2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big 12 fanbases with the most off-field storylines
FBS fanbases ranked by off-field storylines per 1,000 comments: injuries, officiating, and media noise.
Arizona State is the Big 12 fanbase with the most off-field storylines, at 61.2 off-field storyline comments per 1,000, against a median of 34 across the 16 of 16 Big 12 fanbases that clear the volume floor. Iowa State follows at 56.7 and BYU at 53.8.
Rank
Team
Comments
Off-field / 1k
1
Arizona State
Sun Devils · Big 12 · 8–5
13,057
61.2
2
Iowa State
Cyclones · Big 12 · 8–4
21,588
56.7
3
BYU
Cougars · Big 12 · 12–2
32,975
53.8
4
Baylor
Bears · Big 12 · 5–7
8,814
42
5
Utah
Utes · Big 12 · 11–2
16,435
40
6
UCF
Knights · Big 12 · 5–7
5,718
38.6
7
Cincinnati
Bearcats · Big 12 · 7–6
12,753
37.7
8
Kansas State
Wildcats · Big 12 · 6–6
17,428
35.5
9
West Virginia
Mountaineers · Big 12 · 4–8
31,415
32.4
10
Kansas
Jayhawks · Big 12 · 5–7
8,065
30.9
11
TCU
Horned Frogs · Big 12 · 9–4
9,897
30.5
12
Arizona
Wildcats · Big 12 · 9–4
13,960
29.5
13
Oklahoma State
Cowboys · Big 12 · 1–11
25,460
27.1
14
Houston
Cougars · Big 12 · 10–3
17,558
23
15
Texas Tech
Red Raiders · Big 12 · 12–2
54,597
21.5
16
Colorado
Buffaloes · Big 12 · 3–9
13,180
10.8
Off-field storylines 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.