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MAC
Every MAC 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
28,671
2025–26 season
Positive share
73.6%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
CMU
803.3 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
14
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the MAC talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
11 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
3 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language
7.5 · FBS 28.1
College Sports1.1× the national rate
17.1 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
19.4 · FBS 31
Sports Betting
3.2 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
96.5 · FBS 138.4
The MAC talks College Sports at 1.1× the national rate.
02Loudest rivalry
The pairing that drew the biggest crowd.
10,421 season comments across the two fanbases combined, the loudest pairing of any MAC matchup that was played.
03The members
13 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
Central Michigan
Chippewas · 7–6
3,899
803.3
2
Miami (Ohio)
RedHawks · 7–7
1,085
789.9
3
Bowling Green
Falcons · 4–8
3,685
782.6
4
Ohio
Bobcats · 9–4
5,814
768.5
5
Western Michigan
Broncos · 10–4
4,607
765.4
6
Northern Illinois
Huskies · 3–9
1,082
738.4
7
Ball State
Cardinals · 4–8
818
737.2
8
Kent State
Golden Flashes · 5–7
708
709
9
Toledo
Rockets · 8–5
4,072
655.2
10
Akron
Zips · 5–7
1,038
622.4
11
Eastern Michigan
Eagles · 4–8
67
611.9
12
UMass
Minutemen · 0–12
1,455
551.2
13
Buffalo
Bulls · 5–7
341
545.5
04Leaderboards
Every national board, MAC only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to MAC 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