This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.
The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/CaptainScuttlebottom on 2026-01-28 15:05:31+00:00.
What is this?
All season long, I have been scraping every single comment posted on r/CFB. Yes, even yours! I started doing this a while ago to practice doing database stuff, and also to satisfy my curiosity on questions like “how many fans of each team are there on r/CFB?” or “What CFB fanbase says ‘fuck’ the most?”.
I ended up with 5,148,617 total comments from 15,874 posts, starting from 12PM midnight on 8/1/2025 and ending at midnight on 1/21/2026. It includes every link and discussion, every game thread and post game thread, and the many many posts that are basically just some guy’s tweet. If you’re curious, I scraped the data using the Python Reddit API wrapper PRAW, I stored the data in a Postgres database, and I did most of the actual data analysis with R.
Then, I had a really original and fun idea to kind of “wrap up” all the activity that this data documents, which leads me to this post! You’ll want to pay really close attention and focus on it completely as you read, because it’s really neat, so I’ve decided to call it “The r/CFB Rapt.” So with no further preamble, here is the 2025-26 r/CFB Rapt! I hope you have fun reading, and if you have any questions you want answered with the data, just let me know!
A Year in Review
Top [Game Thread]s of 2025-26
Biggest Game Threads:
To begin with, here are the top 10 biggest [Game Thread]s of the season, ranked by the total number of comments. I generated a little timeline report for each, which you can see by clicking the link under “Title.” Note that I combined all the “(2nd half)”, “4q”, “OT”, etc. threads referring to the same actual game together, summing the number of comments.
| Title | Date | N Comments Total | N Distinct Users | N Comments per User |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Game Thread] Indiana vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET) | 01/19/2026 | 65,556 | 12,391 | 5.23 |
| [Game Thread] Indiana vs. Oregon (7:30 PM ET) | 01/09/2026 | 55,341 | 11,201 | 4.89 |
| [Game Thread] Georgia vs. Ole Miss (8:00 PM ET) | 01/01/2026 | 52,001 | 9,043 | 5.69 |
| [Game Thread] Indiana vs. Alabama (4:00 PM ET) | 01/01/2026 | 48,715 | 9,265 | 5.20 |
| [Game Thread] Texas @ Ohio State (12:00 PM ET) | 08/30/2025 | 47,166 | 8,301 | 5.64 |
| [Game Thread] Ole Miss vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET) | 01/08/2026 | 46,533 | 7,956 | 5.81 |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State vs. Indiana (8:00 PM ET) | 12/06/2025 | 46,401 | 7,724 | 5.93 |
| [Game Thread] Alabama @ Oklahoma (8:00 PM ET) | 12/19/2025 | 46,023 | 7,714 | 5.88 |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State @ Michigan (12:00 PM ET) | 11/29/2025 | 45,280 | 6,916 | 6.45 |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State vs. Miami (7:30 PM ET) | 12/31/2025 | 44,719 | 7,720 | 5.75 |
No surprise to see the championship game at the top – it’s the only one that required three separate game threads due to the sheer number of comments. Also worth noting that Indiana appears in in 3 out of the top 5! They must have had a pretty good season I guess?
Most Foul-Mouthed Game Threads:
We can also sort this list in a few other fun ways – for example, here are the top 10 game threads of the year, ranked by how often people were swearing in them. My swear detection is pretty comprehensive, and also includes acronyms like “wtf” or “lmao”, plus irregular spellings like “fuuuuuuuuck” or “dayum!”
Note: In order to avoid the issue of small denominators throwing things off, I only looked at game threads with a minimum of at least 7,500 total comments for these.
| Title | Date | N Comments Total | N Distinct Users | N Comments per User | Swears per 100 Words | P Downvoted | P Ref Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Game Thread] Georgia vs. Ole Miss (8:00 PM ET) | 01/01/2026 | 52,001 | 9,043 | 5.69 | 1.75 | 4.50% | 8.70% |
| [Game Thread] Louisville @ Miami (7:00 PM ET) | 10/17/2025 | 16,621 | 3,289 | 4.99 | 1.58 | 3.09% | 5.19% |
| [Game Thread] Texas A&M @ Notre Dame (7:30 PM ET) | 09/13/2025 | 15,885 | 2,719 | 5.79 | 1.55 | 4.20% | 2.10% |
| [Game Thread] Vanderbilt @ Texas (12:00 PM ET) | 11/01/2025 | 10,665 | 1,980 | 5.32 | 1.54 | 6.23% | 7.12% |
| [Game Thread] Florida State @ Virginia (7:00 PM ET) | 09/26/2025 | 23,591 | 3,965 | 5.92 | 1.52 | 4.08% | 2.58% |
| [Game Thread] Georgia @ Auburn (7:30 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 24,473 | 3,491 | 6.92 | 1.51 | 8.74% | 13.08% |
| [Game Thread] Alabama @ Georgia (7:30 PM ET) | 09/27/2025 | 16,448 | 2,740 | 5.97 | 1.49 | 4.87% | 2.17% |
| [Game Thread] USC @ Notre Dame (7:30 PM ET) | 10/18/2025 | 8,978 | 1,247 | 7.09 | 1.49 | 6.91% | 6.27% |
| [Game Thread] Alabama @ Auburn (7:30 PM ET) | 11/29/2025 | 23,715 | 3,905 | 6.02 | 1.48 | 5.64% | 7.06% |
| [Game Thread] Tennessee @ Alabama (7:30 PM ET) | 10/18/2025 | 11,306 | 1,659 | 6.77 | 1.46 | 7.65% | 3.17% |
Georgia and Ole Miss combined to create a game thread with over 50,000 comments where almost 2% of all words typed were a profanity of some kind. This list is pretty diverse in terms of the teams represented though, so I guess we all need to work on our language a little bit during the offseason.
Game Threads With the Most Ref Complaints:
I also flagged each commment for text indicating a remark about the refs – “refs”, “flag”, “jobbed”, “the fix”, etc. – and sorted this list to see which thread had the most to say about the officials:
| Title | Date | N Comments Total | N Distinct Users | N Comments per User | Swears per 100 Words | P Downvoted | P Ref Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Game Thread] Georgia @ Auburn (7:30 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 24,473 | 3,491 | 6.92 | 1.51 | 8.74% | 13.08% |
| [Game Thread] Georgia vs. Ole Miss (8:00 PM ET) | 01/01/2026 | 52,001 | 9,043 | 5.69 | 1.75 | 4.50% | 8.70% |
| [Game Thread] Auburn @ Oklahoma (3:30 PM ET) | 09/20/2025 | 16,048 | 2,231 | 7.11 | 1.43 | 8.32% | 8.50% |
| [Game Thread] Vanderbilt @ Texas (12:00 PM ET) | 11/01/2025 | 10,665 | 1,980 | 5.32 | 1.54 | 6.23% | 7.12% |
| [Game Thread] Alabama @ Auburn (7:30 PM ET) | 11/29/2025 | 23,715 | 3,905 | 6.02 | 1.48 | 5.64% | 7.06% |
| [Game Thread] Texas vs. Michigan (3:00 PM ET) | 12/31/2025 | 19,916 | 3,156 | 6.24 | 1.12 | 7.89% | 6.98% |
| [Game Thread] Florida vs. Georgia (3:30 PM ET) | 11/01/2025 | 14,020 | 2,399 | 5.73 | 1.32 | 11.31% | 6.81% |
| [Game Thread] USC @ Notre Dame (7:30 PM ET) | 10/18/2025 | 8,978 | 1,247 | 7.09 | 1.49 | 6.91% | 6.27% |
| [Game Thread] California @ Virginia Tech (7:30 PM ET) | 10/24/2025 | 8,036 | 1,032 | 7.76 | 1.25 | 2.30% | 6.22% |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State @ Washington (3:30 PM ET) | 09/27/2025 | 11,925 | 1,856 | 6.36 | 1.29 | 8.39% | 6.14% |
Georgia @ Auburn is a huge outlier in this data – my code flagged over 13% of all comments for complaining about the refs, which is way higher than second place and good for a rating of “Oh Shit!” on the official scale I use. Here’s a report on this thread’s activity if you’re curious – according to this data, it looks like the refs blew it right around halftime.
Most Controversial Game Threads:
Finally, I thought measuring the % of comments that got downvoted (i.e. a score of 0 or lower) would be a good way of finding the most controversial / toxic game threads of the season:
| Title | Date | N Comments Total | N Distinct Users | N Comments per User | Swears per 100 Words | P Downvoted | P Ref Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Game Thread] Florida vs. Georgia (3:30 PM ET) | 11/01/2025 | 14,020 | 2,399 | 5.73 | 1.32 | 11.31% | 6.81% |
| [Game Thread] CFP Rankings - Final | 12/07/2025 | 13,484 | 3,590 | 3.73 | 0.77 | 9.85% | 0.33% |
| [Game Thread] Alabama @ Missouri (12:00 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 12,492 | 2,283 | 5.37 | 1.15 | 9.66% | 3.09% |
| [Game Thread] Michigan @ USC (7:30 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 8,887 | 1,221 | 7.20 | 1.17 | 9.46% | 2.86% |
| [Game Thread] Tulane @ Ole Miss (3:30 PM ET) | 12/20/2025 | 13,079 | 2,854 | 4.49 | 0.67 | 9.08% | 0.54% |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State @ Illinois (12:00 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 12,268 | 1,560 | 7.84 | 0.95 | 8.76% | 4.54% |
| [Game Thread] Georgia @ Auburn (7:30 PM ET) | 10/11/2025 | 24,473 | 3,491 | 6.92 | 1.51 | 8.74% | 13.08% |
| [Game Thread] Penn State @ Ohio State (12:00 PM ET) | 11/01/2025 | 11,217 | 1,772 | 6.30 | 0.88 | 8.73% | 1.94% |
| [Game Thread] Ohio State @ Michigan (12:00 PM ET) | 11/29/2025 | 45,280 | 6,916 | 6.45 | 1.19 | 8.68% | 5.36% |
| [Game Thread] James Madison @ Oregon (7:30 PM ET) | 12/20/2025 | 17,859 | 3,491 | 5.05 | 0.75 | 8.53% | 1.21% |
Top non-[Game Thread]s this year
I also wanted to see what the biggest news items / discussion posts of the season were, so I repeated the same analysis as above, this time excluding the [Game Thread]s instead of focusing in on them. I also lowered our comment threshold to 1,000 minimum (since game threads tend to have way more comments than these normal ones), and I exclu…
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