Maryland

2-6

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Maryland has lost six in a row and is 2-6.

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

Fan mood in each Maryland 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.

sourerbrighterat UConn W 38-14middle of the packvs Virginia Tech L 26-35on the sour sidevs UCLA L 3-54sourat Nebraska L 23-48sourat Ohio State L 16-45not enough talk to readvs Rutgers L 30-37middle of the packvs Illinois L 17-20middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12at UConnW 38-14middle of the packSep 19vs Virginia TechL 26-35on the sour sideSep 26vs UCLAL 3-54sourOct 3at NebraskaL 23-48sourOct 10at Ohio StateL 16-45not enough talk to readOct 17vs RutgersL 30-37middle of the packOct 31vs IllinoisL 17-20middle of the pack
  • W 62-0 vs Hampton
  • W 38-14 at UConn
  • L 26-35 vs Virginia Tech
  • L 3-54 vs UCLA
  • L 23-48 at Nebraska
  • L 16-45 at Ohio State
  • L 30-37 vs Rutgers
  • L 17-20 vs Illinois
  • Next: at Purdue, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Before Purdue

Maryland needs four wins in its last four games to reach six.

The playoff simulation gives Maryland a 41% chance at Purdue on Saturday, Nov 7.

Purdue game on Now

What the Purdue game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Maryland 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 reporters say

What reporters say

43 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

It’s not the outcome that we wanted, but it has validated that the process that we have put into place is the right process. I think they understood that
Abdul-Rahim · Testudotimesthe day after Maryland's 2026 game against Illinois
It’s not the outcome that we wanted, but it has validated that the process that we have put into place is the right process
Abdul-Rahim · The Diamondbackthe day of the 17-20 game
It was freeing. It’s been kind of a hectic past couple weeks, past couple months
Washington · The Diamondbackthe day of the 17-20 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 17-20 loss to Illinois.

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A usual night for Maryland fans is steady.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
TTestudo Times
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.08Whole-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:

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Locked On

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How Maryland fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Leaving a Maryland game at halftime with the students. When the football is bad.. Yeah

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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
Local+0.05 to Casuals+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
25%
the coaching staff
22%
recent results
16%
where the program is headed
15%
the schedule
5%

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

portal roster moveOne fan's take that season

One fan believes next year’s roster will be stronger

Mathis, Williams, and Malik stick with us for another year when we get Zion and get a WR in the transfer portal and I can see us being ranked at some point next year.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Maryland fans 47% of posts bring up another team#42 of 77 saltiest · mostly about UCLA
Who Maryland fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. UCLA7%
  2. Penn State6%
  3. Rutgers6%
  4. Ohio State4%
  5. Michigan4%
share of Maryland’s football posts that mention each team
Maryland lives rent-free in
  1. Virginia Tech11%
  2. Nebraska7%
  3. Temple5%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Maryland
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 Maryland — 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.
Doomers
Optimism
2nd
Joy
9th
Anger
83rd
Doom
67th
Sarcasm
18th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026points
pointscoachleadnilyardsjob
Husker 81 yard pick six! Maryland gets the yards, Nebraska gets the points, we all win!
2025keep
keeppleaseportaldefenserulesfit
keep the penalties down on defense. Please.
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