Baylor

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Baylor beat UCF 41-9 and is 5-3.

Fan mood in the week of the UCF game: on the bright side, brighter than usual for them

Fan mood in each Baylor game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs Prairie View A&M W 44-3not enough talk to readvs Louisiana Tech W 36-19sourvs Colorado W 23-13middle of the packat Arizona State W 55-19all invs TCU L 6-17middle of the packat Kansas L 24-25middle of the packat UCF W 41-9on the bright sidesourerbrighterSep 12vs Prairie View A&MW 44-3not enough talk to readSep 19vs Louisiana TechW 36-19sourSep 26vs ColoradoW 23-13middle of the packOct 3at Arizona StateW 55-19all inOct 17vs TCUL 6-17middle of the packOct 24at KansasL 24-25middle of the packOct 30at UCFW 41-9on the bright side
  • L 16-17 vs Auburn
  • W 44-3 vs Prairie View A&M
  • W 36-19 vs Louisiana Tech
  • W 23-13 vs Colorado
  • W 55-19 at Arizona State
  • L 6-17 vs TCU
  • L 24-25 at Kansas
  • W 41-9 at UCF
  • Next: vs Iowa State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 1, 11 and 1.

Then and now

Baylor matched last season's five wins in eight games, its fastest since 2019.

Before Iowa State

The playoff simulation gives Baylor a 78% chance at home against Iowa State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Iowa State game has a bowl on it for Baylor.

Iowa State game on Now

What the Iowa State game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Baylor fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the message boards say

Message boards

Via Sic'em 365

What the reporters say

What reporters say

6 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead Baylor Football for the last seven years — it’s been a tremendous honor
Dave Aranda · On3the day before Baylor's 2026 game against UCF
To our coaches, football staff and families, thank you for making the countless sacrifices that come with the job
Aranda · On3the day before the UCF game
If Baylor wants to get back to winning and have a university that isn’t just respectable on the football field, but the fans can be proud of, they need people who know what it looks like to win at Baylor
Griffin III · On32 days after the 24-25 game

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Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 24-25 loss to Kansas.

FirstSecondThirdFourthKansas fansBaylor fansusual

A usual night for Baylor fans is steady.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 7 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
CCampus paper
SSic'em 365
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.16Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.00 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

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Locked On

Warning: Iowa State the Most Dangerous Big 12 Team - Aiden Flora Can Ruin Baylor's Season?

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How Baylor fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Honestly this game could have been a lot closer if ASU did better at blocking, tackling, throwing, & catching. Baylor got lucky.

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
Die-hards+0.15 to National take+0.16

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
27%
recent results
17%
where the program is headed
14%
the coaching staff
13%
offense
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

injury availabilityOne fan's take

One fan thinks his injuries have held back his full potential

As long as he isnt the 4th coming of Charlie Brewer it will be a bright future. Still buying the Lagway stock considering the 333 yards he got while injured.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 19, 2026 · via CFB

injury availabilityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Hosea Wheeler’s return strengthens Baylor’s defensive line

With Hosea Wheeler ready to play, there’s something concrete to get excited about on defense heading into the season for the Bears.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 11, 2026 · via Baylor University Football

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Baylor fans 39% of posts bring up another team▲1pp saltier#49 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Auburn
Who Baylor fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Auburn11%
  2. Texas10%
  3. TCU5%
  4. Oklahoma3%
  5. UCF3%
share of Baylor’s football posts that mention each team
Baylor lives rent-free in
  1. Auburn9%
  2. Kansas5%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Baylor

How Baylor fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Dave Aranda
×335.4 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Dave Aranda×335.4
Joe Klanderman×793.7
Hosea Wheeler×671.6
Phil Bennett×51.3
McLane×207.2
Jayden McGowan×284.9
Redding×440.3

“Best Win For Head Coach Dave Aranda Since 2021?”

board · fan post
Fans on Dave Aranda
  1. Dave Aranda was fired on October 25 and signaled the start of the Joe Klanderman (interim) era
  2. Dave Aranda answers the door and finds two men, one carrying green bean casserole and the other
  3. Lmao no, that would be Dave Aranda like 6 seasons ago
  4. Dave Aranda things. If you rewatch that game, our game management and failed opportunities lost
  5. Dave Aranda is a football terrorist
  6. Dave Aranda! Jk he’ll probably get a P4 or NFL DC job.
  7. Playing from behind is the Dave Aranda experience
  8. Wait until he announces Dave Aranda as FSU’s next Head Coach
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Baylor — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
63rd
Joy
41st
Anger
15th
Doom
7th
Sarcasm
63rd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026auburn
auburnfalllagwaypositioncoloradotcu
Don't worry about auburn's defense when the Baylor offense stops itself
2025defense
defensetouchdownkickervisitofficial visitsawyer
Might have the worst defense of all time
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