2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big Ten fanbases with the loudest front-office talk
FBS fanbases ranked by team & front office talk per 1,000 comments.
Maryland is the Big Ten fanbase with the loudest front-office talk, at 250.8 team and front office comments per 1,000, against a median of 135 across the 17 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Wisconsin follows at 222.7 and UCLA at 206.6.
Rank
Team
Comments
Front office / 1k
1
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
250.8
2
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
222.7
3
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
206.6
4
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
202.1
5
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
199.1
6
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
164.1
7
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
144.3
8
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
142.5
9
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
135
10
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
127.5
11
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
115
12
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
114.2
13
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
109.7
14
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
107.6
15
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
106.7
16
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
104
17
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
98.2
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Team & front office talk per 1,000
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Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
169.2
Team & front office 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.