2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence

The fanbases with the loudest front-office talk

FBS fanbases ranked by team & front office talk per 1,000 comments.

Maryland is the fanbase with the loudest front-office talk in college football, at 250.8 team and front office comments per 1,000, against a median of 123 across the 114 of 138 fanbases that clear the volume floor. Virginia Tech follows at 242.8 and Colorado State at 236.6.

Rank
Team
Front office / 1k
1
Maryland
Big Ten · 4–8
250.8
2
Virginia Tech
ACC · 3–9
242.8
3
Colorado State
Mountain West · 2–10
236.6
4
Florida
SEC · 4–8
235.2
5
UAB
American · 4–8
223.4
6
Wisconsin
Big Ten · 4–8
222.7
7
LSU
SEC · 7–6
213.5
8
Arkansas
SEC · 2–10
212.2
9
UCLA
Big Ten · 3–9
206.6
10
Kentucky
SEC · 5–7
202.9
11
Michigan State
Big Ten · 4–8
202.1
12
Kansas State
Big 12 · 6–6
201.5
13
Penn State
Big Ten · 7–6
199.1
14
South Florida
American · 9–4
194.6
15
Florida State
ACC · 5–7
189.7
16
Auburn
SEC · 5–7
182.8
17
Toledo
MAC · 8–5
181
18
North Carolina
ACC · 4–8
180
19
Middle Tennessee
C-USA · 3–9
176.8
20
Utah
Big 12 · 11–2
175.1
21
Iowa State
Big 12 · 8–4
173.3
22
Stanford
ACC · 4–8
172
23
Air Force
Mountain West · 4–8
169.5
24
Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt · 6–7
168.9
25
San Diego State
Mountain West · 9–4
168.1
26
Washington State
Pac-12 · 7–6
166.8
27
NC State
ACC · 8–5
165.4
28
Mississippi State
SEC · 5–8
165
29
Michigan
Big Ten · 9–4
164.1
30
South Carolina
SEC · 4–8
164
31
Oregon State
Pac-12 · 2–10
162.8
32
BYU
Big 12 · 12–2
158.5
33
Oklahoma State
Big 12 · 1–11
156.6
34
Baylor
Big 12 · 5–7
154.4
35
Wyoming
Mountain West · 4–8
151.1
36
Syracuse
ACC · 3–9
144.4
37
Minnesota
Big Ten · 8–5
144.3
38
Southern Miss
Sun Belt · 7–6
144.3
39
Purdue
Big Ten · 2–10
142.5
40
Texas A&M
SEC · 11–2
141.5
41
Oklahoma
SEC · 10–3
137.3
42
Sam Houston
C-USA · 2–10
135.4
43
Nebraska
Big Ten · 7–6
135
44
Kansas
Big 12 · 5–7
134.9
45
Memphis
American · 8–5
134.4
46
West Virginia
Big 12 · 4–8
130.5
47
Georgia
SEC · 12–2
129.2
48
Army
American · 7–6
128.4
49
Ole Miss
SEC · 13–2
128.3
50
New Mexico
Mountain West · 9–4
127.5
51
USC
Big Ten · 9–4
127.5
52
Boston College
ACC · 2–10
126.9
53
Cincinnati
Big 12 · 7–6
126.8
54
Boise State
Mountain West · 9–5
126.1
55
Miami
ACC · 13–3
126
56
UTEP
C-USA · 2–10
126
57
Pittsburgh
ACC · 8–5
123
58
Liberty
C-USA · 4–8
122.9
59
Georgia Southern
Sun Belt · 7–6
122.7
60
Missouri
SEC · 8–5
121.9
61
James Madison
Sun Belt · 12–2
121.1
62
UNLV
Mountain West · 10–4
120.6
63
Appalachian State
Sun Belt · 5–8
120.5
64
Louisiana Tech
C-USA · 8–5
120.2
65
UTSA
American · 7–6
119.8
66
Clemson
ACC · 7–6
119.3
67
Colorado
Big 12 · 3–9
119
68
Louisville
ACC · 9–4
116.6
69
Fresno State
Mountain West · 9–4
116.3
70
Houston
Big 12 · 10–3
115.8
71
Arizona State
Big 12 · 8–5
115.6
72
Oregon
Big Ten · 13–2
115
73
Iowa
Big Ten · 9–4
114.2
74
Alabama
SEC · 11–4
114
75
Tulane
American · 11–3
110.3
76
Ohio State
Big Ten · 12–2
109.7
77
UCF
Big 12 · 5–7
109.7
78
Rutgers
Big Ten · 5–7
107.6
79
Indiana
Big Ten · 16–0
106.7
80
Louisiana
Sun Belt · 6–7
106.3
81
UConn
Independent · 9–4
105.3
82
Arkansas State
Sun Belt · 7–6
105.2
83
Washington
Big Ten · 9–4
104
84
Virginia
ACC · 11–3
103.8
85
Arizona
Big 12 · 9–4
103.6
86
Tennessee
SEC · 8–5
103.2
87
Marshall
Sun Belt · 5–7
102.3
88
Illinois
Big Ten · 9–4
98.2
89
Texas
SEC · 10–3
96.9
90
Missouri State
C-USA · 7–6
96.5
91
Utah State
Mountain West · 6–7
95.1
92
Georgia Tech
ACC · 9–4
94.5
93
Ohio
MAC · 9–4
91.2
94
Navy
American · 11–2
90.5
95
Notre Dame
Independent · 10–2
89.9
96
Western Michigan
MAC · 10–4
88.3
97
North Texas
American · 12–2
87.8
98
Wake Forest
ACC · 9–4
87.3
99
Vanderbilt
SEC · 10–3
84.6
100
Texas State
Sun Belt · 7–6
84.2
101
North Dakota State
FCS · 12–1
83.8
102
Duke
ACC · 9–5
79.2
103
SMU
ACC · 9–4
77.1
104
Bowling Green
MAC · 4–8
75.2
105
Hawaii
Mountain West · 9–4
74.7
106
Troy
Sun Belt · 8–6
74.6
107
TCU
Big 12 · 9–4
74.5
108
Kennesaw State
C-USA · 10–4
69.1
109
Texas Tech
Big 12 · 12–2
69
110
East Carolina
American · 9–4
66.5
111
Central Michigan
MAC · 7–6
64.9
112
Tulsa
American · 4–8
64.3
113
Delaware
C-USA · 7–6
63.5
114
WKU
C-USA · 9–4
38.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Team & front office talk per 1,000
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Temple
American · 5–7
101.3
–
Old Dominion
Sun Belt · 10–3
81.1
–
Northwestern
Big Ten · 7–6
169.2
–
FIU
C-USA · 7–6
120.2
–
New Mexico State
C-USA · 4–8
70.3
–
San Jose State
Mountain West · 3–9
156.1
–
South Alabama
Sun Belt · 4–8
52.5
–
UMass
MAC · 0–12
114.1
–
Charlotte
American · 1–11
145.8
–
Rice
American · 5–8
41.8
–
Florida Atlantic
American · 4–8
74.5
–
Nevada
Mountain West · 3–9
94.8
–
Miami (Ohio)
MAC · 7–7
49.8
–
Northern Illinois
MAC · 3–9
98
–
Akron
MAC · 5–7
79
–
UL Monroe
Sun Belt · 3–9
83.8
–
Ball State
MAC · 4–8
44
–
Kent State
MAC · 5–7
98.9
–
Sacramento State
FCS · 7–5
138.8
–
California
ACC · 7–6
104.9
–
Jacksonville State
C-USA · 9–5
56
–
Buffalo
MAC · 5–7
88
–
Georgia State
Sun Belt · 1–11
260.9
–
Eastern Michigan
MAC · 4–8
268.7

Team & front office talk per 1,000 ranks 114 of 138 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.

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