Kent State

3-6

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Kent State led Sacramento State by 7 and lost 10-31 as a 7.5-point favorite.

Kent State is 2-3 in the MAC.

  • L 0-57 at South Carolina
  • W 36-15 vs Wofford
  • L 3-59 at Ohio State
  • W 26-13 vs Ball State
  • L 10-13 vs Ohio
  • L 7-38 at Western Michigan
  • L 2-29 at South Florida
  • W 35-20 vs Akron
  • L 10-31 at Sacramento State
  • Next: at Bowling Green, Tuesday, Nov 10

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Kent State lost 10-31 at Sacramento State, after leading 10-6 at half.

The whole Sacramento State game

Before Bowling Green

Kent State needs three wins in its last three games to reach six.

The rating model gives Kent State a 32% chance at Bowling Green on Tuesday, Nov 10.

Mark Carney's seat is the 12th-hottest of 132 in the hot-seat model.

Bowling Green game on Now

Kent State's game threads have not carried enough talk for a fan mood read this season.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

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

What the reporters say

What reporters say

13 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

Coach [Cherokee Valeria] and I are always in communication about how to play off each other
Carney · Kentstaterthe day before Kent State's 2026 game against Akron
I certainly have a high expectation for the level of player that he is and the player that he can become
Carney · Kentstaterthe day before the South Florida game
They’re physical, they’ve recruited well, they’re extremely disciplined in the way they attack
Carney · Kentstaterthe day before the Western Michigan game

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

Fan chatter this season

Loud

The loudest night was the 2-29 loss to South Florida.

FirstSecondThirdFourthSouth Florida fansKent State fansusual

A usual night for Kent State fans is busy.

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
HHustle Belt
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 2 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Millennials+0.06
National take+0.05

How Kent State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

I will still comment RANK KENT STATE #1 YOU COWARDS on every AP top 25 post of the season that probably won't happen as a tribute

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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.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

recent results
31%
fan energy
29%
the schedule
12%
where the program is headed
10%
the coaching staff
6%

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

week 3. 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.
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