Name: Howard University
Location: Washington, D.C.
Founded: 1867
Enrollment: 10,300
Nickname: Bison
Why “Bison?”: I’ve got nothing for you. There doesn’t appear to be anything on their athletic website or regular school website about it.
Notable Alumni: Ben Ali, co-owner and founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C.; Emmy award winning choreographer & actress Debbie Allen; Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first ever president of Nigeria; civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael; actress Taraji P. Henson; Fox Sports broadcaster Gus Johnson; US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize & Pulitzer Prize winning author; actress Phylicia Rashad; actor Chadwick Boseman; and Grammy award winning singer Roberta Flack.