The mascots all came out to support Lou Seal for the Mascot Hall of Fame ceremony.

The University of South Carolina’s mascot, Cocky, landed on ESPN’s new college football mascot power rankings list. Cocky has been on the sidelines at USC since 1980.

This year, Cocky appeared on the 2025 Mascot Hall of Fame ballot. See the rest of ESPN’s power rankings here. This story was originally published July 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM.

If there’s any question into Big Red’s credentials, he is in the Mascot Hall of Fame and was selected as the favorite mascot (of participating schools) at NCAA Mascot Mania in 2005.

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First, the whole game had festivities centered around Lou Seal’s induction into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Yes, Lou Seal made the Hall of Fame before Barry Bonds.