Toledo

Rockets · 8–5 in 2025–26

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Fan Score

655.2

positive per 1,000 comments

Toledo ranks 48th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Fan Score.

Comments analyzed

4,072

2025–26 season

Toledo ranks 97th of 138 ranked FBS teams for Comment volume.

Positive share

65.5%

of all fan comments

Toledo ranks 48th of 120 ranked FBS teams for Positive share.

Toxicity

23.1

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

Toledo sits in the 38th 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 Toledo fans raise more than the average fanbase.

Comment-section fingerprint

Stands out Off-Field Storylines: 10th percentile · Team & Front Office: 86th percentile · Explicit Language: 29th percentileLow volume (not ranked), omitted from the shape: Identity-Based Abuse, Sports Betting.Percentile of ranked FBS teams per tag group; low-volume fanbases excluded from each cohort.

Sentiment

Positive65.5%2,668

Neutral7.2%295

Negative25.9%1,056

Mixed1.3%53

Signature subtags

What Toledo 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

1.9×

Mentioned Crowd & Attendance at 1.9× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

18.2 per 1,000 comments

Team & Front Office

1.7×

Mentioned Coaching at 1.7× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

150.8 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

1.6×

Mentioned Transfer Portal at 1.6× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

6.1 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	+69%	113	14	143	No game
2025-08-30	−8%	80	96	195	L 16–24 at Kentucky
2025-09-06	+85%	102	4	115	W 45–21 vs WKU
2025-09-13	+91%	86	2	92	W 60–0 vs Morgan St
2025-09-20	−44%	39	104	148	L 13–14 at Western Michigan
2025-09-27	+32%	55	26	91	W 45–3 vs Akron
2025-10-04	+30%	53	27	88	No game
2025-10-11	−59%	51	214	276	L 23–28 at Bowling Green
2025-10-18	−8%	60	72	145	W 45–10 vs Kent State
2025-10-25	−37%	45	105	162	L 7–28 at Washington State
2025-11-01	+25%	46	26	81	W 42–3 vs Northern Illinois
2025-11-08	+39%	140	56	215	W 24–3 at Miami (Ohio)
2025-11-15	+10%	57	46	110	No game
2025-11-22	+72%	151	21	181	W 38–9 vs Ball State
2025-11-29	+55%	252	62	345	W 21–3 at Central Michigan
2025-12-06	+56%	430	98	591	No game
2025-12-13	+84%	236	13	267	No game
2025-12-20	+77%	266	23	314	L 22–27 vs Louisville
2025-12-27	+71%	17	2	21	No game
2026-01-03	+71%	116	15	143	No game
2026-01-10	+59%	89	15	126	No game
2026-01-17	+76%	184	15	223	No game

Fan mood fell 135 points the week they lost by 1 at Western Michigan.

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	79%	9.8%	143
2025-08-30	41%	49.2%	195
2025-09-06	88.7%	3.5%	115
2025-09-13	93.5%	2.2%	92
2025-09-20	26.4%	70.3%	148
2025-09-27	60.4%	28.6%	91
2025-10-04	60.2%	30.7%	88
2025-10-11	18.5%	77.5%	276
2025-10-18	41.4%	49.7%	145
2025-10-25	27.8%	64.8%	162
2025-11-01	56.8%	32.1%	81
2025-11-08	65.1%	26%	215
2025-11-15	51.8%	41.8%	110
2025-11-22	83.4%	11.6%	181
2025-11-29	73%	18%	345
2025-12-06	72.8%	16.6%	591
2025-12-13	88.4%	4.9%	267
2025-12-20	84.7%	7.3%	314
2025-12-27	81%	9.5%	21
2026-01-03	81.1%	10.5%	143
2026-01-10	70.6%	11.9%	126
2026-01-17	82.5%	6.7%	223

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.

Harm19.2 per 1,000 · 78

Personal Attacks 77Harm Wish 3

Identity-Based Abuse3.9 per 1,000 · 16

Physical Appearance 4Disability 5Gender 5Age 2

Explicit Language11.3 per 1,000 · 46

Explicit Words 41Explicit Acronym 5

College Sports17.2 per 1,000 · 70

Transfer Portal 25NIL 5Student Section 2Recruiting 27Band 6Conference Realignment 5

Off-Field Storylines14.5 per 1,000 · 59

Injuries 11Broadcast & Media 33Officiating 15

Sports Betting2 per 1,000 · 8

Gambling 8

Team & Front Office181 per 1,000 · 737

Coaching 614Crowd & Attendance 74Opponent Hostility 35Stadium Experience 21Athletic Department 2Front Office 10Opponent Respect 1

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

The Swear Jar

29th percentile

46 explicit comments11.3 per 1,000

Explicit Words41
Explicit Acronym5

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Explicit language shows up in 11.3 of every 1,000 comments on this page: 72nd of 100 nationally, the 29th percentile.

How toxic is the Toledo fanbase?

Over the 2025–26 season, Toledo’s comment section ran at 23.1 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, putting the fanbase in the 38th 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	14	No game
2025-08-30	61.5	L 16–24 at Kentucky
2025-09-06	0	W 45–21 vs WKU
2025-09-13	0	W 60–0 vs Morgan St
2025-09-20	60.8	L 13–14 at Western Michigan
2025-09-27	33	W 45–3 vs Akron
2025-10-04	0	No game
2025-10-11	50.7	L 23–28 at Bowling Green
2025-10-18	55.2	W 45–10 vs Kent State
2025-10-25	80.2	L 7–28 at Washington State
2025-11-01	37	W 42–3 vs Northern Illinois
2025-11-08	32.6	W 24–3 at Miami (Ohio)
2025-11-15	36.4	No game
2025-11-22	5.5	W 38–9 vs Ball State
2025-11-29	17.4	W 21–3 at Central Michigan
2025-12-06	15.2	No game
2025-12-13	3.7	No game
2025-12-20	0	L 22–27 vs Louisville
2025-12-27	0	No game
2026-01-03	0	No game
2026-01-10	7.9	No game
2026-01-17	4.5	No game

Harm and identity-based abuse peaked at 80.2 per 1,000 comments (L 7–28 at Washington State) against a season average of 23.1 per 1,000.

Season subtag split

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

Harm

Personal Attacks77
Harm Wish3

Identity-Based Abuse

Disability5
Gender5
Physical Appearance4
Age2

Tag applications, which may overlap.

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

From the comment section

“🏈🚀 #GoRockets Lets go get it!”

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“While I absolutely LOVED the rivalry back in the late 90's early 2000's, I couldn't even tell you what conference Marshall is in today nor did I know if they even played football anymore.”

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“They already did that three times this year”

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“Kehres as HC. Good luck to coach Candle on his next job.”

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