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ACC
Every ACC comment section, classified the same way as the rest of the country: what the league argues about, who it argues with loudest, and how every member fanbase ranks.
Comments analyzed
283,695
2025–26 season
Positive share
55.1%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
WAKE
803.4 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
40.7
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the ACC talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
33.9 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
6.8 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language1.1× the national rate
31.6 · FBS 28.1
College Sports
14.9 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
33.5 · FBS 31
Sports Betting
3.1 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
130.2 · FBS 138.4
The ACC talks Explicit Language at 1.1× the national rate.
02Loudest rivalry
The pairing that drew the biggest crowd.
87,479 season comments across the two fanbases combined, the loudest pairing of any ACC matchup that was played.
03The members
17 comment sections, ranked by Fan Score.
Fan Score is positive comments per 1,000 analyzed. Comments counts every comment classified this season, which is volume, not quality.
RankFanbaseFan Score
1
Wake Forest
Demon Deacons · 9–4
4,755
803.4
2
Virginia
Cavaliers · 11–3
14,086
749.3
3
Duke
Blue Devils · 9–5
14,337
695.1
4
SMU
Mustangs · 9–4
7,390
681.5
5
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets · 9–4
35,814
670.1
6
Louisville
Cardinals · 9–4
12,501
630.3
7
California
Golden Bears · 7–6
534
599.3
8
NC State
Wolfpack · 8–5
4,850
579
9
Miami
Hurricanes · 13–3
61,113
548.3
10
Stanford
Cardinal · 4–8
3,877
538.3
11
Pittsburgh
Panthers · 8–5
26,366
520.4
12
Clemson
Tigers · 7–6
38,829
488.9
13
Boston College
Eagles · 2–10
3,381
462
14
Virginia Tech
Hokies · 3–9
16,922
405.6
15
Florida State
Seminoles · 5–7
20,908
390.8
16
Syracuse
Orange · 3–9
9,364
386.7
17
North Carolina
Tar Heels · 4–8
8,668
381.7
04Leaderboards
Every national board, ACC only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to ACC fanbases and measured exactly the same way.
Fan ScoreComment volumePositive shareNegative comments per 1,000Harm & identity-based abuse per 1,000Identity-based abuse: Race per 1,000Identity-based abuse: Gender per 1,000Identity-based abuse: LGBTQIA+ per 1,000Identity-based abuse: Age per 1,000Identity-based abuse: Disability per 1,000Identity-based abuse: Physical Appearance per 1,000Explicit language per 1,000Sports betting talk per 1,000Coaching talk per 1,000NIL & transfer portal talk per 1,000Team & front office talk per 1,000College sports talk per 1,000Off-field storylines per 1,000