Memphis

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The Ole Miss rivalryMemphis has slipped from dynasty-caliber territory — down to the top 34% of FBS by three-year power rating, from the top 27%.our read

American Athletic · Charles Huff, year 1 (2-1) · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · 58,325 · 45,632 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#91 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #64 (+2.1) · FPI #69
The marketno line yetvs UT Martin · our model 85% Memphis · a number, not a pick

LastL 20–38 at Boise State · Sat Sep 12 · Hunter Tipton 229 rec yds, 1 TD

Nextvs UT Martin · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · series 2-1 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Cautious optimism is building around Memphis.

Most Memphis fans liked what they saw — but a real minority isn't convinced.

The new stadium has some kinks to work out, but a heck of a night for the Memphis Tigers!!!

▲ 56r/MemphisTigers

I’m watching with disgust for both teams. Who should we root for?

▲ 12r/MemphisTigers
✓ verbatim
belief cooled ↓ 1.2vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Leaning up
56/100 · 128 mentions · top 16% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
about average
5% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 33 pts
~ our read
The model
#91
CFB Zeitgeist · -1.7
✓ measured
Explore all 5 corners of the fanbase ↓
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portal class

Memphis's top-20 portal class signals SEC East shift.

Ryan Silverfield's third straight top-10 portal class arrives with just 2% QB production returning and zero continuity at quarterback — an extreme rebuild for a program that went 8-5 last year.

The question isn't answered yet.

The Pulse on Memphis

Archive · Wk 2 · 128 mentions · medium confidence
56
Δ -1.2 vs last wk
128 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Go Tigers Go" — Memphis fanbase · recurring line
71 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 5 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty Memphis
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · warm our read

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.02 of each other — a rare consensus. The loudest voice in the room:

UUnderdog Dynasty MemphisBeat · article

Gardner-Webb’s Upset Bid at Liberty Falls Just Short

underdogdynasty.com →

How Memphis fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

9 technically. I got a free one at Cracker Barrel for having the Salisbury Steak platter

▲ 407 ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

The room, end to end

skeptical
buying in
Die-hards+0.06
National take+0.05

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
31%
recent results
19%
where the program is headed
14%
the schedule
11%
the rankings
6%

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

191 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack

~ our readMemphis fans are split right down the middle, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
5% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
25% optimistic27% down

✓ counted We read 128 posts from Memphis fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial10 posts
On3 CFB
“What are the Memphis Tigers projections for the rest of the season?”
1d ago
The broader fanbase8 posts
r/CFB
“Yea most of those PI calls in the first half were so soft lol. Like maybe 2 were good but I didn’t like most of em. The called I’m most pissed about is that…”
2d ago
News & campus coverage2 posts
News
“Memphis receives no votes in coaches’ or AP poll: Yahoo Sports”
1d ago

Fanbase health · Memphis

Memphis's fanbase is growing — 69 of 100.

Audible (71 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (8-5 last season, 2-1 so far).

On the field — 8-5 last season, 2-1 so far71
How loud — 71 weighted voices in the latest week67

2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.
Fan mood

Fans are feeling good about Memphis

UMass have been winning on the trenches on both ends

He got great QBs to Memphis though.

Greatest Football Games in Program History I’m making a list of the top 10 games in program history. My criteria are program/city impact, national impact, quality of the game itself, and conference championship impact. In your opinion, what are some of the greatest games in program history?

Fan mood · 5 fans, 6 posts scanned · every quote verified verbatim

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