San Diego State

4-5

Week 10 · open week · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

San Diego State is 4-5 after beating Washington State 26-20.

San Diego State is 3-2 in the Pac-12.

  • W 53-20 vs Portland State
  • L 10-28 at UCLA
  • L 13-26 vs James Madison
  • L 16-41 at Toledo
  • W 31-29 vs Texas State
  • L 14-66 at Oregon State
  • W 26-23 vs Fresno State
  • L 49-56 at Colorado State
  • W 26-20 vs Washington State
  • Next: vs Utah State, Saturday, Nov 14

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

San Diego State won 26-20 vs Washington State.

The whole Washington State game

Before Utah State

Utah State has won the last three meetings.

Bronco Mendenhall is 7-1 against San Diego State as a head coach.

San Diego State needs two wins in its last two games to reach six.

The rating model gives San Diego State a 35% chance at home against Utah State on Saturday, Nov 14.

Sean Lewis's seat is the 20th-hottest of 132 in the hot-seat model.

Utah State game on Now

San Diego 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

39 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I’m excited that we were able to get that win tonight no matter how many yards I had or how many touchdowns I had
Sutton · Thedailyaztec2 days after San Diego State's 2026 game against Washington State
Everyone refers to it as a bye week and an off week; we talk about it as a work week
Lewis · Thedailyaztec2 days after the 26-20 game
I think from a fundamental standpoint, our ability to strain and win at the point of attack is something that we need to continue to get better at
Lewis · Thedailyaztecthe day before the Washington State game

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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 31-29 win over Texas State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthSan Diego State fansTexas State fans

A usual night for San Diego State fans is busy.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 7 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
MMountain West Connection
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.27
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.10
National take
Coolest cohort

From the team’s own coverage

All 7 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take+0.10 to Local+0.27

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
40%
recent results
15%
where the program is headed
12%
the schedule
6%
the rankings
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.
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
San Diego State fans 46% of posts bring up another team▲4pp saltier#43 of 77 saltiest · mostly about California
Who San Diego State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. California17%
  2. Washington State7%
  3. Toledo5%
  4. Fresno State5%
  5. Oregon State4%
share of San Diego State’s football posts that mention each team
San Diego State lives rent-free in
  1. Colorado State8%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up San Diego State
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
71st
Joy
5th
Anger
52nd
Doom
99th
Sarcasm
60th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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