2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The ACC fanbases with the most college sports talk
FBS fanbases ranked by college sports talk per 1,000 comments: NIL, the transfer portal, recruiting, and realignment.
Boston College is the ACC fanbase with the most college sports talk, at 48.8 college sports comments per 1,000, against a median of 15.3 across the 16 of 17 ACC fanbases that clear the volume floor. Stanford follows at 45.7 and Virginia Tech at 32.7.
Rank
Team
Comments
College sports / 1k
1
Boston College
Eagles · ACC · 2–10
3,381
48.8
2
Stanford
Cardinal · ACC · 4–8
3,877
45.7
3
Virginia Tech
Hokies · ACC · 3–9
16,922
32.7
4
Syracuse
Orange · ACC · 3–9
9,364
25.5
5
Florida State
Seminoles · ACC · 5–7
20,908
22.4
6
North Carolina
Tar Heels · ACC · 4–8
8,668
19.6
7
SMU
Mustangs · ACC · 9–4
7,390
16.5
8
NC State
Wolfpack · ACC · 8–5
4,850
15.7
9
Pittsburgh
Panthers · ACC · 8–5
26,366
14.8
10
Virginia
Cavaliers · ACC · 11–3
14,086
14.2
11
Clemson
Tigers · ACC · 7–6
38,829
13.2
12
Duke
Blue Devils · ACC · 9–5
14,337
13.2
13
Louisville
Cardinals · ACC · 9–4
12,501
10
14
Wake Forest
Demon Deacons · ACC · 9–4
4,755
9
15
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets · ACC · 9–4
35,814
8.2
16
Miami
Hurricanes · ACC · 13–3
61,113
7.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on College sports talk per 1,000
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California
Golden Bears · ACC · 7–6
534
48.7
College sports 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.