2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The MAC fanbases with the most NIL & portal talk
FBS fanbases ranked by NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000 comments.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: The Transfer Wizard.
Rank
Team
Comments
NIL & portal / 1k
1
Toledo
Rockets · MAC · 8–5
4,072
7.4
2
Western Michigan
Broncos · MAC · 10–4
4,607
3.9
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on NIL & transfer portal talk per 1,000
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Ohio
Bobcats · MAC · 9–4
5,814
1.7
–
Central Michigan
Chippewas · MAC · 7–6
3,899
2.3
–
Bowling Green
Falcons · MAC · 4–8
3,685
3.5
–
UMass
Minutemen · MAC · 0–12
1,455
11
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Miami (Ohio)
RedHawks · MAC · 7–7
1,085
3.7
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Northern Illinois
Huskies · MAC · 3–9
1,082
11.1
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Akron
Zips · MAC · 5–7
1,038
12.5
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Ball State
Cardinals · MAC · 4–8
818
2.4
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Kent State
Golden Flashes · MAC · 5–7
708
1.4
–
Buffalo
Bulls · MAC · 5–7
341
0
–
Eastern Michigan
Eagles · MAC · 4–8
67
14.9
NIL & transfer portal talk per 1,000 ranks 2 of 13 MAC 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.