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Sun Belt
Every Sun Belt 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
65,698
2025–26 season
Positive share
71.1%
conference-wide
Happiest fanbase
TROY
779.1 Fan Score
Harm & abuse per 1,000
15.8
conference-wide
01Conference personality
What the Sun Belt talks about.
Tag-group mentions per 1,000 comments, conference-wide. The black tick on every bar marks the FBS-wide rate.
Harm
13.5 · FBS 36.8
Identity-Based Abuse
2.3 · FBS 7.8
Explicit Language
8 · FBS 28.1
College Sports1× the national rate
15 · FBS 15.4
Off-Field Storylines
19.5 · FBS 31
Sports Betting
2.9 · FBS 3.2
Team & Front Office
114.8 · FBS 138.4
The Sun Belt talks College Sports at 1× the national rate.
02Loudest rivalry
The pairing that drew the biggest crowd.
24,133 season comments across the two fanbases combined, the loudest pairing of any Sun Belt 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
South Alabama
Jaguars · 4–8
1,487
817.1
2
Troy
Trojans · 8–6
5,404
779.1
3
Old Dominion
Monarchs · 10–3
1,898
755.5
4
Marshall
Thundering Herd · 5–7
7,152
751.3
5
UL Monroe
Warhawks · 3–9
943
741.3
6
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles · 7–6
6,305
736.4
7
Arkansas State
Red Wolves · 7–6
3,373
717.8
8
Coastal Carolina
Chanticleers · 6–7
4,398
710.3
9
Texas State
Bobcats · 7–6
2,245
707.8
10
James Madison
Dukes · 12–2
16,981
695
11
Louisiana
Ragin' Cajuns · 6–7
4,213
687.6
12
Georgia Southern
Eagles · 7–6
4,449
679.3
13
Appalachian State
Mountaineers · 5–8
6,689
627.3
14
Georgia State
Panthers · 1–11
161
335.4
04Leaderboards
Every national board, Sun Belt only.
The same rankings as the national leaderboards, narrowed to Sun Belt 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