2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Big Ten fanbases with the most off-field storylines
FBS fanbases ranked by off-field storylines per 1,000 comments: injuries, officiating, and media noise.
Iowa is the Big Ten fanbase with the most off-field storylines, at 54.1 off-field storyline comments per 1,000, against a median of 29.6 across the 17 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Oregon follows at 49.2 and Washington at 48.5.
Rank
Team
Comments
Off-field / 1k
1
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
54.1
2
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
49.2
3
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
48.5
4
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
36.4
5
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
34.7
6
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
33.6
7
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
33
8
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
29.7
9
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
29.6
10
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
29.6
11
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
29.2
12
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
29
13
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
28.1
14
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
26.7
15
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
21.2
16
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
21.2
17
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
19.4
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Off-field storylines per 1,000
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Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
15.2
Off-field storylines per 1,000 ranks 17 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.