Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
BYU
Cougars
vs
Big 12
UCF
Knights
On the field
BYU won 4121 on Nov 29.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BYU sentiment · 32,975 comments
Positive59.6%
Neutral9%
Negative29.1%
Mixed2.4%
UCF sentiment · 5,718 comments
Positive65.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative24.3%
Mixed1.8%
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.

BYU
UCF

Fan Score

595.6
(better)656.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.6%
(better)65.6%

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.

BYU
UCF

Negativity

291.3
(better)243.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

36.1
(better)25.9

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

Explicit language

6.2 (better)
14.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.5Race0.2
0.8Gender0.9
0.3LGBTQIA+0.3
0.9Age0.2

BYU left, UCF 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.

BYU
UCF

Betting talk

3.3
1.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

158.5
109.7

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

NIL & portal talk

2.7
9.3

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: BYU up, UCF down
BYU positive ↑UCF positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BYU 41UCF 21
BYU had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, UCF in 13. When they met on Nov 29, BYU won 41–21; UCF’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for BYU and UCF
Week ofBYU resultBYU positive shareBYU negative shareUCF resultUCF positive shareUCF negative share
2025-08-2367.9%19.7%W58.7%26%
2025-08-30W51.6%34.8%54.1%25.7%
2025-09-06W47.5%40.7%W77.1%13.2%
2025-09-1365.2%28%75.2%7.5%
2025-09-20W64.3%26.3%W91.7%3%
2025-09-27W W59%30.1%L60.4%28.2%
2025-10-0451.2%35.3%L35.4%53.5%
2025-10-11W54.1%33.4%L48.8%36.5%
2025-10-18W62.7%25.2%W86.6%5.2%
2025-10-25W63.1%25.1%89.9%4.4%
2025-11-0165.2%22.4%L L38.3%53.6%
2025-11-08L46.2%41.3%44.1%45.4%
2025-11-15W59.1%26.9%L49.2%41%
2025-11-22W64.5%25.3%W70.5%16.1%
2025-11-29W66.1%25.2%L72.4%21.5%
2025-12-06L48.4%42%50%42.3%
2025-12-1375.5%15.3%74.7%17.3%
2025-12-2050.4%31.6%82.4%9.8%
2025-12-27W72.8%19%68.6%25.7%
2026-01-0367.8%14.9%78.4%12.7%
2026-01-1075.6%10.3%75.3%21.3%
2026-01-1737.5%40.5%68.8%19.1%
Reactions from that night · Nov 29
BYU

Should have been a TD, ref blew the whistle

negativeOfficiatingFacebook

Kalani you are the best! Love all you do!

positiveCoachingFacebook
UCF

Beautiful stadium with Gods handiwork as a surrounding backdrop🙌

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Should of been given the fumble on the 2. Charge on

negativeOfficiatingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

BYUUCF
Harm · BYU +5 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · UCF +31 ptsCollege Sports · UCF +51 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BYU +12 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · BYU +39 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.
  • BYU Harm: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU Identity-Based Abuse: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU Explicit Language: 8th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU College Sports: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU Off-Field Storylines: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU Sports Betting: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • BYU Team & Front Office: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCF Harm: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCF Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • UCF Explicit Language: 39th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCF College Sports: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCF Off-Field Storylines: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCF Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • UCF Team & Front Office: 34th 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. BYU's positive share was higher in 9 of 22 shared weeks, UCF's in 13.

BYUUCF
0%46%92%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BYU, UCF
Week ofBYUUCFComments
2025-08-2367.9%58.7%787
2025-08-3051.6%54.1%1,329
2025-09-0647.5%77.1%1,677
2025-09-1365.2%75.2%294
2025-09-2064.3%91.7%1,943
2025-09-2759%60.4%1,843
2025-10-0451.2%35.4%1,937
2025-10-1154.1%48.8%2,724
2025-10-1862.7%86.6%2,912
2025-10-2563.1%89.9%2,716
2025-11-0165.2%38.3%1,133
2025-11-0846.2%44.1%2,421
2025-11-1559.1%49.2%1,822
2025-11-2264.5%70.5%2,343
2025-11-2966.1%72.4%3,916
2025-12-0648.4%50%2,885
2025-12-1375.5%74.7%487
2025-12-2050.4%82.4%735
2025-12-2772.8%68.6%3,354
2026-01-0367.8%78.4%552
2026-01-1075.6%75.3%401
2026-01-1737.5%68.8%482
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