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Independent
Every Independent 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
75,189
2025–26 season
Positive share
54.8%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
CONN
585 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
40.4
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the Independent talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
34.8 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
5.6 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language
11.1 · FBS 28.1
College Sports1.5× the national rate
23.3 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
34 · FBS 31
Sports Betting
2.5 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
90.8 · FBS 138.4
The Independent talks College Sports at 1.5× the national rate.
02The members
2 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.
03Leaderboards
Every national board, Independent only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to Independent 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