Army

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Army lost 22-49 at Memphis and is 5-3.

Fan mood in each Army 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.

sourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readvs South Florida L 24-28all inat Temple W 21-17not enough talk to readat Louisiana Tech L 29-31middle of the packvs Tulane W 20-17not enough talk to readvs Florida Atlantic W 56-24not enough talk to readat Tulsa W 38-35not enough talk to readat Memphis L 22-49not enough talk to readsourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12vs South FloridaL 24-28all inSep 25at TempleW 21-17not enough talk to readOct 3at Louisiana TechL 29-31middle of the packOct 10vs TulaneW 20-17not enough talk to readOct 17vs Florida AtlanticW 56-24not enough talk to readOct 23at TulsaW 38-35not enough talk to readOct 31at MemphisL 22-49not enough talk to read

Army is 4-2 in the AAC, a game behind the leader.

  • W 59-3 vs Bryant
  • L 24-28 vs South Florida
  • W 21-17 at Temple
  • L 29-31 at Louisiana Tech
  • W 20-17 vs Tulane
  • W 56-24 vs Florida Atlantic
  • W 38-35 at Tulsa
  • L 22-49 at Memphis
  • Next: vs Air Force, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 4, 2 and 27.

Commander-in-Chief

Army has won 7 of the last 12 meetings, including the last three; Air Force's last win was 13-7 in 2022.

Jeff Monken is 7-5 against Air Force as a head coach.

The playoff simulation gives Army a 58% chance at home against Air Force on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Air Force game has a bowl on it for Army.

Air Force game on Now

What the Air Force game is worth

Since the last game

Army lost 22-49 at Memphis.

The whole Memphis game

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Army 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 Academy Wars

What the reporters say

What reporters say

5 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

We really just focused our efforts and our concentration on Temple, who’s got an outstanding team
Monken · On32 days before Army's 2026 game against Temple
We’ve got to improve at destroying blocks on defense and getting ball carriers to the ground
Monken · On32 days before the Temple game
When that gets shown on video and you see the result, that probably sends a stronger message than me just yelling at them or getting mad at them
Monken · On32 days before the Temple game

More in this tab

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

Fan chatter this season

Firestorm

The loudest night was the 38-35 win over Tulsa.

FirstSecondThirdFourthArmy fansTulsa fansusual

A usual night for Army fans is loud.

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
AAcademy Wars
BBluesky
YYouTube
5 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 4 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

National take+0.18
Gen Z+0.18
Analytics crowd+0.18
Millennials+0.18

How Army fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

“Army has more Heisman winners than Alabama” is no longer true

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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

fan energy
30%
recent results
24%
where the program is headed
10%
offense
8%
the coaching staff
8%

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

week 6. 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

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Army’s offense can score enough points to stay close

So, I don't buy the thinking that this loss to La Tech spells doom and gloom and the season is lost...this team has a good offense which I think can keep them in most of the games remaining.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Oct 4, 2026 · via Army Football-Black Knights Alley

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scheme identityOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Army’s long drives exhaust opponents’ defenses

Army's biggest advantage may be its ability to control possession. USF cannot afford repeated three-and-outs and expect its defense to withstand long Black Knight drives throughout the afternoon.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 10, 2026 · via Army Football-Black Knights Alley

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.

Zac Alley
×278.2 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Zac Alley×278.2
Jeff Monken×165.3
Cale Hellums×305.9

“Army Football-Black Knights Alley • Re: Army at Temple Game Thread Don't choke, defense!”

board/Army Football-Black Knights Alley · fan post
Fans on Zac Alley
  1. Valley (Dutchess County), hence my fandom. Always feel a little uneasy when I wear any
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
50th
Joy
17th
Anger
47th
Doom
29th
Sarcasm
3rd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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