2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big Ten 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.
Maryland is the Big Ten fanbase with the most college sports talk, at 42.4 college sports comments per 1,000, against a median of 20.2 across the 17 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Wisconsin follows at 35.8 and UCLA at 32.5.
Rank
Team
Comments
College sports / 1k
1
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
42.4
2
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
35.8
3
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
32.5
4
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
31.9
5
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
29
6
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
25.4
7
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
23.3
8
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
21.6
9
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
20.2
10
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
19.2
11
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
17.5
12
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
15.1
13
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
14.6
14
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
8.7
15
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
8.5
16
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
8
17
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
5.9
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on College sports talk per 1,000
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Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
22.9
College sports 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.