2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The ACC fanbases with the loudest coaching talk
FBS fanbases ranked by Coaching tag applications per 1,000 comments.
Virginia Tech is the ACC fanbase with the loudest coaching talk, at 182.7 Coaching tag applications per 1,000 comments, against a median of 73.9 across the 16 of 17 ACC fanbases that clear the volume floor. North Carolina follows at 136.8 and Florida State at 125.7.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Hot Seat.
Rank
Team
Comments
Coaching / 1k
1
Virginia Tech
Hokies · ACC · 3–9
16,922
182.7
2
North Carolina
Tar Heels · ACC · 4–8
8,668
136.8
3
Florida State
Seminoles · ACC · 5–7
20,908
125.7
4
NC State
Wolfpack · ACC · 8–5
4,850
124.9
5
Syracuse
Orange · ACC · 3–9
9,364
110.4
6
Boston College
Eagles · ACC · 2–10
3,381
97.9
7
Stanford
Cardinal · ACC · 4–8
3,877
97
8
Clemson
Tigers · ACC · 7–6
38,829
80.1
9
Pittsburgh
Panthers · ACC · 8–5
26,366
67.8
10
Louisville
Cardinals · ACC · 9–4
12,501
65.6
11
Miami
Hurricanes · ACC · 13–3
61,113
64.9
12
Virginia
Cavaliers · ACC · 11–3
14,086
55.5
13
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets · ACC · 9–4
35,814
50.9
14
Wake Forest
Demon Deacons · ACC · 9–4
4,755
45.4
15
SMU
Mustangs · ACC · 9–4
7,390
32.2
16
Duke
Blue Devils · ACC · 9–5
14,337
28.4
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Coaching talk per 1,000
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California
Golden Bears · ACC · 7–6
534
41.2
Coaching talk per 1,000 ranks 16 of 17 ACC 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.