Hawai’i

2-6

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Hawai'i beat Northern Illinois 56-21 on Saturday, Oct 24; at 2-6, it plays at UTEP on Saturday, Nov 7.

Fan mood in each Hawai’i 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.

sourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readvs New Mexico State W 29-19on the bright sideat Wyoming L 10-27not enough talk to readvs San José State L 16-20not enough talk to readat Arizona State L 12-30not enough talk to readvs New Mexico L 10-21not enough talk to readat Northern Illinois W 56-21not enough talk to readsourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12vs New Mexico StateW 29-19on the bright sideSep 26at WyomingL 10-27not enough talk to readOct 3vs San José StateL 16-20not enough talk to readOct 10at Arizona StateL 12-30not enough talk to readOct 17vs New MexicoL 10-21not enough talk to readOct 24at Northern IllinoisW 56-21not enough talk to read

Hawai’i is 1-4 in the Mountain West.

  • L 27-37 at Stanford
  • L 6-21 vs UNLV
  • W 29-19 vs New Mexico State
  • L 10-27 at Wyoming
  • L 16-20 vs San José State
  • L 12-30 at Arizona State
  • L 10-21 vs New Mexico
  • W 56-21 at Northern Illinois
  • Next: at UTEP, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

The last two weeks

Hawai'i won 56-21 at Northern Illinois.

The whole Northern Illinois game

Then and now

Hawai'i scored 56 against Northern Illinois, its most points in a game since 2018.

Before UTEP

Timmy Chang and Scotty Walden meet as head coaches for the first time.

Hawai'i needs four wins in its last four games to reach six.

The playoff simulation gives Hawai'i a 65% chance at UTEP on Saturday, Nov 7.

Timmy Chang's seat is the 8th-hottest of 132 in the hot-seat model.

In the playoff simulation, the UTEP game has a bowl on it for Hawai'i.

UTEP game on Now

What the UTEP game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Hawai'i 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 SportsHawaii

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

Fan chatter this season

Firestorm

The loudest night was the 6-21 loss to UNLV.

FirstSecondThirdFourthUNLV fansHawai'i fansusual

A usual night for Hawai'i fans is busy.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 9 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
MMountain West Connection
CCampus paper
SSportsHawaii
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.34
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.26
Casuals
Coolest cohort

Believers keep circling back to recent results; skeptics keep coming back to fan energy.

From the team’s own coverage

All 9 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
Casuals+0.26 to Local+0.34

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
28%
recent results
24%
where the program is headed
10%
offense
9%
the coaching staff
9%

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

scheme identityOne fan's take

One fan believes the team throws too many short passes

It seems like we can put together a string of short passes but there are like 3 passes completed and it's third down so less than 3.3 yards per pass.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2026 · via University of Hawaii Football

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.

Timmy Chang
×494.2 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Timmy Chang×494.2
Micah Alejado×686.5
Dennis Thurman×108.7
Cam Barfield×263.6
Norm Chow×889.6

“University of Hawaii Football • Re: **** Official HC Timmy Chang thread **** I often wonder how FCS schools with less scholarships and NIL can land taller athletes (WR, RB, QB, OL) than Hawaii”

board/University of Hawaii Football · fan post
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Believers
Optimism
86th
Joy
34th
Anger
2nd
Doom
10th
Sarcasm
13th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026mililani
mililaniscorekahukuchanghighday
High School Sports • Re: 2026 Football season Campbell and Kapolei prove mililani rush defense needs major improvement.
2025script
scriptscript scriptmillionrulesstudentnil
University of Hawaii Football • Re: NIL $$$ script script
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