Maryland

Terrapins · 4–8 in 2025–26

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Fan Score

326.5

positive per 1,000 comments

Maryland ranks 119th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Fan Score.

Comments analyzed

9,607

2025–26 season

Maryland ranks 60th of 138 ranked FBS teams for Comment volume.

Positive share

32.7%

of all fan comments

Maryland ranks 119th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Positive share.

Toxicity

50.3

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

Maryland sits in the 79th 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 Maryland fans raise more than the average fanbase.

Comment-section fingerprint

Stands out Team & Front Office: 100th percentile · College Sports: 97th percentile · Sports Betting: 84th percentilePercentile of ranked FBS teams per tag group; low-volume fanbases excluded from each cohort.

Sentiment

Positive32.7%3,137

Neutral8.6%824

Negative56.5%5,431

Mixed2.2%215

Signature subtags

What Maryland 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

4.4×

Mentioned Athletic Department at 4.4× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

2.2 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

4.2×

Mentioned Conference Realignment at 4.2× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

7.9 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

3.2×

Mentioned Transfer Portal at 3.2× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

12.1 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	−3%	83	89	196	No game
2025-08-30	+21%	296	179	557	W 39–7 vs Florida Atlantic; W 20–9 vs Northern Illinois
2025-09-06	−30%	106	221	387	No game
2025-09-13	−7%	219	255	540	W 44–17 vs Towson
2025-09-20	+51%	594	165	843	W 27–10 at Wisconsin
2025-09-27	+58%	157	31	219	No game
2025-10-04	−42%	162	424	623	L 20–24 vs Washington
2025-10-11	−34%	189	413	654	L 31–34 vs Nebraska
2025-10-18	−53%	124	469	653	L 17–20 at UCLA
2025-10-25	−21%	82	139	272	No game
2025-11-01	−59%	151	725	966	L 10–55 vs Indiana
2025-11-08	−66%	97	599	755	L 20–35 at Rutgers
2025-11-15	−55%	130	530	733	L 6–24 at Illinois
2025-11-22	−45%	131	410	616	L 20–45 vs Michigan
2025-11-29	−49%	157	542	782	L 28–38 vs Michigan State
2025-12-06	−4%	45	50	112	No game
2025-12-13	+4%	49	45	100	No game
2025-12-20	+36%	61	26	98	No game
2025-12-27	+21%	91	54	173	No game
2026-01-03	+38%	72	27	120	No game
2026-01-10	+17%	53	35	108	No game
2026-01-17	+85%	88	3	100	No game

Fan mood fell 100 points the week they lost by 4 to Washington.

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	42.3%	45.4%	196
2025-08-30	53.1%	32.1%	557
2025-09-06	27.4%	57.1%	387
2025-09-13	40.6%	47.2%	540
2025-09-20	70.5%	19.6%	843
2025-09-27	71.7%	14.2%	219
2025-10-04	26%	68.1%	623
2025-10-11	28.9%	63.1%	654
2025-10-18	19%	71.8%	653
2025-10-25	30.1%	51.1%	272
2025-11-01	15.6%	75.1%	966
2025-11-08	12.8%	79.3%	755
2025-11-15	17.7%	72.3%	733
2025-11-22	21.3%	66.6%	616
2025-11-29	20.1%	69.3%	782
2025-12-06	40.2%	44.6%	112
2025-12-13	49%	45%	100
2025-12-20	62.2%	26.5%	98
2025-12-27	52.6%	31.2%	173
2026-01-03	60%	22.5%	120
2026-01-10	49.1%	32.4%	108
2026-01-17	88%	3%	100

Season timeline

Won the game, lost the comments once this season; open a game below for that night’s story.

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.

Harm40.3 per 1,000 · 387

Group Hate 13Personal Attacks 367Sexual Content 13Harm Wish 4

Identity-Based Abuse10 per 1,000 · 96

Physical Appearance 29Disability 13Race 15Gender 27Age 9LGBTQIA+ 5

Explicit Language34.7 per 1,000 · 333

Explicit Words 278Explicit Acronym 57Explicit Emoji 4Violent Language 3

College Sports42.4 per 1,000 · 407

Band 9Recruiting 113Transfer Portal 116NIL 106Student Section 15Conference Realignment 76

Off-Field Storylines21.2 per 1,000 · 204

Broadcast & Media 78Injuries 38Officiating 81Politics & Activism 8Player Conduct 1

Sports Betting4.7 per 1,000 · 45

Gambling 39Parlay 3Moneyline 3

Team & Front Office250.8 per 1,000 · 2,409

Stadium Experience 69Crowd & Attendance 244Front Office 94Opponent Hostility 120Coaching 1,905Opponent Respect 31Athletic Department 21

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

The Swear Jar

78th percentile

333 explicit comments34.7 per 1,000

Explicit Words278
Explicit Acronym57
Explicit Emoji4
Violent Language3

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Explicit language shows up in 34.7 of every 1,000 comments on this page: 23rd of 100 nationally, the 78th percentile.

How toxic is the Maryland fanbase?

Over the 2025–26 season, Maryland’s comment section ran at 50.3 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, putting the fanbase in the 79th 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	40.8	No game
2025-08-30	34.1	W 39–7 vs Florida Atlantic; W 20–9 vs Northern Illinois
2025-09-06	59.4	No game
2025-09-13	46.3	W 44–17 vs Towson
2025-09-20	35.6	W 27–10 at Wisconsin
2025-09-27	4.6	No game
2025-10-04	32.1	L 20–24 vs Washington
2025-10-11	53.5	L 31–34 vs Nebraska
2025-10-18	88.8	L 17–20 at UCLA
2025-10-25	102.9	No game
2025-11-01	55.9	L 10–55 vs Indiana
2025-11-08	34.4	L 20–35 at Rutgers
2025-11-15	65.5	L 6–24 at Illinois
2025-11-22	50.3	L 20–45 vs Michigan
2025-11-29	60.1	L 28–38 vs Michigan State
2025-12-06	53.6	No game
2025-12-13	50	No game
2025-12-20	51	No game
2025-12-27	11.6	No game
2026-01-03	100	No game
2026-01-10	0	No game
2026-01-17	0	No game

Harm and identity-based abuse peaked at 102.9 per 1,000 comments (no game that week (week of Oct 25)) against a season average of 50.3 per 1,000.

Season subtag split

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

Harm

Personal Attacks367
Group Hate13
Sexual Content13
Harm Wish4

Identity-Based Abuse

Physical Appearance29
Gender27
Race15
Disability13
Age9
LGBTQIA+5

Tag applications, which may overlap.

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

From the comment section

“I remeber games when they had to add addional seats in the end zone because of demand.”

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

“KG is one in a million. He is a community legend and finds ways to help.”

positiveFacebook

“Typical Md. Game. Lose big to teams that are ranked and lose big to teams they should beat. I feel sorry for these players, apparently there is no leadership.”

negativeFacebook

“Time to Shock the college football world. Oh and all the negative Terps fans that post nothing but negative items.”

mixedFacebook