North Dakota State

7-2

Week 10 · open week · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

North Dakota State is 7-2 after beating UTEP 31-7.

Fan mood in the week of the New Mexico game: all in

Fan mood in each North Dakota 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.

sourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readat Air Force W 38-32all inat Sacramento State W 31-10not enough talk to readvs Wyoming W 28-0all inat UNLV L 7-13middle of the packvs Nevada W 31-17all inat New Mexico L 16-21all invs UTEP W 31-7not enough talk to readsourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12at Air ForceW 38-32all inSep 19at Sacramento StateW 31-10not enough talk to readOct 3vs WyomingW 28-0all inOct 10at UNLVL 7-13middle of the packOct 17vs NevadaW 31-17all inOct 24at New MexicoL 16-21all inOct 31vs UTEPW 31-7not enough talk to read
  • W 33-7 vs Jacksonville State
  • W 38-0 vs Fordham
  • W 38-32 at Air Force
  • W 31-10 at Sacramento State
  • W 28-0 vs Wyoming
  • L 7-13 at UNLV
  • W 31-17 vs Nevada
  • L 16-21 at New Mexico
  • W 31-7 vs UTEP
  • Next: at Hawai'i, Saturday, Nov 14

Scores ours first. The two losses came by 6 and 5.

Since the last game

North Dakota State won 31-7 vs UTEP.

The whole UTEP game

Before Hawai’i

Tim Polasek and Timmy Chang meet as head coaches for the first time.

The rating model gives North Dakota State a 72% chance at Hawai'i on Saturday, Nov 14.

Hawai'i game on Now

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what North Dakota 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

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

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 7-13 loss to UNLV.

FirstSecondThirdFourthUNLV fansNorth Dakota State fansusual

A usual night for North Dakota State fans is busy.

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

What little we hear

Only 5 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Millennials+0.39
Local+0.39
Media+0.39
Die-hards+0.39
National take+0.39

How North Dakota State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

The jump to FCS competition was definitely noticeable. We didn't pull the starters until partway through the 4th quarter.

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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
36%
recent results
23%
where the program is headed
8%
offense
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.
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Believers
Optimism
81st
Joy
66th
Anger
31st
Doom
22nd
Sarcasm
6th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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