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Big Ten
Every Big Ten 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
639,016
2025–26 season
Positive share
50.1%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
IU
739.4 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
56
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the Big Ten talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
46.5 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
9.5 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language
36.8 · FBS 28.1
College Sports
17.1 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
30.7 · FBS 31
Sports Betting1.4× the national rate
4.6 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
150.3 · FBS 138.4
The Big Ten talks Sports Betting at 1.4× the national rate.
02Loudest rivalry
The pairing that drew the biggest crowd.
242,503 season comments across the two fanbases combined, the loudest pairing of any Big Ten matchup that was played.
03The members
18 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
Indiana
Hoosiers · 16–0
42,201
739.4
2
Northwestern
Wildcats · 7–6
1,838
671.4
3
Iowa
Hawkeyes · 9–4
22,273
600.8
4
Washington
Huskies · 9–4
8,090
594.6
5
Ohio State
Buckeyes · 12–2
108,740
584.8
6
Oregon
Ducks · 13–2
33,527
551.2
7
Purdue
Boilermakers · 2–10
6,141
538.5
8
Illinois
Fighting Illini · 9–4
15,179
532.6
9
USC
Trojans · 9–4
40,287
511.6
10
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · 5–7
5,649
508.6
11
UCLA
Bruins · 3–9
20,831
476.4
12
Michigan
Wolverines · 9–4
133,763
472.1
13
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · 7–6
47,727
466
14
Michigan State
Spartans · 4–8
20,528
457.8
15
Penn State
Nittany Lions · 7–6
57,708
424.9
16
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · 8–5
16,116
396.7
17
Maryland
Terrapins · 4–8
9,607
326.5
18
Wisconsin
Badgers · 4–8
48,811
281.5
04Leaderboards
Every national board, Big Ten only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to Big Ten 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