The Big 12 fanbases with the loudest coaching talk

Kansas State is the Big 12 fanbase with the loudest coaching talk, at 159.4 Coaching tag applications per 1,000 comments, against a median of 83.3 across the 16 of 16 Big 12 fanbases that clear the volume floor. Iowa State follows at 129.7 and Baylor at 128.2.

The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Hot Seat.

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Rank

Team

Comments

Coaching / 1k

1

Kansas State

Wildcats · Big 12 · 6–6

17,428

159.4

2

Iowa State

Cyclones · Big 12 · 8–4

21,588

129.7

3

Baylor

Bears · Big 12 · 5–7

8,814

128.2

4

Oklahoma State

Cowboys · Big 12 · 1–11

25,460

121.9

5

Utah

Utes · Big 12 · 11–2

16,435

105.6

6

West Virginia

Mountaineers · Big 12 · 4–8

31,415

103.8

7

Colorado

Buffaloes · Big 12 · 3–9

13,180

100.8

8

Cincinnati

Bearcats · Big 12 · 7–6

12,753

89.5

9

BYU

Cougars · Big 12 · 12–2

32,975

77.1

10

Kansas

Jayhawks · Big 12 · 5–7

8,065

75.5

11

UCF

Knights · Big 12 · 5–7

5,718

65.2

12

Arizona State

Sun Devils · Big 12 · 8–5

13,057

52.6

13

Arizona

Wildcats · Big 12 · 9–4

13,960

51.6

14

TCU

Horned Frogs · Big 12 · 9–4

9,897

49.9

15

Houston

Cougars · Big 12 · 10–3

17,558

40.9

16

Texas Tech

Red Raiders · Big 12 · 12–2

54,597

31.9

Coaching talk per 1,000 ranks 16 of 16 Big 12 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.