North Texas

6-2

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

North Texas won 48-41 over Florida Atlantic, its fifth straight win.

Fan mood in the week of the Florida Atlantic game: all in, brighter than usual for them

Fan mood in each North Texas 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 UNLV W 44-6all inat Texas State L 35-49middle of the packvs Houston Christian W 63-14not enough talk to readat Tulsa W 45-44middle of the packvs Charlotte W 50-10not enough talk to readat Navy W 49-39middle of the packvs Florida Atlantic W 48-41all insourerbrighterSep 12vs UNLVW 44-6all inSep 19at Texas StateL 35-49middle of the packSep 26vs Houston ChristianW 63-14not enough talk to readOct 1at TulsaW 45-44middle of the packOct 10vs CharlotteW 50-10not enough talk to readOct 24at NavyW 49-39middle of the packOct 29vs Florida AtlanticW 48-41all in
  • L 16-52 at Indiana
  • W 44-6 vs UNLV
  • L 35-49 at Texas State
  • W 63-14 vs Houston Christian
  • W 45-44 at Tulsa
  • W 50-10 vs Charlotte
  • W 49-39 at Navy
  • W 48-41 vs Florida Atlantic
  • Next: vs Rice, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The two losses came by 36 and 14.

Since the last game

North Texas won 48-41 vs Florida Atlantic.

The whole Florida Atlantic game

Then and now

North Texas has won four straight against Florida Atlantic, the first such run since 2014.

Before Rice

North Texas has won 8 of the last 12 meetings, including the last four; Rice's last win was 20-14 in 2019.

The playoff simulation gives North Texas a 76% chance at home against Rice on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Rice game has the AAC race on it for North Texas.

Rice game on Now

What the Rice game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what North Texas 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 GoMeanGreen

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

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 45-44 win over Tulsa.

FirstSecondThirdFourthNorth Texas fansTulsa fansusual

A usual night for North Texas fans is busy.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
GGoMeanGreen
BBluesky
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7 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.17
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.08
Casuals
Coolest cohort

How North Texas fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Obviously, Indiana's offense was undeniable, but I loved a lot of what we saw from UNT, especially on offense. Pretty good for a brand new team against the defending champs, GG Indiana and good luck on the repeat!

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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.

From the team’s own coverage

All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
Casuals+0.08 to Local+0.17

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
44%
recent results
16%
where the program is headed
13%
the schedule
6%
the defense
4%

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

week 9. 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 thinks the team concedes too many goals from the left side

We are getting absolutely blown up on the left side.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 30, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan argues the team’s strategy is being completely revamped

North Texas was one of two FBS teams returning zero starters, and instead, it brought 70 newcomers in attempt to recapture the magic of 2025.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026

player roleOne fan's take that season

One fan expects frequent mentions of Mestemaker’s high school achievements

Well, I have a feeling we’ll be hearing the story about how Drew Mestemaker didn’t play high school quarterback quite a bit this year.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 4, 2026

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program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the roster turnover hasn’t shaken the team’s title focus

“This is a year-by-year league, and we want to embrace that,” Brown said. “For us, it’s a unique challenge. We want to do something that’s never been done. We’ve got 70-plus new players. For us, it’s like, why not us? There’s not a whole lot of people talking about us for the championship, but in our building, there’s a ton of belief that we can go in there and do that.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Jul 27, 2026

Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Believers
Optimism
96th
Joy
86th
Anger
2nd
Doom
61st
Sarcasm
94th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026indiana
indianabrownjacksonwhitetulsaunlv
Geez, we played better defense against indiana.
2025league
leaguecfptulanegeorgiarankingsmichigan
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