2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The Sun Belt fanbases with the most off-field storylines
FBS fanbases ranked by off-field storylines per 1,000 comments: injuries, officiating, and media noise.
Arkansas State is the Sun Belt fanbase with the most off-field storylines, at 31.1 off-field storyline comments per 1,000, against a median of 20.5 across the 10 of 14 Sun Belt fanbases that clear the volume floor. Appalachian State follows at 30.2 and Texas State at 28.5.
Rank
Team
Comments
Off-field / 1k
1
Arkansas State
Red Wolves · Sun Belt · 7–6
3,373
31.1
2
Appalachian State
Mountaineers · Sun Belt · 5–8
6,689
30.2
3
Texas State
Bobcats · Sun Belt · 7–6
2,245
28.5
4
Marshall
Thundering Herd · Sun Belt · 5–7
7,152
23.1
5
Louisiana
Ragin' Cajuns · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,213
22.8
6
Troy
Trojans · Sun Belt · 8–6
5,404
18.1
7
James Madison
Dukes · Sun Belt · 12–2
16,981
16.6
8
Georgia Southern
Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
4,449
15.3
9
Coastal Carolina
Chanticleers · Sun Belt · 6–7
4,398
14.1
10
Southern Miss
Golden Eagles · Sun Belt · 7–6
6,305
12.4
Below volume threshold: too few comments to rank on Off-field storylines per 1,000
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Old Dominion
Monarchs · Sun Belt · 10–3
1,898
15.8
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South Alabama
Jaguars · Sun Belt · 4–8
1,487
14.1
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UL Monroe
Warhawks · Sun Belt · 3–9
943
11.7
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Georgia State
Panthers · Sun Belt · 1–11
161
12.4
Off-field storylines per 1,000 ranks 10 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.