2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The most negative Big Ten fanbases
FBS fanbases ranked by negative comments per 1,000 across the 2025–26 season.
Wisconsin is the most negative Big Ten fanbase, at 591 negative comments per 1,000, against a median of 361.5 across the 18 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Maryland follows at 565.3 and Minnesota at 472.8.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: Most Miserable.
Rank
Team
Comments
Negative / 1k
1
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
591
2
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
565.3
3
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
472.8
4
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
443.3
5
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
442.9
6
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
429.9
7
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
425.4
8
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
422.3
9
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
374.6
10
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
348.4
11
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
339
12
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
327
13
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
321.5
14
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
318.1
15
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
288.6
16
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
273.2
17
Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
214.9
18
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
158.6
Negative comments per 1,000 ranks 18 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.