2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big Ten fanbases with the most betting talk
FBS fanbases ranked by sports betting talk per 1,000 comments: parlays, moneylines, and prediction markets.
Wisconsin is the Big Ten fanbase with the most betting talk, at 13.6 sports-betting comments per 1,000, against a median of 4.1 across the 16 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. UCLA follows at 7.2 and Oregon at 6.8.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Casino.
Rank
Team
Comments
Betting / 1k
1
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
13.6
2
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
7.2
3
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
6.8
4
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
5.1
5
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
4.7
6
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
4.2
7
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
4.2
8
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
4.1
9
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
4.1
10
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
4
11
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
3.8
12
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
3.7
13
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
3.3
14
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
3.1
15
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
3.1
16
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
3.1
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Sports betting talk per 1,000
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Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
2
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Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
7.1
Sports betting talk per 1,000 ranks 16 of 18 Big Ten fanbases with enough classified comments to rate. Fan Score is positive comments per 1,000 analyzed. Toxicity counts harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000; every other rate counts that tag group's comments per 1,000, using Sence's system-tag taxonomy.