2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
Big Ten fanbases, ranked by Fan Score
All FBS fanbases ranked by Fan Score: positive comments per 1,000 total comments, the Sence Score convention.
Indiana is the happiest Big Ten fanbase, at 739.4 positive comments per 1,000, against a median of 510.1 across the 18 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Northwestern follows at 671.4 and Iowa at 600.8.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Golden Comment.
Rank
Team
Comments
Fan Score
1
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
739.4
2
Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
671.4
3
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
600.8
4
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
594.6
5
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
584.8
6
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
551.2
7
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
538.5
8
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
532.6
9
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
511.6
10
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
508.6
11
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
476.4
12
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
472.1
13
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
466
14
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
457.8
15
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
424.9
16
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
396.7
17
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
326.5
18
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
281.5
Fan Score ranks 18 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.