Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
Kansas State
Wildcats
vs
Big Ten
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
KSU sentiment · 17,428 comments
Positive43.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative45.1%
Mixed2.4%
NEB sentiment · 47,727 comments
Positive46.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative42.5%
Mixed2%
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.

Kansas State
Nebraska

Fan Score

436.3
(better)466

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

43.6%
(better)46.6%

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.

Kansas State
Nebraska

Negativity

451.3
(better)425.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

35.4 (better)
57.8

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

Explicit language

26.4 (better)
41.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Kansas State left, Nebraska 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.

Kansas State
Nebraska

Betting talk

2.7
3.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

201.5
135

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

NIL & portal talk

19.9
10.5

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: Kansas State up, Nebraska down
Kansas State positive ↑Nebraska positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Kansas State had the happier comment section in 14 of 22 shared weeks, Nebraska in 8.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Kansas State and Nebraska
Week ofKansas State resultKansas State positive shareKansas State negative shareNebraska resultNebraska positive shareNebraska negative share
2025-08-23L26.2%62.8%W51.4%35.5%
2025-08-30W32.3%55.5%64.1%23.3%
2025-09-06L L28%62.1%W56%30%
2025-09-1314.7%76.7%W62.3%25.6%
2025-09-2048.2%37.3%L34.1%56.3%
2025-09-27W73.9%16.3%73.9%17.6%
2025-10-04L25.9%65.4%W55.5%34.5%
2025-10-11W65.1%22.2%W L64.6%24.8%
2025-10-1867%16.5%19.4%71.3%
2025-10-25W68.2%21.1%W49.6%39.6%
2025-11-01L32%55.1%L31.3%57.6%
2025-11-0877%6.7%W65.3%24.6%
2025-11-15W37%51.7%66.1%18.7%
2025-11-22L33.6%56.3%L L28.6%62%
2025-11-29W70.6%19.9%59.3%32.9%
2025-12-0636.4%49%41.5%46.7%
2025-12-1377.9%13.1%48.5%37.1%
2025-12-2047%27.7%74.6%18.6%
2025-12-2761.9%27.1%L30.2%58.9%
2026-01-0362.9%22.9%53.9%30.9%
2026-01-1084.4%8.3%63.5%24.2%
2026-01-1769.6%19%68%24.8%

Fingerprint duel

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

Kansas StateNebraska
Harm · NEB +28 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · NEB +33 ptsExplicit Language · NEB +29 ptsCollege Sports · KSU +16 ptsOff-Field Storylines · KSU +37 ptsSports Betting · NEB +34 ptsTeam & Front Office · KSU +27 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.
  • Kansas State Harm: 57th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State Identity-Based Abuse: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State Explicit Language: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State College Sports: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State Off-Field Storylines: 78th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State Sports Betting: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas State Team & Front Office: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Harm: 85th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Identity-Based Abuse: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Explicit Language: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska College Sports: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Off-Field Storylines: 41st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Sports Betting: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Team & Front Office: 63rd 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. Kansas State's positive share was higher in 13 of 22 shared weeks, Nebraska's in 8.

KSUNEB
0%42%84%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: KSU, NEB
Week ofKSUNEBComments
2025-08-2326.2%51.4%5,329
2025-08-3032.3%64.1%2,310
2025-09-0628%56%4,502
2025-09-1314.7%62.3%3,488
2025-09-2048.2%34.1%3,291
2025-09-2773.9%73.9%851
2025-10-0425.9%55.5%3,219
2025-10-1165.1%64.6%4,378
2025-10-1867%19.4%3,686
2025-10-2568.2%49.6%4,047
2025-11-0132%31.3%3,962
2025-11-0877%65.3%4,011
2025-11-1537%66.1%1,395
2025-11-2233.6%28.6%6,258
2025-11-2970.6%59.3%3,891
2025-12-0636.4%41.5%2,459
2025-12-1377.9%48.5%588
2025-12-2047%74.6%632
2025-12-2761.9%30.2%4,414
2026-01-0362.9%53.9%776
2026-01-1084.4%63.5%856
2026-01-1769.6%68%812
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