The most toxic fanbases in college football

Questions about this leaderboard

Which college football fanbase has the most toxic comment section?

North Carolina is the most toxic fanbase in college football, at 94.6 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, against a median of 32.2 across the 111 of 138 fanbases that clear the volume floor. Vanderbilt follows at 79.2 and Michigan at 76.4.

What does "toxic" mean on this leaderboard?

Toxic here is one measure: comments Sence classified under Harm plus comments it classified under Identity Based Abuse, reported per 1,000 comments so a huge page and a small one can be read side by side. The two tag groups are summed, so it is a rate for comparing fanbases and never a count of comments. Each individual axis of identity-based abuse has its own board, published without a ranking.

Which conference has the most toxic comment sections?

The Big Ten, at 56 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments pooled across its 18 fanbases, ahead of the SEC at 49.7. A conference figure is every comment in the league counted together, so its biggest fanbases weigh most.

Are the loudest fanbases the most toxic?

Not on this season's data. Alabama had more comments classified than any other fanbase, 141,238, and places 52nd of 111 on harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, while North Carolina, the leader here, is 64th of 138 by comment volume.

Why do other toxicity rankings name a different fanbase?

Most toxicity rankings are opinion pieces and reader polls rather than counts, and few publish a method. This board counts what fanbases actually typed: every comment Sence classified on all 138 FBS teams' Facebook pages across the 2025–26 season, scored the same way for every school. As a spot check, here is where some of the best-known fanbases in the sport land on it: Ohio State 8th at 62.4, Michigan 3rd at 76.4, Alabama 52nd at 33.2, Penn State 28th at 46.5.

What “nastiest”, “angriest” and “most miserable” mean here