Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
Houston
Cougars
vs
Big 12
UCF
Knights
On the field
Houston won 3027 on Nov 7.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
HOU sentiment · 17,558 comments
Positive68.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative22.1%
Mixed1.4%
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.

Houston
UCF

Fan Score

683.2 (better)
656.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

68.3% (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.

Houston
UCF

Negativity

220.8 (better)
243.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

29.8
(better)25.9

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

Explicit language

22.7
(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
0.9Gender0.9
0.3LGBTQIA+0.3
0.6Age0.2

Houston 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.

Houston
UCF

Betting talk

2.8
1.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

115.8
109.7

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

NIL & portal talk

5.6
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: Houston up, UCF down
Houston positive ↑UCF positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
HOU 30UCF 27
Houston had the happier comment section in 15 of 22 shared weeks, UCF in 7. When they met on Nov 7, Houston won 30–27; Houston’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Houston and UCF
Week ofHouston resultHouston positive shareHouston negative shareUCF resultUCF positive shareUCF negative share
2025-08-23W65.7%21.2%W58.7%26%
2025-08-3074.3%15.4%54.1%25.7%
2025-09-06W W79%12.8%W77.1%13.2%
2025-09-1375.7%17.1%75.2%7.5%
2025-09-20W79%12%W91.7%3%
2025-09-2759.2%28.5%L60.4%28.2%
2025-10-04L49.5%37.3%L35.4%53.5%
2025-10-11W80.9%11.4%L48.8%36.5%
2025-10-18W81.1%10.3%W86.6%5.2%
2025-10-25W86.4%7.5%89.9%4.4%
2025-11-01L W47.2%46.4%L L38.3%53.6%
2025-11-0873.3%18.4%44.1%45.4%
2025-11-1576.8%15.9%L49.2%41%
2025-11-22L47.6%44%W70.5%16.1%
2025-11-29W82.7%10.8%L72.4%21.5%
2025-12-0666.8%10.7%50%42.3%
2025-12-1375.8%13%74.7%17.3%
2025-12-2085.1%5%82.4%9.8%
2025-12-27W57.3%34.3%68.6%25.7%
2026-01-0383.9%7.4%78.4%12.7%
2026-01-1081%7.9%75.3%21.3%
2026-01-1773.8%17.9%68.8%19.1%
Reactions from that night · Nov 7
Houston

Please support OUR University and ATTEND games ! Our athletes deserve to be seen and appreciated ! G o C O O G S !!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Please support OUR University and ATTEND games ! Our athletes deserve to be seen and appreciated ! G o C O O G S !!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
UCF

Black end zones let’s gooooooo

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Y'all need to worry about winning 💯 See y'all soon WRECK EM TECH 👆👆

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

HoustonUCF
Harm · HOU +4 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · HOU +15 ptsCollege Sports · UCF +41 ptsOff-Field Storylines · UCF +51 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · HOU +5 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.
  • Houston Harm: 48th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Identity-Based Abuse: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Explicit Language: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston College Sports: 31st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Off-Field Storylines: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Sports Betting: 40th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Team & Front Office: 39th 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. Houston's positive share was higher in 16 of 22 shared weeks, UCF's in 6.

HOUUCF
0%46%92%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: HOU, UCF
Week ofHOUUCFComments
2025-08-2365.7%58.7%1,225
2025-08-3074.3%54.1%471
2025-09-0679%77.1%1,470
2025-09-1375.7%75.2%841
2025-09-2079%91.7%1,137
2025-09-2759.2%60.4%2,139
2025-10-0449.5%35.4%1,787
2025-10-1180.9%48.8%813
2025-10-1881.1%86.6%1,338
2025-10-2586.4%89.9%1,590
2025-11-0147.2%38.3%1,510
2025-11-0873.3%44.1%951
2025-11-1576.8%49.2%614
2025-11-2247.6%70.5%1,012
2025-11-2982.7%72.4%1,055
2025-12-0666.8%50%801
2025-12-1375.8%74.7%405
2025-12-2085.1%82.4%600
2025-12-2757.3%68.6%2,409
2026-01-0383.9%78.4%489
2026-01-1081%75.3%278
2026-01-1773.8%68.8%341
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