Nebraska

Cornhuskers · 7–6 in 2025–26

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Fan Score

466

positive per 1,000 comments

Nebraska ranks 105th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Fan Score.

Comments analyzed

47,727

2025–26 season

Nebraska ranks 16th of 138 ranked FBS teams for Comment volume.

Positive share

46.6%

of all fan comments

Nebraska ranks 105th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Positive share.

Toxicity

57.8

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

Nebraska sits in the 88th 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 Nebraska fans raise more than the average fanbase.

Comment-section fingerprint

Stands out Explicit Language: 90th percentile · Identity-Based Abuse: 89th percentile · Harm: 85th percentilePercentile of ranked FBS teams per tag group; low-volume fanbases excluded from each cohort.

Sentiment

Positive46.6%22,241

Neutral8.9%4,252

Negative42.5%20,301

Mixed2%933

Signature subtags

What Nebraska 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.

College Sports

2.7×

Mentioned Band at 2.7× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

3.5 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

1.8×

Mentioned Transfer Portal at 1.8× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

6.9 per 1,000 comments

Explicit Language

1.6×

Mentioned Explicit Words at 1.6× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

35.8 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	+16%	2,049	1,416	3,984	W 20–17 vs Cincinnati
2025-08-30	+41%	590	215	921	No game
2025-09-06	+26%	1,703	913	3,040	W 68–0 vs Akron
2025-09-13	+37%	1,383	569	2,221	W 59–7 vs Hou Christian
2025-09-20	−22%	1,055	1,744	3,098	L 27–30 vs Michigan
2025-09-27	+56%	261	62	353	No game
2025-10-04	+21%	1,265	787	2,280	W 38–27 vs Michigan State
2025-10-11	+40%	2,516	967	3,896	W 34–31 at Maryland; L 6–24 at Minnesota
2025-10-18	−52%	693	2,552	3,577	No game
2025-10-25	+10%	1,441	1,151	2,906	W 28–21 vs Northwestern
2025-11-01	−26%	1,006	1,852	3,216	L 17–21 vs USC
2025-11-08	+41%	2,512	948	3,846	W 28–21 at UCLA
2025-11-15	+47%	364	103	551	No game
2025-11-22	−33%	1,389	3,010	4,856	L 10–37 at Penn State; L 16–40 vs Iowa
2025-11-29	+26%	919	509	1,549	No game
2025-12-06	−5%	323	363	778	No game
2025-12-13	+11%	182	139	375	No game
2025-12-20	+56%	232	58	311	No game
2025-12-27	−29%	1,266	2,473	4,196	L 22–44 vs Utah
2026-01-03	+23%	305	175	566	No game
2026-01-10	+39%	474	181	747	No game
2026-01-17	+43%	313	114	460	No game

Fan mood fell 92 points the week of Oct 18.

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	51.4%	35.5%	3,984
2025-08-30	64.1%	23.3%	921
2025-09-06	56%	30%	3,040
2025-09-13	62.3%	25.6%	2,221
2025-09-20	34.1%	56.3%	3,098
2025-09-27	73.9%	17.6%	353
2025-10-04	55.5%	34.5%	2,280
2025-10-11	64.6%	24.8%	3,896
2025-10-18	19.4%	71.3%	3,577
2025-10-25	49.6%	39.6%	2,906
2025-11-01	31.3%	57.6%	3,216
2025-11-08	65.3%	24.6%	3,846
2025-11-15	66.1%	18.7%	551
2025-11-22	28.6%	62%	4,856
2025-11-29	59.3%	32.9%	1,549
2025-12-06	41.5%	46.7%	778
2025-12-13	48.5%	37.1%	375
2025-12-20	74.6%	18.6%	311
2025-12-27	30.2%	58.9%	4,196
2026-01-03	53.9%	30.9%	566
2026-01-10	63.5%	24.2%	747
2026-01-17	68%	24.8%	460

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.

Harm46.7 per 1,000 · 2,230

Group Hate 85Harm Wish 20Personal Attacks 2,099Sexual Content 76Violent Threat 8

Identity-Based Abuse11.1 per 1,000 · 530

Disability 103Age 74Gender 133LGBTQIA+ 34Physical Appearance 160Race 29Religion 11

Explicit Language41.5 per 1,000 · 1,983

Explicit Acronym 288Explicit Emoji 20Explicit Words 1,711Violent Language 20

College Sports20.2 per 1,000 · 966

Band 166Conference Realignment 68NIL 172Recruiting 269Student Section 7Transfer Portal 330

Off-Field Storylines26.7 per 1,000 · 1,273

Broadcast & Media 475Injuries 251Officiating 542Player Conduct 6Politics & Activism 17

Sports Betting3.7 per 1,000 · 177

Gambling 153Moneyline 10Parlay 1Prop Bet 13

Team & Front Office135 per 1,000 · 6,445

Coaching 4,759Crowd & Attendance 522Front Office 112Opponent Hostility 705Opponent Respect 194Athletic Department 10Stadium Experience 229

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

The Swear Jar

90th percentile

1,983 explicit comments41.5 per 1,000

Explicit Words1,711
Explicit Acronym288
Explicit Emoji20
Violent Language20

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Explicit language shows up in 41.5 of every 1,000 comments on this page: 11th of 100 nationally, the 90th percentile.

How toxic is the Nebraska fanbase?

Over the 2025–26 season, Nebraska’s comment section ran at 57.8 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, putting the fanbase in the 88th 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	59.2	W 20–17 vs Cincinnati
2025-08-30	81.4	No game
2025-09-06	68.4	W 68–0 vs Akron
2025-09-13	55.4	W 59–7 vs Hou Christian
2025-09-20	51	L 27–30 vs Michigan
2025-09-27	56.7	No game
2025-10-04	42.1	W 38–27 vs Michigan State
2025-10-11	43.9	W 34–31 at Maryland; L 6–24 at Minnesota
2025-10-18	71.3	No game
2025-10-25	54.4	W 28–21 vs Northwestern
2025-11-01	81.2	L 17–21 vs USC
2025-11-08	53.3	W 28–21 at UCLA
2025-11-15	21.8	No game
2025-11-22	46.1	L 10–37 at Penn State; L 16–40 vs Iowa
2025-11-29	36.8	No game
2025-12-06	91.3	No game
2025-12-13	109.3	No game
2025-12-20	25.7	No game
2025-12-27	65.5	L 22–44 vs Utah
2026-01-03	47.7	No game
2026-01-10	64.3	No game
2026-01-17	67.4	No game

Harm and identity-based abuse peaked at 109.3 per 1,000 comments (no game that week (week of Dec 13)) against a season average of 57.8 per 1,000.

Season subtag split

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

Harm

Personal Attacks2,099
Group Hate85
Sexual Content76
Harm Wish20
Violent Threat8

Identity-Based Abuse

Physical Appearance160
Gender133
Disability103
Age74
LGBTQIA+34
Race29
Religion11

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 love the T-Shirt that Coach Rhule is wearing....GO BIG RED!!!”

positiveFacebook

“Good luck gentlemen. GO BIG RED”

positiveFacebook

“Why do I only hear the Trojan anthem over and over? Im not hearing our band on TV.”

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook

“We’re gonna lose. But it’ll be fun to watch either way”

mixedFacebook