2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big Ten fanbases with the loudest coaching talk
FBS fanbases ranked by Coaching tag applications per 1,000 comments.
Maryland is the Big Ten fanbase with the loudest coaching talk, at 198.3 Coaching tag applications per 1,000 comments, against a median of 74.8 across the 17 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Wisconsin follows at 183.3 and Penn State at 158.6.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Hot Seat.
Rank
Team
Comments
Coaching / 1k
1
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
198.3
2
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
183.3
3
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
158.6
4
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
150.2
5
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
120.6
6
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
99.7
7
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
99.1
8
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
94.1
9
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
74.8
10
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
74.4
11
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
64.6
12
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
61.9
13
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
52
14
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
49.8
15
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
48.6
16
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
47.8
17
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
36.5
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Coaching talk per 1,000
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Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
113.2
Coaching talk per 1,000 ranks 17 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.