Stanford

4-5

Week 10 · open week · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Stanford is 4-5 in Tavita Pritchard's first season and off until Saturday, Nov 14, at Virginia Tech.

Fan mood in the week of the Louisville game: middle of the pack

Fan mood in each Stanford 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.

sourerbrighterat Duke L 7-35middle of the packvs Georgia Tech W 34-27middle of the packat Wake Forest L 3-57not enough talk to readat Notre Dame L 7-58not enough talk to readvs Elon W 34-7not enough talk to readvs NC State W 31-28not enough talk to readat Louisville L 24-52middle of the packsourerbrighterSep 19at DukeL 7-35middle of the packSep 26vs Georgia TechW 34-27middle of the packOct 3at Wake ForestL 3-57not enough talk to readOct 10at Notre DameL 7-58not enough talk to readOct 17vs ElonW 34-7not enough talk to readOct 23vs NC StateW 31-28not enough talk to readOct 31at LouisvilleL 24-52middle of the pack
  • W 37-27 vs Hawai'i
  • L 6-45 vs Miami
  • L 7-35 at Duke
  • W 34-27 vs Georgia Tech
  • L 3-57 at Wake Forest
  • L 7-58 at Notre Dame
  • W 34-7 vs Elon
  • W 31-28 vs NC State
  • L 24-52 at Louisville
  • Next: at Virginia Tech, Saturday, Nov 14

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Stanford lost 24-52 at Louisville.

The whole Louisville game

Before Virginia Tech

Stanford needs two wins in its last three games to reach six.

The rating model gives Stanford a 15% chance at Virginia Tech on Saturday, Nov 14.

Virginia Tech game on Now

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Stanford 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 message boards say

Message boards

Via The CARDboard

What the reporters say

What reporters say

10 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

It starts with me. The guys didn’t play well enough, which means I didn’t have them ready
Doeren · On3the day of Stanford's 2026 game against NC State
I thought a lot of our success early on was complementary run and pass, staying in manageable third downs, and just a sustained execution
Pritchard · Stanforddaily2 days after the 31-28 game
When some of those plays do start to go our way, he’s ready for those moments; he’s not pressing
Pritchard · Stanforddaily2 days after the 34-7 game

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

Fan chatter this season

Loud

The loudest night was the 7-35 loss to Duke.

FirstSecondThirdFourthDuke fansStanford fansusual

A usual night for Stanford 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
CCampus paper
CThe CARDboard
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.08Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.01 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

GGoogle NewsBeat · article

Recap: Stanford Men’s Soccer falls to Cal to wrap up regular season - On3

news.google.com →

How Stanford fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

I watched this sporting event.

open ↗

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

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
Bettors+0.07 to Die-hards+0.08

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

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
31%
recent results
27%
where the program is headed
14%
offense
6%
the coaching staff
5%

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

week 9. 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 Andrew Luck could improve the team’s offense

We might’ve actually had a chance to win this with Andrew luck in there at qb

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 26, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the secondary is giving up too many big plays

Our secondary has had too many gaps and SJ has just been slicing us up. It's disgusting to watch.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 28, 2025 · via CFB

position battleOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the backup quarterback plays better than the starter

Put Elijah in. We sure as hell aren't winning with Gulbranson.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 21, 2025 · via CFB

Show all 4
player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the offensive line is underperforming this season

I don’t even know how good the offense/scheme actually is because Ben Gulbranson plays like both his arms are clubs and Reich refuses to pull him

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 21, 2025 · via CFB

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Stanford fans 32% of posts bring up another team▲2pp saltier#53 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Georgia Tech
Who Stanford fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Georgia Tech4%
  2. USC4%
  3. Wake Forest3%
  4. North Carolina3%
  5. Notre Dame3%
share of Stanford’s football posts that mention each team
Stanford lives rent-free in
  1. San José State9%
  2. Miami6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Stanford
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
67th
Joy
83rd
Anger
29th
Doom
76th
Sarcasm
58th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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