Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
UCF
Knights
vs
Big 12
West Virginia
Mountaineers
On the field
UCF won 4513 on Oct 18.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
UCF sentiment · 5,718 comments
Positive65.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative24.3%
Mixed1.8%
WVU sentiment · 31,415 comments
Positive51.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative37.2%
Mixed1.7%
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.

UCF
West Virginia

Fan Score

656.2 (better)
515.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

65.6% (better)
51.6%

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.

UCF
West Virginia

Negativity

243.1 (better)
371.6

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

25.9 (better)
41.2

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

Explicit language

14.5 (better)
22

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.2
0.9Gender0.9
0.3LGBTQIA+0.2
0.2Age0.7

UCF left, West Virginia 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.

UCF
West Virginia

Betting talk

1.9
4.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

109.7
130.5

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

NIL & portal talk

9.3
13.7

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: UCF up, West Virginia down
UCF positive ↑West Virginia positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
UCF 45WVU 13
UCF had the happier comment section in 10 of 22 shared weeks, West Virginia in 12. When they met on Oct 18, UCF won 45–13; UCF’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for UCF and West Virginia
Week ofUCF resultUCF positive shareUCF negative shareWest Virginia resultWest Virginia positive shareWest Virginia negative share
2025-08-23W58.7%26%53.5%28%
2025-08-3054.1%25.7%W55.9%30.4%
2025-09-06W77.1%13.2%L22%66.7%
2025-09-1375.2%7.5%W67.3%21.1%
2025-09-20W91.7%3%L33.8%55.8%
2025-09-27L60.4%28.2%L L34.5%55.2%
2025-10-04L35.4%53.5%36%52.8%
2025-10-11L48.8%36.5%57.5%27.6%
2025-10-18W86.6%5.2%L27.6%61.3%
2025-10-2589.9%4.4%L50.1%34.9%
2025-11-01L L38.3%53.6%W78.3%14.2%
2025-11-0844.1%45.4%W79.3%11.3%
2025-11-15L49.2%41%L49.9%40.9%
2025-11-22W70.5%16.1%71.6%11.8%
2025-11-29L72.4%21.5%L53.8%37.2%
2025-12-0650%42.3%70%18.8%
2025-12-1374.7%17.3%86.1%5.6%
2025-12-2082.4%9.8%93.2%2.3%
2025-12-2768.6%25.7%80.2%6.9%
2026-01-0378.4%12.7%76.7%9.9%
2026-01-1075.3%21.3%80.1%8.5%
2026-01-1768.8%19.1%55.8%29.2%
Reactions from that night · Oct 18
UCF

No place like (home), the bounce house

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Yall will have more students stay if you will tell the Greek organizations to announce Homecoming king and queen at the very end of the game. Half the students always leave at halftime.

negativeCrowd & AttendanceStudent SectionFacebook
West Virginia

Put to much $ n truck need fn coach and team to haul lmao

negativeCoachingFacebook

Great to see, this staff puts in hours and hours of work! They deserve it!

positiveCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

UCFWest Virginia
Harm · WVU +28 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · WVU +13 ptsCollege Sports · WVU +11 ptsOff-Field Storylines · UCF +16 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · WVU +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.
  • 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
  • West Virginia Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Identity-Based Abuse: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Explicit Language: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia College Sports: 83rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Off-Field Storylines: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Team & Front Office: 61st 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. UCF's positive share was higher in 10 of 22 shared weeks, West Virginia's in 12.

UCFWVU
0%47%93%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: UCF, WVU
Week ofUCFWVUComments
2025-08-2358.7%53.5%1,676
2025-08-3054.1%55.9%2,216
2025-09-0677.1%22%5,187
2025-09-1375.2%67.3%4,071
2025-09-2091.7%33.8%2,773
2025-09-2760.4%34.5%2,810
2025-10-0435.4%36%1,525
2025-10-1148.8%57.5%970
2025-10-1886.6%27.6%1,746
2025-10-2589.9%50.1%1,401
2025-11-0138.3%78.3%3,103
2025-11-0844.1%79.3%1,797
2025-11-1549.2%49.9%1,338
2025-11-2270.5%71.6%655
2025-11-2972.4%53.8%2,803
2025-12-0650%70%456
2025-12-1374.7%86.1%219
2025-12-2082.4%93.2%324
2025-12-2768.6%80.2%526
2026-01-0378.4%76.7%457
2026-01-1075.3%80.1%547
2026-01-1768.8%55.8%533
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