2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Sun Belt 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.
Southern Miss is the Sun Belt fanbase with the most college sports talk, at 20.5 college sports comments per 1,000, against a median of 15.2 across the 10 of 14 Sun Belt fanbases that clear the volume floor. Arkansas State follows at 19.9 and Appalachian State at 18.1.
Rank
Team
Comments
College sports / 1k
1
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
6,305
20.5
2
Arkansas State
Red Wolves · Sun Belt · 7–6
3,373
19.9
3
Appalachian State
Mountaineers · Sun Belt · 5–8
6,689
18.1
4
Coastal Carolina
Chanticleers · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,398
16.6
5
Texas State
Bobcats · Sun Belt · 7–6
2,245
16.5
6
James Madison
Dukes · Sun Belt · 12–2
16,981
13.8
7
Georgia Southern
Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
4,449
13.7
8
Marshall
Thundering Herd · Sun Belt · 5–7
7,152
12.4
9
Louisiana
Ragin' Cajuns · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,213
11.9
10
Troy
Trojans · Sun Belt · 8–6
5,404
8.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on College sports talk per 1,000
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Old Dominion
Monarchs · Sun Belt · 10–3
1,898
28.5
–
South Alabama
Jaguars · Sun Belt · 4–8
1,487
3.4
–
UL Monroe
Warhawks · Sun Belt · 3–9
943
12.7
–
Georgia State
Panthers · Sun Belt · 1–11
161
18.6
College sports talk per 1,000 ranks 10 of 14 Sun Belt 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.