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Fan Confidence Index

The aggregate mood of college football fandom. How bullish or bearish are fans across FBS, right now?

National fan confidence
Mixed
41/100 avg FBS percentile · 5 programs tracked
↓ -12.5 pts vs prior week
Coverage
5
FBS programs with sufficient data (≥20 mentions, most recent week)
By conference
Conference Avg confidence Score Label Coverage
American Athletic
85Very bullish1 teams
Mountain West
77Very bullish1 teams
Mid-American
52Cautious2 teams
FBS Independents
12Pessimistic1 teams
The contrarian · this week

The market expects more from Sacramento State than their fans do right now

Vegas has them at 4.5 expected wins — 100th percentile among FBS programs. Their fans sit at just the 11th percentile in national fan confidence. That 89-point gap between market and fanbase is the biggest in the dataset right now.
4.5 Vegas win total
11th Fan confidence pct.
+89 Market–fan gap
Sacramento State full profile →
Fan confidence = FBS belief percentile from r/cfb + team fan forums, most-recent week with ≥20 mentions per program. National score = weighted average by mention volume. Conference averages weighted equally (one vote per tracked team). Full methodology →