2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The most negative Sun Belt fanbases
FBS fanbases ranked by negative comments per 1,000 across the 2025–26 season.
Appalachian State is the most negative Sun Belt fanbase, at 228.7 negative comments per 1,000, against a median of 186.2 across the 11 of 14 Sun Belt fanbases that clear the volume floor. James Madison follows at 220.2 and Louisiana at 217.2.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: Most Miserable.
Rank
Team
Comments
Negative / 1k
1
Appalachian State
Mountaineers · Sun Belt · 5–8
6,689
228.7
2
James Madison
Dukes · Sun Belt · 12–2
16,981
220.2
3
Louisiana
Ragin' Cajuns · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,213
217.2
4
Georgia Southern
Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
4,449
210.6
5
Coastal Carolina
Chanticleers · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,398
187.1
6
Texas State
Bobcats · Sun Belt · 7–6
2,245
186.2
7
Arkansas State
Red Wolves · Sun Belt · 7–6
3,373
160.1
8
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
6,305
149.1
9
Marshall
Thundering Herd · Sun Belt · 5–7
7,152
140.4
10
Troy
Trojans · Sun Belt · 8–6
5,404
124.9
11
Old Dominion
Monarchs · Sun Belt · 10–3
1,898
123.3
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Negative comments per 1,000
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South Alabama
Jaguars · Sun Belt · 4–8
1,487
78.7
–
UL Monroe
Warhawks · Sun Belt · 3–9
943
123
–
Georgia State
Panthers · Sun Belt · 1–11
161
323
Negative comments per 1,000 ranks 11 of 14 Sun Belt 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.