San José State

4-5

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

San José State is 4-5 after losing 16-21 to New Mexico.

San José State is 2-3 in the Mountain West.

  • L 26-42 at USC
  • W 27-21 at Eastern Michigan
  • W 30-20 vs Cal Poly
  • L 10-26 vs Fresno State
  • W 20-16 at Hawai'i
  • L 13-16 vs Wyoming
  • W 24-11 at UTEP
  • L 13-28 at Nevada
  • L 16-21 vs New Mexico
  • Next: vs Northern Illinois, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

San José State lost 16-21 vs New Mexico.

The whole New Mexico game

Before Northern Illinois

The playoff simulation gives San José State a 65% chance at home against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Northern Illinois game has a bowl on it for San José State.

Northern Illinois game on Now

What the Northern Illinois game is worth

San José State's game threads have not carried enough talk for a fan mood read this season.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

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

What the reporters say

What reporters say

13 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

You’re trying to tell guys to keep fighting, but it’s hard to get mad at the defense for giving up some of those third downs when they’re on the field all the time and you can’t move the ball on offense
Niumatalolo · Spartan Media Group3 days after San José State's 2026 game against Nevada
We just felt like we needed a spark. We’ve been inconsistent on offense and we just needed some more consistency
Niumatalolo · Spartan Media Group2 days before the Nevada game
I thought our guys did a really good job with the momentum swings, and our guys just kept swinging
Niumatalolo · Spartan Media Group2 days after the 20-16 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 10-26 loss to Fresno State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthFresno State fansSan José State fansusual

A usual night for San José State fans is steady.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 8 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+0.04
National take
Coolest cohort

How San José State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Obviously sucks to lose, but far from the worst designated cupcake game I've sat through. In Luke Weaver we trust

open ↗

One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

All 8 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take+0.04 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
34%
recent results
20%
where the program is headed
11%
the coaching staff
8%
offense
7%

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
San José State fans 81% of posts bring up another team#8 of 77 saltiest · mostly about California
Who San José State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. California17%
  2. Stanford9%
  3. USC9%
  4. Tennessee7%
  5. Fresno State6%
share of San José State’s football posts that mention each team
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
79th
Joy
25th
Anger
10th
Doom
37th
Sarcasm
34th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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