College football is all about pride, passion, and the occasional delusional fan base shouting from the rooftops about their “glory days.” And while some schools have the hardware to back it up, others are all bark, no bite—and somehow louder than everyone else.
These are the fanbases that will start Twitter wars in the middle of a Tuesday in April, despite having nothing to show for it since flip phones were cool. Here are 23 college fan bases who can’t stop talking trash, even though the win column keeps begging them to sit down.
23. Illinois Fighting Illini
They’ll bring up Red Grange as if it happened last season and act like every rebuild is the same. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just wondering if they’ll ever win more than seven games again.
22. California Berkeley Bears
Cal fans love to act like they’re too smart for football, but they sure talk a lot when they win six games. For a team that treats mediocrity like a bowl invite, the trash talk is oddly confident.
21. South Carolina Gamecocks
You’d think a program with zero conference titles in over 30 years wouldn’t chirp so loudly. But win one rivalry game, and they’ll act like kings of the SEC.
20. Maryland Terps
They’ve got the Under Armour swag and a social media team that punches way above its weight. Too bad the football team rarely follows suit.
19. Arizona Wildcats
Always convinced it’s “our year,” even when they’re giving up 40 a game. The desert heat might be messing with their memory of past results.
18. Nebraska Cornhuskers
They still talk like it’s 1995, and Tom Osborne is walking through that door. The delusion persists despite the drought.
17. Texas Tech Red Raiders
They’ll scream about how hard it is to play in Lubbock, but that home-field advantage hasn’t done much lately. The bravado is high even when the defense isn’t.
16. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
They love reminding you about that one national title from the early ’90s. Meanwhile, modern relevance is nowhere to be found.
15. Iowa State Cyclones
Hilton Magic belongs to basketball, but Cyclone fans act like their football team is a Big 12 powerhouse. A couple of decent seasons, and suddenly, they think they’re playoff contenders.
14. Vanderbilt Commodores
Every once in a while, they sneak in a cheeky upset and start chirping like they’re not the SEC’s permanent doormat. Props for the confidence, but reality constantly crashes the party.
13. Louisville Cardinals
One good season turns into five years of chirping. The fans talk like they’re a sleeping giant when it’s more like a team that hits snooze every fall.
12. Missouri Tigers
They jumped into the SEC and had a couple of hot years, and now it’s as if they’ve always been elite. The trash talk doesn’t quite match the win-loss record since then.
11. Michigan State Spartans
The chip on their shoulder is massive, and they’ll constantly let you know about it. But the trophy case hasn’t added anything shiny in a long while.
10. NC State Wolfpack
They’ve got serious “we should be better” energy and fans who genuinely believe they’re cursed. That doesn’t stop them from talking wild every preseason.
9. Ole Miss Rebels
Every offseason feels like a national title is on the way, and every postseason looks like an existential crisis. The fans never seem to notice the disconnect.
8. West Virginia Mountaineers
They’ll talk circles around you about the “glory days,” even if those days peaked with a Fiesta Bowl. The program’s current vibe is more moonshine than dominance.
7. Arkansas Razorbacks
They’ve got the SEC pride, the stadium noise, and the trash talk to match. But it always seems to fizzle when the season starts.
6. UCLA Bruins
All style, very little recent football substance. Bruins fans still act like it’s the 80s, even as the Rose Bowl collects cobwebs.
5. Tennessee Volunteers
They’ll hype up a spring game like it’s the Super Bowl, then pivot to conspiracy theories when things don’t go as planned. The volume never goes down, no matter how the season ends.
4. Texas A&M Aggies
Yell practice, cult energy, and a bottomless pit of preseason confidence. Aggie fans talk the loudest in August and quietly disappear by November.
3. Miami Hurricanes
The swagger is eternal, even if the results haven’t matched since flip phones were in style. No fan base holds onto the past with more fervor.
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2. Florida State Seminoles
They chirp like they’re a dynasty even when they’re barely bowl-eligible. Somehow, every down year is still “elite” in their eyes.
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1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Talks like a blue blood, plays like a team allergic to big-game wins. Irish fans are unmatched in volume, especially when trying to convince you they’re still elite.
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