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The Texas State rivalryUTSA enters 2026 rated No. 62 in 2025 SP+ (+3.7).our read

American Athletic · Jeff Traylor, year 7 (55-26) · Alamodome · 36,582 · 33,403 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#14 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #59 (+2.9) · FPI #80
The marketTexas by 30at Texas · our model 24% UTSA · a number, not a pick

LastW 31–26 at Texas State · Sat Sep 12 · Cam Upshaw Jr. 0.5 TFL, 1 INT, 5 tackles

Nextat Texas · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium · Texas by 30 · series 0-2, lost the last 2 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

UTSA fans are split on what comes next.

Jeff Traylor's year 7 (2026): 2-0, behind Frank Wilson's 11-3 in the same spot.

belief cooled ↓ 3.9vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
49/100 · 221 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
1% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 22 pts
~ our read
The model
#14
CFB Zeitgeist · +7.9
✓ measured
Explore all 12 corners of the fanbase ↓
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coordinators

UTSA: coordinator change reshaping a unit.

Jeff Traylor begins his 7th season at UTSA with a 7-6 record, but coordinator changes and an uneasy fanbase signal tension ahead as the program seeks to build on its 2021 conference title.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on UTSA

Archive · Wk 2 · 221 mentions · medium confidence
49
Δ -3.9 vs last wk
221 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

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

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

Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
RRowdy Talk
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · warm our read

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.03 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 UTSA fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

"nazi at kirk event" fork found in kitchen

▲ 288 ▼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
Local+0.06
Casuals+0.03

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
52%
recent results
14%
where the program is headed
8%
the rankings
7%
the schedule
6%

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

727 mentions · 7 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 readUTSA fans are down on the program, with almost nothing concrete behind it yet.

backed by facts
1% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
22% optimistic34% down

✓ counted We read 221 posts from UTSA fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial13 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
“CAN’T WIN YOUR SUPER BOWL IN YOUR OWN HOME LMAOOOOO”
2d ago
News & campus coverage2 posts
News
“Rusk’s McCown throws for over 200 yards, 1 touchdown in UTSA win KLTV.com”
2d ago
CFB analyst takes4 posts
Bluesky · @sickoscommittee.org
“UTSA TOUCHDOWN WITH 14 SECONDS LEFT”
2d ago

Fanbase health · UTSA

UTSA's fanbase is growing — 65 of 100.

Audible (42 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (7-6 last season, 2-0 so far).

On the field — 7-6 last season, 2-0 so far67
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 UTSA

Canvas just dead right now, Instructure so unprepared smhh

Is it true or false that UTSA has faculty who only recruit students who are from their country and speak their language? Is race/ethnicity/language profiling in graduate research groups really a thing? I want to apply to Mechanical Engineering but this Reddit has me worried now.

To engineering grad students and faculty/staff from CO and SA. Stop posting and deleting on here. We know who you are. Falae accusations, intimidation, coverup, bullying and harassing others on campus is not tolerated.

Fan mood · 12 fans, 14 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
UTSA fans this offseason 14% of posts bring up another team#62 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Texas
Who UTSA fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Texas8%
  2. Tulane1%
  3. Houston1%
  4. Texas State1%
  5. Texas A&M1%
share of UTSA’s football posts that mention each team
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 468 fan mentions
Doomers
Optimism
58th
Joy
41st
Anger
17th
Doom
94th
Sarcasm
6th
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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