2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The most negative Big 12 fanbases
FBS fanbases ranked by negative comments per 1,000 across the 2025–26 season.
Kansas State is the most negative Big 12 fanbase, at 451.3 negative comments per 1,000, against a median of 320.2 across the 16 of 16 Big 12 fanbases that clear the volume floor. Kansas follows at 414.9 and Arizona State at 392.5.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: Most Miserable.
Rank
Team
Comments
Negative / 1k
1
Kansas State
Wildcats · Big 12 · 6–6
17,428
451.3
2
Kansas
Jayhawks · Big 12 · 5–7
8,065
414.9
3
Arizona State
Sun Devils · Big 12 · 8–5
13,057
392.5
4
West Virginia
Mountaineers · Big 12 · 4–8
31,415
371.6
5
Oklahoma State
Cowboys · Big 12 · 1–11
25,460
355.8
6
Iowa State
Cyclones · Big 12 · 8–4
21,588
341.7
7
Cincinnati
Bearcats · Big 12 · 7–6
12,753
330.3
8
Utah
Utes · Big 12 · 11–2
16,435
330.1
9
Baylor
Bears · Big 12 · 5–7
8,814
310.3
10
Colorado
Buffaloes · Big 12 · 3–9
13,180
306.4
11
BYU
Cougars · Big 12 · 12–2
32,975
291.3
12
Arizona
Wildcats · Big 12 · 9–4
13,960
261.2
13
UCF
Knights · Big 12 · 5–7
5,718
243.1
14
Houston
Cougars · Big 12 · 10–3
17,558
220.8
15
Texas Tech
Red Raiders · Big 12 · 12–2
54,597
179.9
16
TCU
Horned Frogs · Big 12 · 9–4
9,897
167.5
Negative comments per 1,000 ranks 16 of 16 Big 12 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.