2025–26 season · all 138 FBS fanbases · classified by Sence
Big Ten fanbases by comment volume
FBS fanbases ranked by total comments classified by Sence across the 2025–26 season.
Michigan is the loudest Big Ten fanbase, at 133,763 comments classified across the season, against a median of 21,552 across all 18 Big Ten fanbases, which rank on a raw count with no volume floor. Ohio State follows at 108,740 and Penn State at 57,708.
The same measure runs as a season superlative: Biggest, Maybe Baddest.
Rank
Team
Comments
1
Michigan
Wolverines · Big Ten · 9–4
133,763
2
Ohio State
Buckeyes · Big Ten · 12–2
108,740
3
Penn State
Nittany Lions · Big Ten · 7–6
57,708
4
Wisconsin
Badgers · Big Ten · 4–8
48,811
5
Nebraska
Cornhuskers · Big Ten · 7–6
47,727
6
Indiana
Hoosiers · Big Ten · 16–0
42,201
7
USC
Trojans · Big Ten · 9–4
40,287
8
Oregon
Ducks · Big Ten · 13–2
33,527
9
Iowa
Hawkeyes · Big Ten · 9–4
22,273
10
UCLA
Bruins · Big Ten · 3–9
20,831
11
Michigan State
Spartans · Big Ten · 4–8
20,528
12
Minnesota
Golden Gophers · Big Ten · 8–5
16,116
13
Illinois
Fighting Illini · Big Ten · 9–4
15,179
14
Maryland
Terrapins · Big Ten · 4–8
9,607
15
Washington
Huskies · Big Ten · 9–4
8,090
16
Purdue
Boilermakers · Big Ten · 2–10
6,141
17
Rutgers
Scarlet Knights · Big Ten · 5–7
5,649
18
Northwestern
Wildcats · Big Ten · 7–6
1,838
Comment volume ranks all 18 Big Ten fanbases by total classified comments; raw counts carry no volume floor. 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.