Usually Sports Illustrated is pretty good about stuff like this but their Top Ten mascots is pretty weak.
The only ACC team on the list is Syracuse. We respect Syracuse and what they’ve brought to the ACC, but that is one ugly mascot. It’s gotten better over the years but at the end of the day, it’s just fruit. And lumpy fruit at that.
There are basically two kinds of mascots: live animals and, well, stuff like fruit. Essentially local oddities, some of which can be very charming.
On the live side, SI’s list includes dogs, a buffalo, a bull and a tiger.