2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The most negative ACC fanbases
FBS fanbases ranked by negative comments per 1,000 across the 2025–26 season.
North Carolina is the most negative ACC fanbase, at 515 negative comments per 1,000, against a median of 336.1 across the 16 of 17 ACC fanbases that clear the volume floor. Florida State follows at 514.6 and Syracuse at 508.8.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: Most Miserable.
Rank
Team
Comments
Negative / 1k
1
North Carolina
Tar Heels · ACC · 4–8
8,668
515
2
Florida State
Seminoles · ACC · 5–7
20,908
514.6
3
Syracuse
Orange · ACC · 3–9
9,364
508.8
4
Virginia Tech
Hokies · ACC · 3–9
16,922
495.1
5
Boston College
Eagles · ACC · 2–10
3,381
428.6
6
Clemson
Tigers · ACC · 7–6
38,829
418.1
7
Pittsburgh
Panthers · ACC · 8–5
26,366
351.4
8
Miami
Hurricanes · ACC · 13–3
61,113
342.8
9
Stanford
Cardinal · ACC · 4–8
3,877
329.4
10
NC State
Wolfpack · ACC · 8–5
4,850
316.5
11
Louisville
Cardinals · ACC · 9–4
12,501
274.9
12
Duke
Blue Devils · ACC · 9–5
14,337
222.4
13
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets · ACC · 9–4
35,814
213.2
14
SMU
Mustangs · ACC · 9–4
7,390
198.5
15
Virginia
Cavaliers · ACC · 11–3
14,086
163.4
16
Wake Forest
Demon Deacons · ACC · 9–4
4,755
123.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Negative comments per 1,000
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California
Golden Bears · ACC · 7–6
534
277.2
Negative comments per 1,000 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.