2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
The most positive Big Ten fanbases
FBS fanbases ranked by the share of comments Sence classified as positive across the 2025–26 season.
Indiana is the most positive Big Ten fanbase, at 73.9% of all comments classified positive, against a median of 51.1% across the 18 of 18 Big Ten fanbases that clear the volume floor. Northwestern follows at 67.1% and Iowa at 60.1%.
Rank
Team
Comments
Positive share
1
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
73.9%
2
Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
67.1%
3
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
60.1%
4
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
59.5%
5
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
58.5%
6
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
55.1%
7
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
53.9%
8
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
53.3%
9
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
51.2%
10
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
50.9%
11
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
47.6%
12
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
47.2%
13
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
46.6%
14
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
45.8%
15
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
42.5%
16
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
39.7%
17
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
32.7%
18
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
28.2%
Positive share ranks 18 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.