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Illinois vs. UAB Open 2026 Season Thursday Nightour readUAB signed a top-37 transfer-portal class — 29 additions headlined by Ryder Burton (QB) from West Virginia and Perry Fisher (CB) from Maryland.our read

American Athletic · Alex Mortensen, year 2 (3-5) · Protective Stadium · 45,000 · 21,153 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#58 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #123 (-16.0) · FPI #125
The marketLouisiana by 7.5at Louisiana · our model 28% UAB · a number, not a pick

LastW 26–20 vs UL Monroe · Sat Sep 12 · Ike Esonwune 1 INT, 10 tackles

Nextat Louisiana · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Cajun Field · Louisiana by 7.5 · series 4-4, lost the last 3 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The mood around UAB has soured.

Alex Mortensen's year 2 (2026): 1-1, behind Trent Dilfer's 3-9 in the same spot.

belief cooled ↓ 12.3vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Souring
41/100 · 153 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
2% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 29 pts
Doom window
~ our read
The model
#58
CFB Zeitgeist · +1.7
✓ measured
Explore all 7 corners of the fanbase ↓
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identity shift

UAB's fanbase identity shifts, signaling mid-major ascent.

Trent Dilfer enters his third season at UAB with a 4-8 losing record to overcome, as the program's identity hinges on reviving the legacy of its 2017 resurrection and 2018 Conference USA title.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on UAB

Archive · Wk 2 · 153 mentions · medium confidence
41
Δ -12.3 vs last wk
153 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Blazers" — UAB fanbase · recurring line
43 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year

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

Inside the fanbase — all 7 corners

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

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · even 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 DynastyBeat · article

James Madison scores 87 points, ties largest margin of victory by FBS team since 1968

underdogdynasty.com →

How UAB fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Rushing the field after this is embarrassing LMAO

▲ 2.6k ▼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+0.01
Bettors−0.01

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
25%
where the program is headed
22%
recent results
21%
the coaching staff
8%
the schedule
6%

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

253 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 checklight on evidence

~ our readUAB fans are down on the program, but it's more feel than fact right now.

backed by facts
2% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
19% optimistic50% down

✓ counted We read 153 posts from UAB fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial14 posts
Underdog Dynasty
“One week ago, Louisiana Tech joined the rare 80-point club, becoming the 14th team in the 21st century to score fourscore. And given the infrequency of 80, who…”
1d ago
The broader fanbase9 posts
r/CFB
“It felt like we actually started adjusting, and it gives me hope. If we can win 6 games and make a bowl, I'll call it a win”
2d ago
News & campus coverage3 posts
News
“UAB leans on run game in 26-20 victory over ULM Yahoo Sports”
2d ago
CFB analyst takes7 posts
Bluesky · @sickoscommittee.org
“Welp, they fail to convert on 4th and 5 with 11 seconds left on UAB’s 46.”
2d ago

Fanbase health · UAB

UAB's fanbase is growing — 60 of 100.

Audible (42 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (4-8 last season, 1-1 so far).

On the field — 4-8 last season, 1-1 so far57
How loud — 42 weighted voices in the latest week63

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 frustrated with UAB

Guess we aren't starting on time eh? On the bright side if this is already over at the half then maybe I can still get to bed at a reasonable time.

First football season in eastern time. How do y’all do this shit

You should try being a UAB fan then. It's all we ever hear about

Fan mood · 7 fans, 8 posts scanned · every quote verified verbatim

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
UAB fans this offseason 10% of posts bring up another team#63 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Alabama
Who UAB fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Alabama8%
  2. Florida3%
  3. Florida State1%
  4. Illinois1%
share of UAB’s football posts that mention each team
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 309 fan mentions
Doomers
Optimism
4th
Joy
14th
Anger
96th
Doom
44th
Sarcasm
20th
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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