight Song
• Kilgore College – Kilgore Rangers Song
• Knox College – Hail! Knox All Glorious and Fight, Siwash
• Kwansei Gakuin University – Shingetsu-ki no moto ni, Fight On Kwansei

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• La Salle University – La Salle Fight Song
• Lafayette College – Lafayette Fight Song 1898 and On, Lafayette
• Lake Forest College – Fight for Lake Forest
• Lamar University – Go Big Red (tune of Kansas State's "Wildcat Victory")
• Lawrence University – Viking Song
• Lawrence Tech (MI) – Dear Old L.I.T.
• Lehigh University – Goblet, Rearing Tearing, Lehigh Will Shine, Lehigh Fight (instrumental) See Marching 97 Website.
• Liberty University – Fan The Flames!
• Long Beach State University – Long Beach State Fight Song
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette – Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song
• University of Louisiana at Monroe – ULM Fight Song
• Louisiana College – Fightin' Wildcats
• Louisiana State University – Fight for LSU; Hey, Fightin' Tigers; and Tiger Rag
• Louisiana Tech University – Tech Fight, Go Bulldogs
• University of Louisville – Fight, UofL and All Hail UofL (Fight song link)
• Loyola University (IL) – Go Loyola
• Loyola University-New Orleans – Loyola Fight Song
• Loyola Marymount University – Fight On Loyola
• Luther College (IA) – Field Song

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• University of Maine – Maine Stein Song (school song) For Maine (fight song)
• Marist College – The Marist Song
• Marquette University – Ring Out, Ahoya!
• Marshall University – Sons of Marshall
• University of Maryland, College Park – Maryland Fight Song (for football - played after opposing team scores) and Maryland Victory Song (more commonly heard during games, for football - played after Maryland scores).
• University of Massachusetts Amherst – Fight Mass
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – The Engineer's Drinking Song
• McNeese State University – Joli Blon (official), On McNeese (unofficial)
• University of Memphis – Go! Tigers! Go!
• Mercer University – Hail to Mercer
• United States Merchant Marine Academy (Merchant Marine Academy) – King's Point Victory
• University of Miami (Florida) – Hail to the Spirit of Miami U and Miami U How-Dee-Doo
• Miami University (Ohio) – Miami March Song
• University of Michigan – The Victors, Varsity, and The Yellow and Blue (alma mater)
• Michigan State University – MSU Fight Song, and MSU Shadows (alma mater)
• Michigan Technological University – Fight Tech Fight
• MidAmerica Nazarene University – Pioneer Fight Song (tune of FSU Fight Song (Florida State University))
• Middle Tennessee State University – MTSU Fight Song
• Middlebury College – Cheer, Boys, Cheer
• Midwestern State University – Here's to the Maroon and Gold
• University of Minnesota Duluth – Minnesota-Duluth Rouser
• University of Minnesota Morris – Minnesota-Morris Rouser
• University of Minnesota – Minnesota Rouser
• Minnesota State University, Mankato – The Maverick Rouser
• University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) – Forward Rebels, From Dixie With Love (The Hotty Toddy is a cheer, not a song, but it is often set up with Rock and Roll Part 2)
• Mississippi College – Mississippi College Fight Song
• Mississippi State University – Hail State
• University of Missouri – Every True Son & Fight, Tigers
• Missouri State University – The Scotsman
• Missouri University of Science and Technology – Fight, Miners
• Missouri Western State University – Missouri Western Fight Song
• Monmouth University (NJ) – Fight for Dear Old Monmouth
• University of Montana – Up With Montana
• Montana State University – Stand Up and Cheer
• Montana State University-Billings – MSU-B Fight Song (tune of Across the Field)
• Morehead State University – Fight for Morehead
• Morgan State University – Fight on ‘ole Morgan Grizzly
• Mount Union College – On, Mount to victory!"
• Murray State University – Murray State Fight Song

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• United States Naval Academy (Navy) – Anchors Aweigh
• University of Nebraska – Hail Varsity and Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska)
• University of Nebraska at Kearney – UNK Fight Song and UNK Color Song
• University of Nebraska at Omaha – UNO Fite
• University of Nevada – Hail to Our Sturdy Men
• University of New Hampshire – "New Hampshire Hymn", "On to Victory" (recognized song), UNH Cheer (alt.)
• University of New Mexico – Hail New Mexico
• New Mexico Highlands University – Highlands Fight Song
• New Mexico State University – Aggies oh Aggies
• University of New Orleans – Let's Hear It For UNO
• New York University – The Palisades (also known as Our Dear Old NYU)
• Niagara University – Here's to Old Niagara
• Nicholls State University – Nicholls State Fight Song
• Norfolk State University – Norfolk State Fight Song
• University of North Alabama – North Alabama Fight Song
• University of North Carolina – I'm a Tar Heel Born, Here Comes Carolina
• University of North Carolina-Charlotte – UNC Charlotte Fight Song
• University of North Carolina-Pembroke – UNC-P Fight Song
• University of North Carolina-Wilmington – Green and Gold
• North Carolina State University – The NCSU Fight Song (Official) and Red and White (Popular but unofficial)
• North Central College – Cardinal Fight Song
• University of North Dakota – Fight On Sioux, It's For You, North Dakota U, Stand Up and Cheer
• North Dakota State University – On Bison
• North Park University (IL) – NPU Fight Song
• University of North Texas – Fight, North Texas
• Northwest Highschool - "Hail to the Victors"
• Northeastern University – All Hail Northeastern
• Northeastern Illinois University – Go Golden Eagles
• Northeastern State University – Northeastern, Northeastern
• Northern Arizona University – Lumberjack Fight Song
• University of Northern Colorado – UNC Fight Song
• Northern Illinois University – Huskie Fight Song
• University of Northern Iowa – UNI Fight Song
• Northern Kentucky University – Onward Ye Norsemen
• Northern Michigan University – Northern Michigan Fight Song
• Northwest Missouri State University – Wings of Victory
• Northwest Nazarene University – Victory Is Sure
• Northwestern University – Go U Northwestern and Rise, Northwestern!
• Northwestern Oklahoma State University – Ride Rangers
• Northwestern State University (LA) – Demon Fight Song
• University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame Victory March ("Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame") and Hike Notre Dame and When Irish Backs Go Marching By and Rakes of Mallow and Celtic Chant and Down the Line and "The 1812 Overture" (played between the third and fourth quarter) and the alma mater, "Notre Dame, Our Mother"

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• Oakland University (MI) – OU Fight
• Oberlin College – Ten-thousand Strong or Oberlin Fight Song
• Ohio University – Stand up and Cheer
• Ohio Northern University – Friends of ONU or Sons of ONU (older fight song)
• The Ohio State University – Buckeye Battle Cry, Across the Field, and Hang on Sloopy
• University of Oklahoma – Boomer Sooner
• Oklahoma Christian University – Stand Up and Cheer
• Oklahoma State University – The Waving Song, Ride 'Em Cowboys, and OSU Chant
• Old Dominion University – Fight, Old Dominion (official), Victory for Old Dominion (football fight song)
• Oral Roberts University – Spirit Song
• University of Oregon – Mighty Oregon
• Oregon State University – Hail to Old OSU
• Ouachita Baptist University – Ouachita Baptist Song (tune of Will the Circle Be Unbroken)
• University of Oxford – Shoo The Tabs or Shoe The Tabs

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• University of the Pacific - UoP Fight Song
• Pacific Lutheran University - PLU Fight Song, When the Saints Go Marching In
• University of Pennsylvania - Cheer Pennsylvania, Fight on, Pennsylvania, The Red and Blue, The University of Pennsylvania Band March, Drink a Highball, The Battle Cry of Penn (Hang Jeff Davis)
• The Pennsylvania State University - Fight On, State, The Nittany Lion, and Victory
• Pepperdine University - Fight Fight Fight for Pepperdine
• Pittsburg State University - On To Victory
• University of Pittsburgh - Hail to Pitt, Pitt Victory Song, and The Panther
• Polytechnic University of New York - Marching Song
• University of Portland - Pilot Fight Song (a.k.a. Portland Victory March)
• Portland State University - Fight for Portland State
• Prairie View A&M University - Mighty Panthers
• Princeton University - The Princeton Cannon Song, Princeton Forward March, Princeton Stadium Song, Goin' Back. Tiger Rag, Orange and the Black, Princeton University Band March, Princeton Jungle March
• Providence College - When the Saints Go Marching In (was originally "Friar Away;" Saints was popularized in the 1950s as the introduction music to basketball broadcasts on WPRO-AM)
• University of Puget Sound - Fight for UPS
• Purdue University - Hail Purdue!

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• Queen's University – Queen's College Colours, also called the Oil Thigh
• Quincy University (IL) – QU Fight Song

R[link]

• Radford University – R.U. Fight Song or Honor and Glory
• Ramon Magsaysay High School, Manila – Mabuhay
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Hail, Dear Old Rensselaer
• University of Rhode Island – Rhode Island Cheer Song (URI Fight Song) and "Rhode Island Born" (a slightly altered version of North Carolina's "I'm a Tar Heel Born")
• Rhodes College – Roll On
• Rice University – Rice Fight Song
• University of Richmond – Spider Born
• Roanoke College – Maroon Victory
• Robert Morris College – RMC Fight Song
• Robert Morris University – RMU Fight Song
• University of Rochester – March Men of Rochester
• Rochester Institute of Technology – Our Spirit Shows
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology – Dear Old Rose
• Royal Military College of Canada – Precision
• Rutgers University – The Bells Must Ring ([1])

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• Sacramento State University – Fight Hornet Fight
• Sacred Heart University – Pioneer Fight Song
• Saginaw Valley State University – Cardinal Fight
• St. Bonaventure University – Unfurl the Brown and White
• St. Cloud State University – St. Cloud State Rouser
• St. Francis Xavier University - "Hail & Health"
• St. John's University (NY) – Fight For Old St. John's
• St. Joseph's University – When the Hawks Go Flying In, Mine Eyes
• St. Lawrence University – The Scarlet and The Brown
• St. Louis University – We Hail Saint Louis U.
• St. Olaf College – Um Ya Ya
• Sam Houston State University – Bearkat Fight Song (To the tune of "Semper Paratus")
• Samford University – Samford Fight Song
• San Diego State University – SDSU Fight Song
• University of San Francisco – Victory Song
• San Francisco State University – State Victory Song
• San Jose State University – San Jose State Fight Song
• Santa Clara University – Fight For Santa Clara
• University of Saskatchewan – Fight! Fight! Fight!
• Seton Hall University – Onward Setonia
• Siena College – When the Saints Go Marching In, and "S-I-E-N-A"
• Shepherd University – "Fight On" [For Old SU]
• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania – The Horse
• University of South Alabama – Jaguar Pride Fight Song
• University of South Carolina – Also sprach Zarathustra (the 2001 song), Carolina Fight Song, Fight! USC, The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way (Step to the Rear), and The NC-4
• South Carolina State University – Bulldog Fight Song
• University of South Dakota – Hail South Dakota
• South Dakota State University – Ring the Bells
• University of South Florida – Golden Brahman March
• Southeast Missouri State University – SEMO Fight Song
• Southeastern Louisiana University – Cheer Our Team
• Southeastern Oklahoma State University – Southeastern
• Southern University – Southern Fight
• University of Southern California – Fight On (primary fight song), Conquest, Tribute to Troy, Cardinal and Gold, Carry On, Marching Song of USC, Clear the Way for USC, Watch the Trojans Roll, Tusk, and USC Beloved Varsity
• Southern Illinois University – Go! Southern! Go!
• University of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville – SIU-E Fight Song
• Southern Methodist University – Peruna
• University of Southern Mississippi – Southern to the Top
• Southwest Baptist University – SBU Fight Song
• Stanford University – Come Join the Band (De facto: All Right Now)
• Stephen F. Austin University – SFA Fight Song
• Swarthmore College – Hip, Hip, Hip, for Old Swarthmore
• Syracuse University – Down, Down the Field and The Saltine Warrior

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• Taylor University – On Ye Tarleton (tune of On Wisconsin)
• Temple University – T for Temple U and Fight! Temple Fight!
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Down the Field (official); Fight, Vols, Fight; and Rocky Top (unofficial)
• Tennessee State University &ndsah; I'm So Glad
• Tennessee Tech – There They Go Again
• University of Texas at Arlington – UTA Fight Song
• University of Texas at Austin – Texas Fight
• University of Texas at El Paso – UTEP Fight song and Miners Fight
• University of Texas at San Antonio – UTSA Fight Song
• Texas A&M University – Aggie War Hymn
• Texas A&M University-Commerce – A&M-Commerce Fight Song
• Texas A&M University - Kingsville – Jalisco and Javelina Victory March
• Texas Christian University – So Tried and True
• Texas Southern University – TSU Fight Song
• Texas State University – Go Bobcats!
• Texas Tech University – Fight Raiders, Fight
• Texas Woman's University – Daughters of Texas (written by John Philip Sousa)
• University of Toledo – Fight for Dear Old T U
• Towson University – "Hail Towson"
• Trinity College (CT) – TC Fight Song
• Troy University – Trojans, One and All
• Truman State University – Hail to the Bulldogs
• Tufts University – Tuftonia's Day
• Tulane University – Tulane Fight Song (and/or The Olive and Blue), Roll On Tulane
• University of Tulsa – Hurricane Spirit

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• UMBC – UMBC Riser
• UNLV – Win with the Rebels
• University of North Alabama – UNA Fight Song; also Go, Fight for UNA
• Upper Iowa University – UIU Fight Song (tune of Wildcat Victory (Kansas State University Fight Song)
• Ursinus College – Ursinus Fight Song
• University of Utah – Utah Man; also Utah Victory
• Utah State University – Utah State Fight Song
• Utah Valley University – Stand Up and Cheer, UVSC

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• Valdosta State University – Valdosta State Fight Song
• Valparaiso University – Valpo Fight Song
• Vanderbilt University – Dynamite and Cheer for Old Vandy
• Vermilion Community College – Roll Up The Score
• University of Vermont – Vermont Victorious
• Villanova University – V for Villanova
• University of Virginia – The Cavalier Song, UVA Yes!, and The Good Old Song (while The Good Old Song, to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne", is sometimes mistakenly listed as a fight song, it is actually the school's alma mater)
• Virginia Military Institute (VMI) – VMI Spirit
• Virginia Tech – Tech Triumph (fight song), Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, VPI Victory March (the second two are usually played directly in sequence after Tech Triumph is played)

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• Wabash College – Old Wabash
• Wake Forest University – O Here's to Wake Forest
• Wartburg College (IA) – Fight on Knights
• University of Washington – Bow Down to Washington, Rise Up With Pride for Washington and Yoh Washington
• Washington and Lee University – Fight! Fight! Blue and White!; and The Washington and Lee Swing
• Washington State University – Washington State University Fight Song
• Wayne State University – War March of the Warriors (Formerly "March of the Tartars")
• Weber State University – We Are the Wildcats
• Wesleyan University – Wesleyan Fight Song
• West Chester University – Rams Fight
• West Texas A&M University – On, On Buffaloes
• West Virginia University – Hail, West Virginia
• West Virginia State University – Hail to the Team
• Western Carolina University – Western Carolina Fight Song
• Western Illinois University – We're Marching On
• Western Kentucky University – WKU Fight Song (tune of Stand Up and Cheer)
• Western Michigan University – WMU Fight Song
• University of Western Ontario – Western School Song
• Western State College – Western State Fight Song
• Western Washington University – Viking Victory March
• Westminster College (PA) – Westminster Victory
• Whittier College – Go Poets!
• Wichita State University – Shocker Fight Song
• William Jewell College – Fight William Jewell
• Williams College – Yard By Yard
• University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire – Onward to Victory
• University of Wisconsin–Green Bay – Phoenix Fight Song
• University of Wisconsin–Madison – On, Wisconsin!
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee – UWM Fight Song
• University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh – Hail Titans
• University of Wisconsin–Rock County – Go Rattlers Go
• University of Wisconsin–Whitewater – Warhawk Battle Cry
• Wittenberg University – Wittenberg Fight
• College of Wooster – Black and Gold
• University of Wyoming – Cowboy Joe

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• Xavier University (OH) – XU Fight Song

Y[link]

• Yale University – Bingo, Eli Yale; Boola Boola; Bull Dog; Down the Field; Glory for Yale; and Whoop It Up
• Youngstown State University – "Wave For The Red and White (YSU Fight Song)"

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See also[link]

• List of Australian Football League Team Songs

References[link]

External links[link]

• College Football Fight Song Lyrics
• NCAA College Football Fight Songs Music
• NCAA College Football Fight Songs Ring Tone
• Lyrics to College Fight Songs
• College Fight Songs Music (Temporarily disabled)
• Lyrics On Demand-College Fight Songs