Cincinnati

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Cincinnati lost 25-49 to Utah and is 5-3.

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

Fan mood in each Cincinnati 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 Western Carolina W 62-10not enough talk to readvs Miami (OH) W 35-31on the sour sidevs Kansas State W 31-26middle of the packat Arizona L 7-34sourat West Virginia L 42-45middle of the packvs Texas Tech W 37-24all invs Utah L 25-49middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs Western CarolinaW 62-10not enough talk to readSep 19vs Miami (OH)W 35-31on the sour sideSep 26vs Kansas StateW 31-26middle of the packOct 3at ArizonaL 7-34sourOct 17at West VirginiaL 42-45middle of the packOct 24vs Texas TechW 37-24all inOct 31vs UtahL 25-49middle of the pack
  • W 34-15 vs Boston College
  • W 62-10 vs Western Carolina
  • W 35-31 vs Miami (OH)
  • W 31-26 vs Kansas State
  • L 7-34 at Arizona
  • L 42-45 at West Virginia
  • W 37-24 vs Texas Tech
  • L 25-49 vs Utah
  • Next: at Houston, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 27, 3 and 24.

Cincinnati fans in other seasons

souruneasymixedhopefulall in2019mixed2020hopeful2026 so farmixedsouruneasymixedhopefulall in2019mixed2020hopeful2026so farmixed

2021-2025 are not shown: not enough of their chatter was read to place a season.

Since the last game

Cincinnati lost 25-49 vs Utah.

The whole Utah game

Before Houston

Cincinnati has won 10 of the last 12 meetings, including the last five; Houston's last win was 40-16 in 2016.

The playoff simulation gives Cincinnati a 20% chance at Houston on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Houston game has a bowl on it for Cincinnati.

Houston game on Now

What the Houston game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Cincinnati 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. 2019 and 2020 were read later, in one pass, from saved talk.

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

Loud

The loudest night was the 34-15 win over Boston College.

FirstSecondThirdFourthCincinnati fansBoston College fansusual

A usual night for Cincinnati fans is busy.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 11 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.25
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.05
Bettors
Coolest cohort

How Cincinnati fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

And we dropped the Victory Bell afterwards. So fitting for this disaster lol

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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

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Locked On

BIG 12 Squad - Big 12 Playoff Hopes are Dwindling | Where Cincinnati stands

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All 11 corners of the fanbase

negative
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positive
Bettors+0.05 to Local+0.25

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
30%
recent results
20%
where the program is headed
15%
the coaching staff
8%
the schedule
7%

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

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Cincinnati failed to address Sorsby’s gambling publicly

People act like Tech knew and recruited Sorsby despite his problem. They didn't. They just followed court orders. Cincinnati knew and played him for two years.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 10, 2026 · via ESPN College Football

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Cincinnati fans 25% of posts bring up another team▼1pp quieter#59 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Ohio State
Who Cincinnati fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Ohio State3%
  2. Auburn3%
  3. Toledo2%
  4. Purdue2%
  5. West Virginia2%
share of Cincinnati’s football posts that mention each team
Cincinnati lives rent-free in
  1. Texas Tech7%
  2. Utah6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Cincinnati
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 Cincinnati — 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.

  • “hot seat”1.5×more than the average program · #7 of 75 · and 2.7× its usual rate this week
The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
18th
Joy
18th
Anger
71st
Doom
67th
Sarcasm
25th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026miami
miamicoachmoneyrivalrymichiganlsu
Its miami of Ohio we play, last scheduled of our mostly annual rivalry.
2025defense
defensesorsbytrashtcusecondaryplease
defense not bothering to respect the pass
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