2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The C-USA fanbases with the most NIL & portal talk
FBS fanbases ranked by NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000 comments.
Liberty is the C-USA fanbase with the most NIL and transfer portal talk, at 21 NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000 comments, against a median of 9.7 across the 6 of 12 C-USA fanbases that clear the volume floor. Sam Houston follows at 18 and Middle Tennessee at 10.7.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Transfer Wizard.
Rank
Team
Comments
NIL & portal / 1k
1
Liberty
Flames · C-USA · 4–8
4,767
21
2
Sam Houston
Bearkats · C-USA · 2–10
2,438
18
3
Middle Tennessee
Blue Raiders · C-USA · 3–9
2,998
10.7
4
UTEP
Miners · C-USA · 2–10
5,198
8.7
5
Louisiana Tech
Bulldogs · C-USA · 8–5
4,799
6.9
6
Delaware
Blue Hens · C-USA · 7–6
5,242
5.7
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on NIL & transfer portal talk per 1,000
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Kennesaw State
Owls · C-USA · 10–4
4,281
1.4
–
WKU
Hilltoppers · C-USA · 9–4
2,689
4.1
–
Missouri State
Bears · C-USA · 7–6
2,144
5.1
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FIU
Panthers · C-USA · 7–6
1,631
1.2
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New Mexico State
Aggies · C-USA · 4–8
1,564
4.5
–
Jacksonville State
Gamecocks · C-USA · 9–5
393
5.1
NIL & transfer portal talk per 1,000 ranks 6 of 12 C-USA 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.