Utah State

3-5

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Utah State beat Colorado State 31-14 and is 3-5.

Utah State is 2-2 in the Pac-12.

  • L 17-29 vs Idaho State
  • L 14-16 at Washington
  • L 0-33 at Utah
  • W 21-10 vs Troy
  • L 18-37 at Boise State
  • W 17-16 vs Washington State
  • L 17-20 at Texas State
  • W 31-14 vs Colorado State
  • Next: vs Fresno State, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first.

Since the last game

Utah State won 31-14 vs Colorado State.

The whole Colorado State game

Before Fresno State

Bronco Mendenhall is 2-1 against Fresno State as a head coach.

Utah State needs three wins in its last three games to reach six.

The playoff simulation gives Utah State a 48% chance at home against Fresno State on Saturday, Nov 7.

In the playoff simulation, the Fresno State game has a bowl on it for Utah State.

Fresno State game on Now

What the Fresno State game is worth

Utah 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 message boards say

Message boards

Via USUFans

What the reporters say

What reporters say

27 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I’ve been watching from the sidelines for the past year, and every time it’s like, ‘man, I can’t wait to get out there.’
Tosi · The Utah Statesman3 days after Utah State's 2026 game against Colorado State
I was looking to jump to the FBS level from Utah Tech. I just kind of wanted to prove to myself and everyone out there that I could play at the FBS level, and I got the Utah State offer pretty early into me entering the transfer portal
Hamblin · The Utah Statesman2 days after the 17-16 game
I’ve had two siblings actually graduate from here, so I’ve known a lot about Utah State
Hamblin · The Utah Statesman2 days after the 17-16 game

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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 17-29 loss to Idaho State.

FirstSecondThirdFourthIdaho State fansUtah State fans

A usual night for Utah State fans is steady.

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

Inside the fanbase: all 6 corners

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

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.31
Local
Most bought-in cohort
vs
Coldest corner+0.24
National take
Coolest cohort

How Utah State fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Held Alabama to the fewest points they've scored on anyone so far this season, I'll take it

open ↗

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 6 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
National take+0.24 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
30%
recent results
22%
where the program is headed
10%
offense
8%
the coaching staff
8%

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.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

player performanceOne fan's take that season

fans debate whether Hillstead’s height is a significant disadvantage

If Hillstead was taller, Hillstead would have countless power conference offers. He is built like a shorter DB, RB, and WR, but he has quarterback arm and talent.

It doesn't matter, he plays a position where height is critical and 6'-0" is sort of the floor. 6'-2" and above is preferred.

Based on 3 comments across 3 threads · Aug 17, 2026–Sep 8, 2026 · via Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)

coaching decisionOne fan's take

One fan believes the coaching staff makes poor game-time decisions

If he is hurt, why are we calling long-pass plays when they know he can't make those throws? It's also obvious the coaching staff doesn't trust the team.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 7, 2026 · via Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the team’s performance has declined under his leadership

We knew he was a bad coach, he proved it tonight, and we are all sad because there is little hope for the Utah State Aggies.

Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026 · via Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)

schedule expectationOne fan's take that season

One fan believes mid-tier success would exceed their expectations

Most of us in July 2021 would have been ecstatic if told we would be 8-3 after losing at home to Wyoming.

Right now in the preseason you’ll be ecstatic, when we lose to CSU we’ll all be pissed, at season end we’ll be content

Based on 2 comments across 1 thread · Jul 30, 2026 · via Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Utah State fans 58% of posts bring up another team#31 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Utah
Who Utah State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Utah37%
  2. Auburn5%
  3. BYU5%
  4. New Mexico4%
  5. Nevada4%
share of Utah State’s football posts that mention each team
Utah State lives rent-free in
  1. Colorado State6%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Utah State
Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Olsen
×4034.4 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Olsen×4034.4
McCae Hillstead×809.2
Robert Anae×1180.1

“Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football) • Re: Fall Camp St. greed?”

board/Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football) · fan post
Fans on Olsen
  1. “Merlin Olsen Boundary” …. Statistics: Posted by Blue Sage — 5 minutes ago
  2. Olsen's memory to make a buck. From my point of view, our program needs money, and I would
  3. If we’re just looking at their collegiate career, I’d throw Phil Olsen up there too. Besides Merlin, he’s the only other consensus all-American if I’m
  4. Merlin olsen was picked as the best athlete from utah by sport's illustrated Statistics: Posted
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
73rd
Joy
31st
Anger
13th
Doom
28th
Sarcasm
2nd
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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