James Madison

7-2

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

James Madison led Troy by 14 and lost 21-24 as a 17.5-point favorite.

Fan mood in the week of the Troy game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each James Madison 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 Wagner W 87-3not enough talk to readat San Diego State W 26-13on the bright sideat Old Dominion W 46-20middle of the packvs Marshall W 45-17middle of the packat Georgia Southern W 27-24middle of the packvs Georgia State W 49-22not enough talk to readat App State L 31-34on the bright sidevs Troy L 21-24middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs WagnerW 87-3not enough talk to readSep 19at San Diego StateW 26-13on the bright sideSep 26at Old DominionW 46-20middle of the packOct 3vs MarshallW 45-17middle of the packOct 10at Georgia SouthernW 27-24middle of the packOct 17vs Georgia StateW 49-22not enough talk to readOct 22at App StateL 31-34on the bright sideOct 29vs TroyL 21-24middle of the pack
  • W 20-13 vs Liberty
  • W 87-3 vs Wagner
  • W 26-13 at San Diego State
  • W 46-20 at Old Dominion
  • W 45-17 vs Marshall
  • W 27-24 at Georgia Southern
  • W 49-22 vs Georgia State
  • L 31-34 at App State
  • L 21-24 vs Troy
  • Next: at Southern Miss, Thursday, Nov 5

Scores ours first. The two losses came by 3 and 3.

Since the last game

James Madison lost 21-24 vs Troy, after leading 21-7 at half.

The whole Troy game

Before Southern Miss

The playoff simulation gives James Madison a 54% chance at Southern Miss on Thursday, Nov 5.

In the playoff simulation, the Southern Miss game has the Sun Belt race on it for James Madison.

Southern Miss game on Now

What the Southern Miss game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what James Madison 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

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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 27-24 win over Georgia Southern.

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A usual night for James Madison fans is loud.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 5 corners

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6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.07Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.04 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

UUnderdog DynastyBeat · article

Troy stuns James Madison 24-21 in overtime behind 5 takeaways

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How James Madison fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Or we could let James Madison keep a coach for longer than 2 years. Just spitballing here

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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
National take+0.05 to Die-hards+0.09

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
26%
recent results
21%
where the program is headed
14%
offense
7%
the schedule
6%

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

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes the defense is giving up too many points

Come the fuck on Defense, how are you leaving that guy wide fucking open?

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 11, 2026 · via CFB

Show all 3
program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the committee undervalues mid-major conference teams like JMU

After last year with all G5 schools getting waxed in the CFP I bet there will be a loud narrative to not include any this year.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 26, 2026 · via CFB

scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the offense fails to score in clutch moments

It seems the offense was designed to be super high tempo which is great to get the lead. But terrible to automatically be on your "B" offense anytime u need to run clock.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 5, 2026 · via CFB

Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
40th
Joy
56th
Anger
76th
Doom
43rd
Sarcasm
23rd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026nil
nilsecondaryplayoffwinsschoolsevans
Feels like the nil era is going to have teams give up on games like this.
2025league
leaguewashingtonyardsslukalouisvillecountry
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