Kentucky

Wildcats · 5–7 in 2025–26

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Fan Score

522.4

positive per 1,000 comments

Kentucky ranks 89th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Fan Score.

Comments analyzed

19,024

2025–26 season

Kentucky ranks 38th of 138 ranked FBS teams for Comment volume.

Positive share

52.2%

of all fan comments

Kentucky ranks 89th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Positive share.

Toxicity

44.4

harm + identity abuse per 1,000 · lower is better

Kentucky sits in the 74th percentile of ranked FBS teams for Harm & identity-based abuse per 1,000, where a lower rate is the better outcome.

Part one

Who they are

The shape of one comment section: the mix of what gets talked about, how it splits by sentiment, and the subjects Kentucky fans raise more than the average fanbase.

Comment-section fingerprint

Stands out Off-Field Storylines: 6th percentile · Team & Front Office: 92nd percentile · Harm: 74th percentilePercentile of ranked FBS teams per tag group; low-volume fanbases excluded from each cohort.

Sentiment

Positive52.2%9,939

Neutral8%1,521

Negative37.6%7,155

Mixed2.1%409

Signature subtags

What Kentucky fans bring up more than the average classified fanbase, across all 138 FBS fanbases. Harm and identity-based abuse are left out here; they sit in this team’s own moderation snapshot.

Team & Front Office

3.4×

Mentioned Front Office at 3.4× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

11.7 per 1,000 comments

Team & Front Office

1.9×

Mentioned Coaching at 1.9× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

161.7 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

1.9×

Mentioned NIL at 1.9× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

7.3 per 1,000 comments

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

Part two

How the season felt

Week by week, with every game marked. The comment section keeps its own scoreboard, and it does not always agree with the one on the field.

Season heartbeat

Net comment mood by week (green above the baseline, red below) with every game marked on it. Click a game for that week’s story.

Weekly net fan mood with positive, negative, and total comment counts
Week of	Net mood	Positive	Negative	Comments	Games
2025-08-23	+31%	319	159	520	No game
2025-08-30	+19%	500	326	902	W 24–16 vs Toledo
2025-09-06	+13%	429	322	824	L 23–30 vs Ole Miss
2025-09-13	+38%	385	158	596	W 48–23 vs Eastern Michigan
2025-09-20	+41%	246	95	369	No game
2025-09-27	−36%	242	566	910	L 13–35 at South Carolina
2025-10-04	−25%	214	385	681	L 14–35 at Georgia
2025-10-11	−5%	119	134	282	No game
2025-10-18	−41%	307	837	1,288	L 13–16 (OT) vs Texas
2025-10-25	−20%	305	478	874	L 34–56 vs Tennessee
2025-11-01	+34%	716	324	1,148	W 10–3 at Auburn
2025-11-08	+54%	1,018	257	1,422	W 38–7 vs Florida
2025-11-15	+42%	511	184	773	W 42–10 vs Tennessee Tech
2025-11-22	−15%	233	323	616	L 17–45 at Vanderbilt
2025-11-29	+13%	2,719	2,029	5,324	L 0–41 at Louisville
2025-12-06	+35%	500	225	791	No game
2025-12-13	+35%	308	131	506	No game
2025-12-20	+41%	103	38	157	No game
2025-12-27	+36%	35	14	59	No game
2026-01-03	+70%	256	37	311	No game
2026-01-10	+50%	411	119	589	No game
2026-01-17	+60%	63	14	82	No game

Fan mood fell 77 points the week they lost by 22 at South Carolina.

Season trend

Weekly share of positive and negative comments with every game marked: click a dot for that week's story.

PositiveNegative

Weekly values: Positive, Negative
Week of	Positive	Negative	Comments
2025-08-23	61.3%	30.6%	520
2025-08-30	55.4%	36.1%	902
2025-09-06	52.1%	39.1%	824
2025-09-13	64.6%	26.5%	596
2025-09-20	66.7%	25.7%	369
2025-09-27	26.6%	62.2%	910
2025-10-04	31.4%	56.5%	681
2025-10-11	42.2%	47.5%	282
2025-10-18	23.8%	65%	1,288
2025-10-25	34.9%	54.7%	874
2025-11-01	62.4%	28.2%	1,148
2025-11-08	71.6%	18.1%	1,422
2025-11-15	66.1%	23.8%	773
2025-11-22	37.8%	52.4%	616
2025-11-29	51.1%	38.1%	5,324
2025-12-06	63.2%	28.4%	791
2025-12-13	60.9%	25.9%	506
2025-12-20	65.6%	24.2%	157
2025-12-27	59.3%	23.7%	59
2026-01-03	82.3%	11.9%	311
2026-01-10	69.8%	20.2%	589
2026-01-17	76.8%	17.1%	82

Season timeline

Part three

What they actually said

The language, the moderation load, and the comments themselves, exactly as they were posted.

Comment insights

Classified comments per 1,000, by system-tag group.

Harm37.4 per 1,000 · 711

Personal Attacks 681Group Hate 16Sexual Content 26Harm Wish 8Death Threat 1

Identity-Based Abuse7 per 1,000 · 134

Gender 31Physical Appearance 53Age 17Disability 19LGBTQIA+ 11Race 5

Explicit Language30.1 per 1,000 · 572

Explicit Words 482Explicit Acronym 84Violent Language 9Explicit Emoji 10

College Sports18.8 per 1,000 · 357

Conference Realignment 47Recruiting 108NIL 139Band 3Transfer Portal 73Student Section 4

Off-Field Storylines12.4 per 1,000 · 236

Broadcast & Media 108Injuries 64Officiating 48Politics & Activism 10Player Conduct 6

Sports Betting2.9 per 1,000 · 55

Gambling 46Moneyline 3Parlay 3Prop Bet 3

Team & Front Office202.9 per 1,000 · 3,860

Opponent Respect 89Coaching 3,077Crowd & Attendance 113Front Office 223Opponent Hostility 397Stadium Experience 82Athletic Department 13

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

The Swear Jar

71st percentile

572 explicit comments30.1 per 1,000

Explicit Words482
Explicit Acronym84
Explicit Emoji10
Violent Language9

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Explicit language shows up in 30.1 of every 1,000 comments on this page: 30th of 100 nationally, the 71st percentile.

How toxic is the Kentucky fanbase?

Over the 2025–26 season, Kentucky’s comment section ran at 44.4 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, putting the fanbase in the 74th percentile of ranked FBS fanbases; on this measure a lower rate is the better outcome.

Moderation snapshot

Harm & identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments · by week

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, by week
Week of	Rate per 1,000	Games
2025-08-23	76.9	No game
2025-08-30	47.7	W 24–16 vs Toledo
2025-09-06	54.6	L 23–30 vs Ole Miss
2025-09-13	33.6	W 48–23 vs Eastern Michigan
2025-09-20	27.1	No game
2025-09-27	76.9	L 13–35 at South Carolina
2025-10-04	36.7	L 14–35 at Georgia
2025-10-11	63.8	No game
2025-10-18	91.6	L 13–16 (OT) vs Texas
2025-10-25	57.2	L 34–56 vs Tennessee
2025-11-01	32.2	W 10–3 at Auburn
2025-11-08	24.6	W 38–7 vs Florida
2025-11-15	15.5	W 42–10 vs Tennessee Tech
2025-11-22	40.6	L 17–45 at Vanderbilt
2025-11-29	42.3	L 0–41 at Louisville
2025-12-06	24	No game
2025-12-13	41.5	No game
2025-12-20	70.1	No game
2025-12-27	67.8	No game
2026-01-03	6.4	No game
2026-01-10	25.5	No game
2026-01-17	0	No game

Harm and identity-based abuse peaked at 91.6 per 1,000 comments (L 13–16 (OT) vs Texas) against a season average of 44.4 per 1,000.

Season subtag split

Season totals of the classifications Sence applied to comments on this page.

Harm

Personal Attacks681
Sexual Content26
Group Hate16
Harm Wish8
Death Threat1

Identity-Based Abuse

Physical Appearance53
Gender31
Disability19
Age17
LGBTQIA+11
Race5

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Sence flags these in real time so page owners can act before fans see them.

From the comment section

“Let’s go-excited for the season! 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈💙”

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“Tear it up Coach! Best of luck!”

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“So let me get this straight, this week the UK football team won a road SEC game and the bball team lost at home???”

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“Even though we’ve all been disappointed in how things have been going, you have to be proud of how they played last night. Way to go Cats!!”

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