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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/CaptainScuttlebottom on 2025-10-22 14:44:26+00:00.
What is this?
You may remember last season’s “Flair Census”, when I scraped every r/CFB game thread throughout the entire season. The data let us determine which teams have the biggest fanbase on here, among other things.
This year, I decided to kick it up a notch and scrape not just the game threads, but every single submission and comment throughout the entire season. It’s possible that the “game threads only” criteria last year may have introduced some selection bias, so this new setup will allow us to get the whole picture. I first fired the scraper up on August 1st, and it’s collected 6,464 submissions and 2,200,126 comments from 90,270 individual users so far.
I’m planning to post the final results after bowl season wraps up. But since we’re just over halfway there at this point, I thought it would be fun to share the current standings and maybe get some additional ideas for analysis from y’all. Also, this way, if you don’t like how low your team’s “Swear Words per 100” or “% of Comments Complaining About the Refs” score is, you still have time to step it up before the final bell.
Here’s a little graph showing the total number of comments scraped each day, separated out by whether they were in a game thread or not.
Analysis: Fanbases / Primary Flairs
Flair Census
First, we’ll take a look at the overall size of each school’s fanbase on the sub. I’m doing this based on primary flair – for people who have changed their primary flair at some point this season, I’m using the one on your most recent r/CFB comment. There’s a lot of schools and only so much room in a Reddit post, so I’m going to limit this one to just the top 25 most popular teams for now:
| Rank | School | N Users | N Comments | N Comments per User | Avg Score | P Downvoted | Swears per 100 Words | P Ref Complaints | Top Poster |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 🤡 Unflaired | 29,130 | 229,606 | 7.88 | 7.92 | 8.16% | 0.56 | 2.11% | SanaMinatozaki9 (2,521 comments) |
| #2 | Ohio State | 3,902 | 136,998 | 35.11 | 10.00 | 6.47% | 0.65 | 1.83% | fm22fnam (2,389 comments) |
| #3 | Michigan | 3,238 | 104,354 | 32.23 | 9.57 | 8.00% | 0.66 | 1.81% | Upbeat-Armadillo1756 (3,366 comments) |
| #4 | Georgia | 2,405 | 96,287 | 40.04 | 8.75 | 5.63% | 0.84 | 2.49% | Competitive-Rise-789 (4,684 comments) |
| #5 | Texas | 2,187 | 61,632 | 28.18 | 10.35 | 6.61% | 0.69 | 1.64% | CzechHorns (2,320 comments) |
| #6 | Alabama | 2,096 | 70,672 | 33.72 | 11.00 | 6.90% | 0.69 | 1.97% | SirMellencamp (1,554 comments) |
| #7 | Penn State | 1,748 | 45,215 | 25.87 | 10.98 | 4.59% | 0.54 | 1.41% | dkviper11 (916 comments) |
| #8 | Oklahoma | 1,678 | 66,653 | 39.72 | 8.80 | 5.34% | 0.76 | 2.59% | Captain_Nipples (1,217 comments) |
| #9 | Tennessee | 1,651 | 53,399 | 32.34 | 10.35 | 4.78% | 0.79 | 2.31% | EWall100 (1,708 comments) |
| #10 | Notre Dame | 1,625 | 57,899 | 35.63 | 10.13 | 5.04% | 0.61 | 2.88% | Pardish_ (1,301 comments) |
| #11 | Nebraska | 1,616 | 46,338 | 28.67 | 9.53 | 5.33% | 0.71 | 1.36% | DowntownSasquatch420 (1,942 comments) |
| #12 | Oregon | 1,602 | 58,533 | 36.54 | 8.52 | 6.23% | 0.75 | 1.67% | Different-Mountain58 (1,292 comments) |
| #13 | Texas A&M | 1,560 | 60,716 | 38.92 | 11.99 | 3.49% | 0.70 | 2.34% | cfbluvr (2,441 comments) |
| #14 | Florida | 1,534 | 42,985 | 28.02 | 12.02 | 5.09% | 0.75 | 1.70% | AubreyGrahamCracka (1,177 comments) |
| #15 | Florida State | 1,481 | 53,238 | 35.95 | 10.18 | 4.80% | 0.68 | 1.70% | texas2089 (2,217 comments) |
| #16 | LSU | 1,176 | 30,980 | 26.34 | 10.69 | 5.85% | 0.81 | 2.04% | Geaux2020 (2,292 comments) |
| #17 | Auburn | 1,046 | 30,354 | 29.02 | 8.78 | 6.74% | 0.88 | 5.23% | warneagle (1,036 comments) |
| #18 | Michigan State | 963 | 25,882 | 26.88 | 7.19 | 4.71% | 0.81 | 1.23% | HereForTOMT3 (942 comments) |
| #19 | South Carolina | 937 | 33,194 | 35.43 | 8.45 | 5.26% | 0.81 | 2.00% | ben3345 (1,678 comments) |
| #20 | Georgia Tech | 927 | 30,265 | 32.65 | 12.57 | 2.75% | 0.65 | 2.47% | composer_7 (1,403 comments) |
| #21 | Clemson | 901 | 31,041 | 34.45 | 10.29 | 4.53% | 0.62 | 2.06% | moby323 (1,901 comments) |
| #22 | Washington | 877 | 22,801 | 26.00 | 10.33 | 5.32% | 0.64 | 1.89% | WatchOutIGotYou (916 comments) |
| #23 | Indiana | 862 | 35,173 | 40.80 | 10.03 | 4.40% | 0.61 | 1.57% | mr_longfellow_deeds (3,004 comments) |
| #24 | USC | 850 | 29,077 | 34.21 | 8.01 | 6.89% | 0.66 | 2.12% | brokentr0jan (1,608 comments) |
| #25 | Iowa | 843 | 25,128 | 29.81 | 8.77 | 5.25% | 0.79 | 1.70% | Schmidtty29 (857 comments) |
Once we ignore the Unflaired and throw them into the dumpster where they belong, Ohio State and Michigan are still at the top of the heap when it comes to the size of their fanbase, just like last year. A little over 10% of all flaired users in the sub this season are from these two schools alone. Miami, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Texas Tech, and Missouri are the first five out, so y’all better make some sock puppet accounts or something and get those numbers up if you want to finish the season ranked.
Also, if your team isn’t on this top 25, just ask and I can give you the stats for any primary flair in the dataset.
Conference and State Breakdowns
This next table shows the data in terms of conferences.
| Rank | Conference | N Users | N Comments | N Teams | N Comments per User | Avg Score | P Downvoted | Swears per 100 Words | P Ref Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Big Ten | 20,128 | 620,210 | 18 | 30.81 | 9.75 | 5.87% | 0.66 | 1.69% |
| #2 | SEC | 19,013 | 633,785 | 16 | 33.33 | 10.02 | 5.47% | 0.76 | 2.29% |
| #3 | ACC | 8,021 | 254,261 | 17 | 31.70 | 9.86 | 4.17% | 0.66 | 1.93% |
| #4 | Big 12 | 7,263 | 267,114 | 16 | 36.78 | 8.85 | 4.18% | 0.73 | 2.00% |
| #5 | FBS Independents | 1,751 | 60,841 | 2 | 34.75 | 9.99 | 5.01% | 0.60 | 2.84% |
| #6 | American Athletic | 1,292 | 33,192 | 14 | 25.69 | 12.29 | 3.47% | 0.62 | 1.66% |
| #7 | Mountain West | 1,098 | 35,204 | 12 | 32.06 | 8.11 | 3.21% | 0.69 | 2.12% |
| #8 | Pac-12 | 790 | 27,128 | 2 | 34.34 | 8.05 | 3.60% | 0.90 | 1.61% |
| #9 | Sun Belt | 786 | 15,943 | 14 | 20.28 | 9.71 | 3.98% | 0.79 | 2.04% |
| #10 | Mid-American | 686 | 12,777 | 13 | 18.63 | 11.68 | 4.45% | 0.65 | 1.67% |
| #11 | Conference USA | 312 | 10,065 | 12 | 32.26 | 8.82 | 6.35% | 0.70 | 1.64% |
The Big 10 dominates here thanks to OSU and Michigan, but as you’d probably expect, the SEC is close behind. It’s a bit surprising that Notre Dame single-handedly pushes the Independents above all the G6 conferences though! If you’ve ever wondered why this sub is so fixated on the P4 conferences (beyond the obvious reasons), there’s your answer. Even the shattered remnants of the Pac-12, with just Oregon State and Washington State left, have more users on here than the entire Fun Belt.
I can also do the same based on what state each school is located in. Sadly I have yet to expand this to include FCS schools, so I apologize for that. I’m also going to just show you the top 10 here, for character limit reasons.
| Rank | State | N Users | N Comments | N Teams | N Comments per User | Avg Score | P Downvoted | Swears per 100 Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | TX | 5,775 | 201,182 | 13 | 34.84 | 10.38 | 4.61% | 0.72 |
| #2 | FL | 4,626 | 149,635 | 7 | 32.35 | 10.64 | 4.77% | 0.72 |
| #3 | OH | 4,613 | 153,447 | 8 | 33.26 | 10.04 | 6.29% | 0.66 |
| #4 | MI | 4,353 | 132,917 | 5 | 30.53 | 9.09 | 7.28% | 0.68 |
| #5 | GA | 3,491 | 130,005 | 5 | 37.24 | 9.65 | 4.90% | 0.80 |
| #6 | AL | 3,321 | 107,922 | 6 | 32.50 | 10.36 | 6.80% | 0.74 |
| #7 | IN | 2,958 | 102,173 | 4 | 34.54 | 10.65 | 4.72% | 0.61 |
| #8 | OK | 2,221 | 82,757 | 3 | 37.26 | 9.08 | 5.03% | 0.73 |
| #9 | PA | 2,200 | 55,073 | 3 | 25.03 | 10.80 | 4.93% | 0.55 |
| #10 | CA | 2,140 | 67,385 | 7 | 31.49 | 9.59 | 4.96% | 0.62 |
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the number of r/CFB users. They’re kind of cheating by having like twice as many teams as everyone else, but congrats to them anyway!
Fanbase Metrics
Next, we’ll dig into these fanbase metrics a little more to see which team’s fans comment the most, get downvoted the most, swear the most, and more. For all of these, I’m excluding teams with fewer than 100 unique users. This kind of sucks for the smaller schools, but if you don’t set a cutoff like that, the small denominators can throw things off. Again though, I can pull these stats for any school, so please let me know if you’d like that info for your team.
I would love to hear additional ideas for metrics to include here, so pl…
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