Fresno State

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Fresno State beat Oregon State 38-22 and is 5-3.

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

Fan mood in each Fresno State 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 Sacramento State W 49-3not enough talk to readat San José State W 26-10not enough talk to readvs Rice W 38-24middle of the packat Washington State W 26-6not enough talk to readvs Boise State L 31-38not enough talk to readat San Diego State L 23-26not enough talk to readvs Oregon State W 38-22middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 12vs Sacramento StateW 49-3not enough talk to readSep 19at San José StateW 26-10not enough talk to readSep 26vs RiceW 38-24middle of the packOct 3at Washington StateW 26-6not enough talk to readOct 10vs Boise StateL 31-38not enough talk to readOct 17at San Diego StateL 23-26not enough talk to readOct 31vs Oregon StateW 38-22middle of the pack

Fresno State is 2-2 in the Pac-12.

  • L 0-39 at USC
  • W 49-3 vs Sacramento State
  • W 26-10 at San José State
  • W 38-24 vs Rice
  • W 26-6 at Washington State
  • L 31-38 vs Boise State
  • L 23-26 at San Diego State
  • W 38-22 vs Oregon State
  • Next: at Utah State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 39, 7 and 3.

Since the last game

Fresno State won 38-22 vs Oregon State.

The whole Oregon State game

Before Utah State

Bronco Mendenhall is 2-1 against Fresno State as a head coach.

The playoff simulation gives Fresno State a 52% chance at Utah State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Utah State game has the Pac-12 race on it for Fresno State.

Utah State game on Now

What the Utah State game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Fresno State 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 reporters say

What reporters say

9 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

He shows up every day. He’s great without the football, all the little things. I can’t say enough about Speedy and just his approach to the game and how valuable he is to the people in that locker room.
Quarterback Jayden Mandal · Fscollegianthe day of Fresno State's 2026 game against Rice
Our kids trust him, our coaches trust him. He makes the right decisions. And when he does make mistakes, he doesn’t make them again.
Josiah Freeman · Fscollegianthe day of the 38-24 game
I thought as the game went on, we adapted to the speed, to the tempo, to the system that they were running
Entz · Fscollegianthe day of the 38-24 game

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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 26-10 win over San José State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthFresno State fansSan José State fansusual

A usual night for Fresno State fans is busy.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 4 corners

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

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.32
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.27
National take
Coolest cohort

How Fresno State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Welp, sucks to lose to your rival. Even more so at home. Even more so when you can't stop the run. GG Broncos, see you next year

open ↗

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 4 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take+0.27 to Local+0.32

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
23%
where the program is headed
11%
offense
10%
the coaching staff
5%

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.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Fresno State’s defense has better players than the offense

Fresno state defense is coo they offense sucks their Qb dint want to play nomore 😂

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 5, 2026 · via CFB ON FOX

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Fresno State fans 8% of posts bring up another team#75 of 77 saltiest · mostly about California
Who Fresno State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. California6%
  2. Florida State1%
  3. Boise State1%
share of Fresno State’s football posts that mention each team
Fresno State lives rent-free in
  1. San José State6%
  2. San Diego State5%
  3. Colorado State5%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Fresno State
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
65th
Joy
27th
Anger
35th
Doom
14th
Sarcasm
29th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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