Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big Ten
Michigan
Wolverines
vs
Mountain West
New Mexico
Lobos
On the field
Michigan won 3417 on Aug 30.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
MICH sentiment · 133,763 comments
Positive47.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative42.2%
Mixed1.8%
UNM sentiment · 8,500 comments
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.5%
Mixed1.4%
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.

Michigan
New Mexico

Fan Score

472.1
(better)836.1

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

47.2%
(better)83.6%

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.

Michigan
New Mexico

Negativity

422.3
(better)85.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

76.4
(better)10.8

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

Explicit language

52.2
(better)2.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Michigan left, New Mexico 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.

Michigan
New Mexico

Betting talk

3.3
2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

164.1
127.5

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

NIL & portal talk

9.6
2.1

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: Michigan up, New Mexico down
Michigan positive ↑New Mexico positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
MICH 34UNM 17
Michigan had the happier comment section in 0 of 22 shared weeks, New Mexico in 22. When they met on Aug 30, Michigan won 34–17; New Mexico’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Michigan and New Mexico
Week ofMichigan resultMichigan positive shareMichigan negative shareNew Mexico resultNew Mexico positive shareNew Mexico negative share
2025-08-2363%26.6%77.6%8.5%
2025-08-30W54.9%34.6%L79.6%13.7%
2025-09-06L28.6%63.1%W W92.1%1.5%
2025-09-13W51.1%39.1%85.9%8.3%
2025-09-20W48.6%41.3%78.4%8.2%
2025-09-2756.9%27.7%W L82.5%7.8%
2025-10-04W59.4%32.1%67.8%25.6%
2025-10-11L25.1%66.8%L84.7%6.4%
2025-10-18W58.7%32.3%W80.7%6%
2025-10-25W52.5%39%W85.8%7.3%
2025-11-01W40.2%49.6%W93.8%2.5%
2025-11-0855.4%31.1%80.3%11%
2025-11-15W43.9%43.3%W82.9%9.2%
2025-11-22W67.2%21.8%W W89.6%4.5%
2025-11-29L33.5%54.1%85.2%7.8%
2025-12-0641.2%44.7%72.3%12.9%
2025-12-1343.6%44.4%84.4%4.9%
2025-12-2052%36.9%L90.9%3.4%
2025-12-27L52.8%37.7%67.6%23.3%
2026-01-0356.9%30.5%87%4.1%
2026-01-1061%23.3%85.5%8.1%
2026-01-1762.9%24.8%68.4%5.3%
Reactions from that night · Aug 30
Michigan

Ohio sucks and the state haha 😂 it’s a shit hole 🕳️ go Blue 😳😅😅

negativeExplicit WordsOpponent HostilityFacebook

Go Blue!! And show the band more!! 💛💙🎶

positiveBandFacebook
New Mexico

Good luck in The Big House!!! Play with confidence!!!

positiveOpponent RespectFacebook

Dame playing Michigan first game in there on pad that disrespectful they making the lobos a tune up game for sure 😂

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

MichiganNew Mexico
Harm · MICH +92 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · MICH +16 ptsOff-Field Storylines · MICH +44 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · MICH +18 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.
  • Michigan Harm: 98th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan Identity-Based Abuse: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan Explicit Language: 98th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan College Sports: 41st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan Off-Field Storylines: 48th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan Sports Betting: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Michigan Team & Front Office: 75th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Harm: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico College Sports: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Off-Field Storylines: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico Team & Front Office: 57th 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. Michigan's positive share was higher in 0 of 22 shared weeks, New Mexico's in 22.

MICHUNM
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: MICH, UNM
Week ofMICHUNMComments
2025-08-2363%77.6%3,723
2025-08-3054.9%79.6%9,822
2025-09-0628.6%92.1%10,466
2025-09-1351.1%85.9%6,064
2025-09-2048.6%78.4%5,764
2025-09-2756.9%82.5%2,166
2025-10-0459.4%67.8%5,300
2025-10-1125.1%84.7%8,734
2025-10-1858.7%80.7%6,315
2025-10-2552.5%85.8%7,617
2025-11-0140.2%93.8%7,389
2025-11-0855.4%80.3%2,417
2025-11-1543.9%82.9%10,142
2025-11-2267.2%89.6%10,255
2025-11-2933.5%85.2%16,022
2025-12-0641.2%72.3%4,532
2025-12-1343.6%84.4%3,502
2025-12-2052%90.9%3,512
2025-12-2752.8%67.6%13,147
2026-01-0356.9%87%3,409
2026-01-1061%85.5%1,213
2026-01-1762.9%68.4%752
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