Nevada

3-5

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Nevada lost 0-27 at UCLA and is 3-5.

Fan mood in each Nevada 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 Montana State L 7-20sourat Middle Tennessee L 20-27not enough talk to readvs Air Force L 33-36not enough talk to readat UTEP W 30-13not enough talk to readat North Dakota State L 17-31not enough talk to readvs San José State W 28-13not enough talk to readat UCLA L 0-27not enough talk to readsourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12vs Montana StateL 7-20sourSep 19at Middle TennesseeL 20-27not enough talk to readSep 26vs Air ForceL 33-36not enough talk to readOct 10at UTEPW 30-13not enough talk to readOct 17at North Dakota StateL 17-31not enough talk to readOct 24vs San José StateW 28-13not enough talk to readOct 31at UCLAL 0-27not enough talk to read

Nevada is 2-2 in the Mountain West.

  • W 49-14 vs Western Kentucky
  • L 7-20 vs Montana State
  • L 20-27 at Middle Tennessee
  • L 33-36 vs Air Force
  • W 30-13 at UTEP
  • L 17-31 at North Dakota State
  • W 28-13 vs San José State
  • L 0-27 at UCLA
  • Next: vs New Mexico, Friday, Nov 6

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Nevada lost 0-27 at UCLA.

The whole UCLA game

Before New Mexico

Nevada needs three wins in its last four games to reach six.

The playoff simulation gives Nevada a 33% chance at home against New Mexico on Friday, Nov 6.

Jeff Choate's seat is the 11th-hottest of 132 in the hot-seat model.

In the playoff simulation, the New Mexico game has a bowl on it for Nevada.

New Mexico game on Now

What the New Mexico game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Nevada 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

5 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I just feel like I’m the voice of the defense right now… It’s just like I’m not really a talker. I’m more of a doer.
Smith · Nevadasagebrush6 days before Nevada's 2026 game against UTEP
Just keeping it simple is good enough for me because, you know, it’s a bit of a more simple role than back home playing Australian football
Baulch · Nevadasagebrushthe day after the 20-27 game
I spend a lot of time with him [Fernandez], and obviously learning the ropes from Jayden, as well
Baulch · Nevadasagebrushthe day after the 20-27 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 0-27 loss to UCLA.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

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

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.31
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.12
National take
Coolest cohort

How Nevada fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Sat through a 4 hour delay to watch my team score 0 points

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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

All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take+0.12 to Local+0.31

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
36%
recent results
23%
where the program is headed
9%
the rankings
7%
the schedule
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
Nevada fans 57% of posts bring up another team#32 of 77 saltiest · mostly about UNLV
Who Nevada fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. UNLV22%
  2. NC State6%
  3. Virginia6%
  4. Nebraska3%
  5. UTEP3%
share of Nevada’s football posts that mention each team
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Doomers
Optimism
76th
Joy
67th
Anger
44th
Doom
88th
Sarcasm
2nd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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