Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
New Mexico
Lobos
vs
Big Ten
UCLA
Bruins
On the field
New Mexico won 3510 on Sep 12.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
UNM sentiment · 8,500 comments
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.5%
Mixed1.4%
UCLA sentiment · 20,831 comments
Positive47.6%
Neutral7%
Negative43%
Mixed2.4%
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.

New Mexico
UCLA

Fan Score

836.1 (better)
476.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

83.6% (better)
47.6%

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.

New Mexico
UCLA

Negativity

85.4 (better)
429.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

10.8 (better)
54.1

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

Explicit language

2.7 (better)
38.2

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.8
0.6Gender2.4
0.1Age0.9

New Mexico left, UCLA 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.

New Mexico
UCLA

Betting talk

2
7.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

127.5
206.6

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

NIL & portal talk

2.1
13.6

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: New Mexico up, UCLA down
New Mexico positive ↑UCLA positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
UNM 35UCLA 10
New Mexico had the happier comment section in 21 of 22 shared weeks, UCLA in 1. When they met on Sep 12, New Mexico won 35–10; New Mexico’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for New Mexico and UCLA
Week ofNew Mexico resultNew Mexico positive shareNew Mexico negative shareUCLA resultUCLA positive shareUCLA negative share
2025-08-2377.6%8.5%62.4%30.2%
2025-08-30L79.6%13.7%L22.3%69.5%
2025-09-06W W92.1%1.5%L L22%69.5%
2025-09-1385.9%8.3%16.4%72.8%
2025-09-2078.4%8.2%45.3%44.2%
2025-09-27W L82.5%7.8%L26.7%61.5%
2025-10-0467.8%25.6%W69.3%22.9%
2025-10-11L84.7%6.4%W73.6%16.9%
2025-10-18W80.7%6%W73%19.2%
2025-10-25W85.8%7.3%L30%57%
2025-11-01W93.8%2.5%71.3%19.3%
2025-11-0880.3%11%L42.2%46.6%
2025-11-15W82.9%9.2%L67.2%25.2%
2025-11-22W W89.6%4.5%L30.3%57.8%
2025-11-2985.2%7.8%L38.1%52.8%
2025-12-0672.3%12.9%67.7%22.5%
2025-12-1384.4%4.9%55.5%36.5%
2025-12-20L90.9%3.4%66.1%25.1%
2025-12-2767.6%23.3%58.4%32.1%
2026-01-0387%4.1%81.3%12.1%
2026-01-1085.5%8.1%74.4%5.1%
2026-01-1768.4%5.3%48.5%40.9%
Reactions from that night · Sep 12
New Mexico

You guys are going to take to ucla. You’re just as strong and fast and big and smart!!! Don’t give them nothing but a big fat loss.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

UNM Alumni - San Diego Chapter will be there cheering you all on! Go Lobos. ❤️🩶🩵

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
UCLA

The attendance 10,000...maybe.

negativeCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

I’ll be there early and I’ll be loud! Go Bruins! #8Clap

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

New MexicoUCLA
Harm · UCLA +78 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · UCLA +65 ptsOff-Field Storylines · UCLA +17 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · UCLA +36 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.
  • 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
  • UCLA Harm: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA Identity-Based Abuse: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA Explicit Language: 85th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA College Sports: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA Off-Field Storylines: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA Sports Betting: 97th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UCLA Team & Front Office: 93rd 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. New Mexico's positive share was higher in 21 of 22 shared weeks, UCLA's in 1.

UNMUCLA
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: UNM, UCLA
Week ofUNMUCLAComments
2025-08-2377.6%62.4%430
2025-08-3079.6%22.3%2,644
2025-09-0692.1%22%1,683
2025-09-1385.9%16.4%2,758
2025-09-2078.4%45.3%450
2025-09-2782.5%26.7%1,319
2025-10-0467.8%69.3%2,872
2025-10-1184.7%73.6%1,684
2025-10-1880.7%73%1,785
2025-10-2585.8%30%1,447
2025-11-0193.8%71.3%792
2025-11-0880.3%42.2%1,073
2025-11-1582.9%67.2%2,115
2025-11-2289.6%30.3%1,448
2025-11-2985.2%38.1%1,982
2025-12-0672.3%67.7%2,100
2025-12-1384.4%55.5%333
2025-12-2090.9%66.1%1,280
2025-12-2767.6%58.4%594
2026-01-0387%81.3%337
2026-01-1085.5%74.4%101
2026-01-1768.4%48.5%104
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