2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
ACC fanbases, ranked by Fan Score
All FBS fanbases ranked by Fan Score: positive comments per 1,000 total comments, the Sence Score convention.
Wake Forest is the happiest ACC fanbase, at 803.4 positive comments per 1,000, against a median of 543.3 across the 16 of 17 ACC fanbases that clear the volume floor. Virginia follows at 749.3 and Duke at 695.1.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Golden Comment.
Rank
Team
Comments
Fan Score
1
Wake Forest
Demon Deacons · ACC · 9–4
4,755
803.4
2
Virginia
Cavaliers · ACC · 11–3
14,086
749.3
3
Duke
Blue Devils · ACC · 9–5
14,337
695.1
4
SMU
Mustangs · ACC · 9–4
7,390
681.5
5
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets · ACC · 9–4
35,814
670.1
6
Louisville
Cardinals · ACC · 9–4
12,501
630.3
7
NC State
Wolfpack · ACC · 8–5
4,850
579
8
Miami
Hurricanes · ACC · 13–3
61,113
548.3
9
Stanford
Cardinal · ACC · 4–8
3,877
538.3
10
Pittsburgh
Panthers · ACC · 8–5
26,366
520.4
11
Clemson
Tigers · ACC · 7–6
38,829
488.9
12
Boston College
Eagles · ACC · 2–10
3,381
462
13
Virginia Tech
Hokies · ACC · 3–9
16,922
405.6
14
Florida State
Seminoles · ACC · 5–7
20,908
390.8
15
Syracuse
Orange · ACC · 3–9
9,364
386.7
16
North Carolina
Tar Heels · ACC · 4–8
8,668
381.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Fan Score
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California
Golden Bears · ACC · 7–6
534
599.3
Fan Score 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.