Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.

SEC
Auburn
Tigers
vs
Big 12
Baylor
Bears
On the field
Auburn won 3824 on Aug 29.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
AUB sentiment · 59,608 comments
Positive55.4%
Neutral9.3%
Negative33.6%
Mixed1.7%
BAY sentiment · 8,814 comments
Positive60.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative31%
Mixed1.7%
Mood

Who is happier

Fan Score counts positive comments per 1,000, so a loud fanbase cannot buy its way up the board. Positive share tells the same story as a percentage of everything said.

Auburn
Baylor

Fan Score

554.1
(better)606.5

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

55.4%
(better)60.7%

Share of all comments that are positive

Edge

Who is harsher

Negativity, toxicity and explicit language, every one of them per 1,000 comments so the two sides stay comparable whatever their volume.

Auburn
Baylor

Negativity

336.1
(better)310.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

34.6
(better)18.6

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)

Explicit language

7.3
(better)2.6

Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.9Race0.1
1.2Gender1
0.2LGBTQIA+0.2
0.8Age0.2

Auburn left, Baylor right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.

Subject matter

What they talk about

Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.

Auburn
Baylor

Betting talk

2.4
1.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

182.8
154.4

Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday

NIL & portal talk

9.9
7.7

NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap

Shape of the season

Week by week, side by side

The same season read twice: weekly mood for both comment sections, the weeks the two teams actually met, and where each fanbase lands nationally on the seven topic groups.

Rivalry pulse

Weekly comment shares: Auburn up, Baylor down
Auburn positive ↑Baylor positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
AUB 38BAY 24
Auburn had the happier comment section in 7 of 22 shared weeks, Baylor in 15. When they met on Aug 29, Auburn won 38–24; Baylor’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Auburn and Baylor
Week ofAuburn resultAuburn positive shareAuburn negative shareBaylor resultBaylor positive shareBaylor negative share
2025-08-23W72.7%14%L88.9%1.9%
2025-08-3073.4%16.8%42.9%44.8%
2025-09-06W74.4%15.5%W75.7%16.8%
2025-09-13W72.1%18.3%W73.1%15.9%
2025-09-20L44.9%44.8%L47.6%42.8%
2025-09-27L27.8%63.1%W73%21.6%
2025-10-0451.8%34.6%W64.9%25.1%
2025-10-11L36.2%54.2%91.7%6.3%
2025-10-18L32.8%56.5%L37.3%52.3%
2025-10-25W65.7%27%L30.8%58.8%
2025-11-01L31.8%55.8%W83.7%10.5%
2025-11-08L66.3%25.5%76.1%15.8%
2025-11-1561.4%21.8%L35.4%53.7%
2025-11-22W72.7%16.3%L40.2%53.2%
2025-11-29L50.9%37.2%L66.2%27.7%
2025-12-0661.7%24.8%70.8%23.1%
2025-12-1361.6%27.4%67%25%
2025-12-2062.4%26.7%78.8%15.4%
2025-12-2763.4%24.9%54.1%40.5%
2026-01-0370.4%16.4%50%50%
2026-01-1068.5%16.2%84.4%7.8%
2026-01-1752.1%33.2%77.5%14.2%
Reactions from that night · Aug 29
Auburn

We are Tigers. We have never said we were Eagles. Does Bama want to be Elephants or a box of detergent.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

30,000 in the stadium that’s good

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
Baylor

Let's go Baylor, Beat Auburn! Roll Tide!!!

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

My son and I are going to watch it in the dome at Cosm in Grandscape

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.

AuburnBaylor
Harm · AUB +27 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · AUB +45 ptsExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · AUB +10 ptsOff-Field Storylines · AUB +4 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · AUB +16 pts
Each axis is the team's percentile among ranked FBS teams for that tag group; deltas are gaps in percentile points. Low-volume fanbases are excluded from each cohort.
  • Auburn Harm: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn Identity-Based Abuse: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn Explicit Language: 16th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn College Sports: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn Off-Field Storylines: 93rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Auburn Team & Front Office: 87th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Harm: 27th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Identity-Based Abuse: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Baylor College Sports: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Off-Field Storylines: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Baylor Team & Front Office: 71st percentile of ranked FBS teams

The season, felt twice

Weekly positive share for both comment sections on one axis; hover shows the week's combined comment volume. Auburn's positive share was higher in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Baylor's in 16.

AUBBAY
0%46%92%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: AUB, BAY
Week ofAUBBAYComments
2025-08-2372.7%88.9%1,019
2025-08-3073.4%42.9%3,181
2025-09-0674.4%75.7%3,219
2025-09-1372.1%73.1%2,520
2025-09-2044.9%47.6%3,776
2025-09-2727.8%73%3,733
2025-10-0451.8%64.9%2,284
2025-10-1136.2%91.7%3,959
2025-10-1832.8%37.3%3,126
2025-10-2565.7%30.8%3,161
2025-11-0131.8%83.7%3,287
2025-11-0866.3%76.1%3,989
2025-11-1561.4%35.4%1,129
2025-11-2272.7%40.2%7,235
2025-11-2950.9%66.2%14,654
2025-12-0661.7%70.8%2,666
2025-12-1361.6%67%968
2025-12-2062.4%78.8%363
2025-12-2763.4%54.1%242
2026-01-0370.4%50%2,057
2026-01-1068.5%84.4%989
2026-01-1752.1%77.5%865
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