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Sence Fan Index
College Football
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.

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Rank
Team
Negative / 1k
1
North Carolina
ACC · 4–8
515
2
Florida State
ACC · 5–7
514.6
3
Syracuse
ACC · 3–9
508.8
4
Virginia Tech
ACC · 3–9
495.1
5
Boston College
ACC · 2–10
428.6
6
Clemson
ACC · 7–6
418.1
7
Pittsburgh
ACC · 8–5
351.4
8
Miami
ACC · 13–3
342.8
9
Stanford
ACC · 4–8
329.4
10
NC State
ACC · 8–5
316.5
11
Louisville
ACC · 9–4
274.9
12
Duke
ACC · 9–5
222.4
13
Georgia Tech
ACC · 9–4
213.2
14
SMU
ACC · 9–4
198.5
15
Virginia
ACC · 11–3
163.4
16
Wake Forest
ACC · 9–4
123.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Negative comments per 1,000
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California
ACC · 7–6
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.

The quadrant

Winning vs. loving it

Every fanbase, plotted by how much its team won against how its comment section actually felt.

2344065787509220%25%50%75%100%WIN % ON THE FIELDFAN SCORE · POSITIVE PER 1,000Polly PositiveEarned HappinessThe Doom LoopSpoiledMEDIAN 54%MEDIAN 608ARKCLTGASTIUNAVYOKSTMASSWIS
Each dot is one fanbase, sized by comment volume. Fanbases right of the dashed line win more than the median team; those above it have comment sections that run happier than the median.
All fanbases by on-field record, Fan Score and quadrant
TeamRecordFan Score (positive comments per 1,000)Quadrant
Air Force4–8612.1Polly Positive
Akron5–7622.4Polly Positive
Alabama11–4548.3Spoiled
Appalachian State5–8627.3Polly Positive
Arizona9–4640Earned Happiness
Arizona State8–5499.7Spoiled
Arkansas2–10331.6The Doom Loop
Arkansas State7–6717.8Earned Happiness
Army7–6745.9Earned Happiness
Auburn5–7554.1The Doom Loop
Ball State4–8737.2Polly Positive
Baylor5–7606.5The Doom Loop
Boise State9–5487.9Spoiled
Boston College2–10462The Doom Loop
Bowling Green4–8782.6Polly Positive
Buffalo5–7545.5The Doom Loop
BYU12–2595.6Spoiled
California7–6599.3Spoiled
Central Michigan7–6803.3Earned Happiness
Charlotte1–11416.7The Doom Loop
Cincinnati7–6535.4Spoiled
Clemson7–6488.9Spoiled
Coastal Carolina6–7710.3Polly Positive
Colorado3–9595.4The Doom Loop
Colorado State2–10431.7The Doom Loop
Delaware7–6664.1Earned Happiness
Duke9–5695.1Earned Happiness
East Carolina9–4771.6Earned Happiness
Eastern Michigan4–8611.9Polly Positive
FIU7–6829.6Earned Happiness
Florida4–8467.5The Doom Loop
Florida Atlantic4–8660.3Polly Positive
Florida State5–7390.8The Doom Loop
Fresno State9–4603.3Spoiled
Georgia12–2669.9Earned Happiness
Georgia Southern7–6679.3Earned Happiness
Georgia State1–11335.4The Doom Loop
Georgia Tech9–4670.1Earned Happiness
Hawaii9–4753.9Earned Happiness
Houston10–3683.2Earned Happiness
Illinois9–4532.6Spoiled
Indiana16–0739.4Earned Happiness
Iowa9–4600.8Spoiled
Iowa State8–4545Spoiled
Jacksonville State9–5814.2Earned Happiness
James Madison12–2695Earned Happiness
Kansas5–7440.9The Doom Loop
Kansas State6–6436.3The Doom Loop
Kennesaw State10–4874.3Earned Happiness
Kent State5–7709Polly Positive
Kentucky5–7522.4The Doom Loop
Liberty4–8600.6The Doom Loop
Louisiana6–7687.6Polly Positive
Louisiana Tech8–5662Earned Happiness
Louisville9–4630.3Earned Happiness
LSU7–6425.9Spoiled
Marshall5–7751.3Polly Positive
Maryland4–8326.5The Doom Loop
Memphis8–5703.4Earned Happiness
Miami13–3548.3Spoiled
Miami (Ohio)7–7789.9Polly Positive
Michigan9–4472.1Spoiled
Michigan State4–8457.8The Doom Loop
Middle Tennessee3–9603.7The Doom Loop
Minnesota8–5396.7Spoiled
Mississippi State5–8562.6The Doom Loop
Missouri8–5542.3Spoiled
Missouri State7–6782.6Earned Happiness
Navy11–2862Earned Happiness
NC State8–5579Spoiled
Nebraska7–6466Spoiled
Nevada3–9648.3Polly Positive
New Mexico9–4836.1Earned Happiness
New Mexico State4–8734Polly Positive
North Carolina4–8381.7The Doom Loop
North Dakota State12–1737.6Earned Happiness
North Texas12–2775.7Earned Happiness
Northern Illinois3–9738.4Polly Positive
Northwestern7–6671.4Earned Happiness
Notre Dame10–2546.2Spoiled
Ohio9–4768.5Earned Happiness
Ohio State12–2584.8Spoiled
Oklahoma10–3524.9Spoiled
Oklahoma State1–11489.4The Doom Loop
Old Dominion10–3755.5Earned Happiness
Ole Miss13–2662Earned Happiness
Oregon13–2551.2Spoiled
Oregon State2–10582.9The Doom Loop
Penn State7–6424.9Spoiled
Pittsburgh8–5520.4Spoiled
Purdue2–10538.5The Doom Loop
Rice5–8857.9Polly Positive
Rutgers5–7508.6The Doom Loop
Sacramento State7–5665.7Earned Happiness
Sam Houston2–10592.7The Doom Loop
San Diego State9–4545.5Spoiled
San Jose State3–9507.4The Doom Loop
SMU9–4681.5Earned Happiness
South Alabama4–8817.1Polly Positive
South Carolina4–8482.8The Doom Loop
South Florida9–4608.6Earned Happiness
Southern Miss7–6736.4Earned Happiness
Stanford4–8538.3The Doom Loop
Syracuse3–9386.7The Doom Loop
TCU9–4719.8Earned Happiness
Temple5–7738.9Polly Positive
Tennessee8–5581.4Spoiled
Texas10–3468.7Spoiled
Texas A&M11–2541.6Spoiled
Texas State7–6707.8Earned Happiness
Texas Tech12–2723.4Earned Happiness
Toledo8–5655.2Earned Happiness
Troy8–6779.1Earned Happiness
Tulane11–3699.3Earned Happiness
Tulsa4–8839Polly Positive
UAB4–8600.8The Doom Loop
UCF5–7656.2Polly Positive
UCLA3–9476.4The Doom Loop
UConn9–4585Spoiled
UL Monroe3–9741.3Polly Positive
UMass0–12551.2The Doom Loop
UNLV10–4644.1Earned Happiness
USC9–4511.6Spoiled
Utah11–2559.4Spoiled
Utah State6–7782.3Polly Positive
UTEP2–10498.8The Doom Loop
UTSA7–6681Earned Happiness
Vanderbilt10–3622.2Earned Happiness
Virginia11–3749.3Earned Happiness
Virginia Tech3–9405.6The Doom Loop
Wake Forest9–4803.4Earned Happiness
Washington9–4594.6Spoiled
Washington State7–6627.4Earned Happiness
West Virginia4–8515.8The Doom Loop
Western Michigan10–4765.4Earned Happiness
Wisconsin4–8281.5The Doom Loop
WKU9–4822.2Earned Happiness
Wyoming4–8571.7The Doom Loop
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