Purdue

3-5

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Purdue is 3-5 after losing 17-31 at Penn State.

Fan mood in the week of the Penn State game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each Purdue 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 Wake Forest L 36-38on the sour sideat UCLA L 38-52not enough talk to readvs Notre Dame L 10-49on the bright sideat Illinois W 24-17middle of the packvs Minnesota W 41-13all invs Washington L 26-38middle of the packat Penn State L 17-31middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs Wake ForestL 36-38on the sour sideSep 19at UCLAL 38-52not enough talk to readSep 26vs Notre DameL 10-49on the bright sideOct 3at IllinoisW 24-17middle of the packOct 10vs MinnesotaW 41-13all inOct 16vs WashingtonL 26-38middle of the packOct 31at Penn StateL 17-31middle of the pack
  • W 44-19 vs Indiana State
  • L 36-38 vs Wake Forest
  • L 38-52 at UCLA
  • L 10-49 vs Notre Dame
  • W 24-17 at Illinois
  • W 41-13 vs Minnesota
  • L 26-38 vs Washington
  • L 17-31 at Penn State
  • Next: vs Maryland, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Purdue lost 17-31 at Penn State.

The whole Penn State game

Before Maryland

Purdue needs three wins in its last four games to reach six.

The playoff simulation gives Purdue a 59% chance at home against Maryland on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Maryland game has a bowl on it for Purdue.

Maryland game on Now

What the Maryland game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Purdue 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

Busy

The loudest night was the 36-38 loss to Wake Forest.

FirstSecondThirdFourthWake Forest fansPurdue fansusual

A usual night for Purdue 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
LLocked On
HHammer And Rails
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.04Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.03 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

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Locked On

Just Short: Purdue Boilermakers Fall Short vs Gonzaga But Daniel Jacobsen Dominates

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How Purdue fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

I agree, losing to Purdue is no longer going to end seasons and it kinda sucks.

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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
Bettors+0.03 to Media+0.06

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
31%
recent results
21%
where the program is headed
13%
the coaching staff
8%
the schedule
6%

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

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan thinks Fame Ijeboi stands out in team matches

Positives * Fame Ijeboi continues to be a huge difference maker on the field and gave the Boilermakers the best chance possible to win the game. Right now he's the Boilermakers best player.

Based on 3 comments from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2026 · via Boilermakers

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan thinks the team’s playmakers are more effective this season

This year our offense is much improved (hard to not be to be honest) but both receivers and RBs looks good and Browne looks a lot better and more poised.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 12, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan argues Tommy McClelland’s credibility varies by situation

Tommy McClelland’s comment on IU was a swing and miss, but everything else he said paints a positive picture for Purdue moving forward.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 6, 2026 · via Boilermakers

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player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks Fame Ijeboi is a key player in victories

Fame Ijeboi continues to be a huge difference maker on the field and gave the Boilermakers the best chance possible to win the game. Right now he's the Boilermakers best player.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2026 · via Boilermakers

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Purdue’s defensive stops have increased

That first defense series was actually nice. An actual tackle by the secondary. That’s 1 more than we had last 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
Purdue fans 30% of posts bring up another team▼2pp quieter#55 of 77 saltiest · mostly about UCLA
Who Purdue fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. UCLA6%
  2. Minnesota4%
  3. Notre Dame4%
  4. Penn State3%
  5. Michigan3%
share of Purdue’s football posts that mention each team
Purdue lives rent-free in
  1. Minnesota15%
  2. Washington7%
  3. Illinois6%
  4. Notre Dame6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Purdue
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.

Barry Odom
×861.7 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Barry Odom×861.7
Ryan Browne×1022.8
Kevin Kane×723.8
Fame Ijeboi×95.4
Ryan Walters×150.8
Josh Henson×262.3

“Head Coach Barry Odom on BTN Set at Big Ten Football Media Day”

reddit/Boilermakers · fan post
Fans on Barry Odom
  1. Barry Odom episode was fantastic. BoilerUp! 🚂
  2. Barry Odom will need to have a lengthy conversation with his coordinators following this game.
  3. Put Barry Odom back on the hot seat
  4. at least Barry Odom credits the student section. we showed up and the team didn’t perform. that was
  5. Barry Odom being the right guy for Purdue football. Right now I'm wrong about him. He's more
  6. By the way, what an impressive win for Barry Odom today. Purdue is significantly better offensively in Odom's Year 2, and I'm glad
  7. Barry Odom and his team to build off of this much needed win. * And of course, it's Barry
  8. Barry Odom's Boilermakers had shown some growth, fire, passion, and competitiveness putting
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 Purdue — 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.

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Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
53rd
Joy
63rd
Anger
50th
Doom
78th
Sarcasm
37th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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