Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
San Diego State
Aztecs
vs
Big Ten
UCLA
Bruins
SDSU sentiment · 3,850 comments
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative33.5%
Mixed2.4%
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.

San Diego State
UCLA

Fan Score

545.5 (better)
476.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

54.5% (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.

San Diego State
UCLA

Negativity

335.3 (better)
429.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

33.2 (better)
54.1

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

Explicit language

27.5 (better)
38.2

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

1Race0.8
0.5Gender2.4
0.5LGBTQIA+0.4
1.3Age0.9

San Diego State 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.

San Diego State
UCLA

Betting talk

3.9
7.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

168.1
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: San Diego State up, UCLA down
San Diego State positive ↑UCLA positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
San Diego State had the happier comment section in 13 of 22 shared weeks, UCLA in 9.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for San Diego State and UCLA
Week ofSan Diego State resultSan Diego State positive shareSan Diego State negative shareUCLA resultUCLA positive shareUCLA negative share
2025-08-23W50.7%34.3%62.4%30.2%
2025-08-3054.5%36.4%L22.3%69.5%
2025-09-06L28.5%59.3%L L22%69.5%
2025-09-1370%30%16.4%72.8%
2025-09-20W78.3%12.7%45.3%44.2%
2025-09-27W W66.8%24%L26.7%61.5%
2025-10-0459%27.1%W69.3%22.9%
2025-10-11W76.2%11.9%W73.6%16.9%
2025-10-1889.7%0%W73%19.2%
2025-10-25W70.8%21.7%L30%57%
2025-11-01W59.5%27.8%71.3%19.3%
2025-11-08L25.1%62.3%L42.2%46.6%
2025-11-15W60.4%27.2%L67.2%25.2%
2025-11-22W L63.3%24.3%L30.3%57.8%
2025-11-2927.7%55.9%L38.1%52.8%
2025-12-0662.9%25%67.7%22.5%
2025-12-1380%20%55.5%36.5%
2025-12-2088.1%4.5%66.1%25.1%
2025-12-27L59.9%32.7%58.4%32.1%
2026-01-0348.4%6.5%81.3%12.1%
2026-01-1071.4%14.3%74.4%5.1%
2026-01-1790.9%9.1%48.5%40.9%

Fingerprint duel

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

San Diego StateUCLA
Harm · UCLA +31 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · UCLA +21 ptsCollege Sports · UCLA +29 ptsOff-Field Storylines · SDSU +23 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · UCLA +14 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.
  • San Diego State Harm: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Explicit Language: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State College Sports: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Off-Field Storylines: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Team & Front Office: 79th 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. San Diego State's positive share was higher in 13 of 22 shared weeks, UCLA's in 9.

SDSUUCLA
0%45%91%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: SDSU, UCLA
Week ofSDSUUCLAComments
2025-08-2350.7%62.4%350
2025-08-3054.5%22.3%2,033
2025-09-0628.5%22%1,540
2025-09-1370%16.4%2,167
2025-09-2078.3%45.3%574
2025-09-2766.8%26.7%1,309
2025-10-0459%69.3%2,793
2025-10-1176.2%73.6%1,575
2025-10-1889.7%73%1,394
2025-10-2570.8%30%1,205
2025-11-0159.5%71.3%459
2025-11-0825.1%42.2%1,354
2025-11-1560.4%67.2%2,105
2025-11-2263.3%30.3%1,342
2025-11-2927.7%38.1%1,159
2025-12-0662.9%67.7%1,812
2025-12-1380%55.5%221
2025-12-2088.1%66.1%445
2025-12-2759.9%58.4%462
2026-01-0348.4%81.3%245
2026-01-1071.4%74.4%60
2026-01-1790.9%48.5%77
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