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American
Every American 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
90,119
2025–26 season
Positive share
70.9%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
NAVY
862 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
21.3
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the American talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
17.3 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
4 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language
17.2 · FBS 28.1
College Sports1× the national rate
14.8 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
20.6 · FBS 31
Sports Betting
2.4 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
126.3 · FBS 138.4
The American talks College Sports at 1× the national rate.
02Loudest rivalry
The pairing that drew the biggest crowd.
28,516 season comments across the two fanbases combined, the loudest pairing of any American matchup that was played.
03The members
14 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
Navy
Midshipmen · 11–2
5,239
862
2
Rice
Owls · 5–8
1,436
857.9
3
Tulsa
Golden Hurricane · 4–8
2,677
839
4
North Texas
Mean Green · 12–2
9,547
775.7
5
East Carolina
Pirates · 9–4
6,181
771.6
6
Army
Black Knights · 7–6
10,320
745.9
7
Temple
Owls · 5–7
1,915
738.9
8
Memphis
Tigers · 8–5
12,047
703.4
9
Tulane
Green Wave · 11–3
14,993
699.3
10
UTSA
Roadrunners · 7–6
3,498
681
11
Florida Atlantic
Owls · 4–8
1,154
660.3
12
South Florida
Bulls · 9–4
16,469
608.6
13
UAB
Blazers · 4–8
3,196
600.8
14
Charlotte
49ers · 1–11
1,447
416.7
04Leaderboards
Every national board, American only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to American 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