Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Florida Atlantic
Owls
vs
Big 12
UCF
Knights
FAU sentiment · 1,154 comments
Positive66%
Neutral10.1%
Negative22.3%
Mixed1.6%
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.

Florida Atlantic
UCF

Fan Score

660.3 (better)
656.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

66% (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.

Florida Atlantic
UCF

Negativity

222.7 (better)
243.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

9.5 (better)
25.9

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

Explicit language

5.2 (better)
14.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Florida Atlantic 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.

Florida Atlantic
UCF

Betting talk

3.5
1.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

74.5
109.7

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

NIL & portal talk

14.7
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: Florida Atlantic up, UCF down
Florida Atlantic positive ↑UCF positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Florida Atlantic had the happier comment section in 14 of 22 shared weeks, UCF in 8.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Florida Atlantic and UCF
Week ofFlorida Atlantic resultFlorida Atlantic positive shareFlorida Atlantic negative shareUCF resultUCF positive shareUCF negative share
2025-08-2375%16.7%W58.7%26%
2025-08-30L45.8%48.1%54.1%25.7%
2025-09-06W89.5%3.5%W77.1%13.2%
2025-09-13L30.2%62.8%75.2%7.5%
2025-09-2065.2%21.7%W91.7%3%
2025-09-27L53.4%39.7%L60.4%28.2%
2025-10-04W93.8%1.3%L35.4%53.5%
2025-10-11W89.3%3.6%L48.8%36.5%
2025-10-18L55.8%32.6%W86.6%5.2%
2025-10-25L64.9%27%89.9%4.4%
2025-11-0136.5%6.7%L L38.3%53.6%
2025-11-08W88.2%4.9%44.1%45.4%
2025-11-15L53.1%28.1%L49.2%41%
2025-11-22L75.2%18.2%W70.5%16.1%
2025-11-29L52.1%43.6%L72.4%21.5%
2025-12-06100%0%50%42.3%
2025-12-13100%0%74.7%17.3%
2025-12-20100%0%82.4%9.8%
2025-12-2752.9%29.4%68.6%25.7%
2026-01-0390%0%78.4%12.7%
2026-01-1075%12.5%75.3%21.3%
2026-01-1775%0%68.8%19.1%

Fingerprint duel

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

Florida AtlanticUCF
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · Low volumeSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · Low volume
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.
  • Florida Atlantic Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • 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. Florida Atlantic's positive share was higher in 12 of 22 shared weeks, UCF's in 10.

FAUUCF
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FAU, UCF
Week ofFAUUCFComments
2025-08-2375%58.7%605
2025-08-3045.8%54.1%205
2025-09-0689.5%77.1%812
2025-09-1330.2%75.2%176
2025-09-2065.2%91.7%760
2025-09-2753.4%60.4%487
2025-10-0493.8%35.4%645
2025-10-1189.3%48.8%226
2025-10-1855.8%86.6%177
2025-10-2564.9%89.9%196
2025-11-0136.5%38.3%488
2025-11-0888.2%44.1%254
2025-11-1553.1%49.2%276
2025-11-2275.2%70.5%429
2025-11-2952.1%72.4%363
2025-12-06100%50%34
2025-12-13100%74.7%91
2025-12-20100%82.4%108
2025-12-2752.9%68.6%52
2026-01-0390%78.4%214
2026-01-1075%75.3%97
2026-01-1775%68.8%177
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