ESPN's College Football Fan Happiness Index (FHI) attempts to quantify the un-quantifiable: the emotion of every fan base.
Using seven different variables, every team receives an FHI rating from 0 to 100, with 100 being the happiest. Remember, happiness isn't just about how much teams excel in every category, but how they're doing relative to what its fans expect. The seven inputs into FHI are: team strength and accomplishment, head coach hot seat rating, recruiting trend, rivalry dominance, revenue growth, Twitter sentiment rating and in-game panic rating. (Recruiting trend is only a factor in the offseason. In-game panic rating is only a factor in-season. More details on methodology can be found HERE .)
In the table below, the numbers listed for team power, panic, rivalry dominance and revenue are each team's percentile in that category. For hot seat, the listed number is the coach's percentage chance to be fired during or following this season. And Twitter is the estimated percentage of positive-sentiment tweets.
RANK Â Â FHI Â Â POWER Â Â PANIC Â Â RIVAL Â Â REV Â Â HOT SEAT Â Â TWITTER 1. Alabama 98 95 38 95 96 <1% 23% 2. Georgia 98 94 22 86 96 <1% 20% 3. Oklahoma 98 89 95 71 96 <1% 19% 4. Clemson 98 94 42 94 96 <1% 25% 5. Ohio State 97 87 79 87 96 <1% 20% 6. Texas A&M 95 81 25 75 96 <1% 27% 7. Iowa 95 81 28 88 88 <1% 24% 8. Notre Dame 94 92 50 83 85 <1% 27% 9. Fresno State 91 95 60 91 52 <1% 24% 10. Missouri 91 90 13 97 80 5% 24% 11. Washington 91 85 55 55 95 <1% 24% 12. Wisconsin 91 58 97 60 96 9% 21% 13. Penn State 90 85 96 46 96 3% 24% 14. Michigan 90 92 61 28 96 <1% 29% 15. LSU 89 85 10 55 96 1% 25% 16. Florida 89 88 68 74 96 <1% 31% 17. Iowa State 89 81 99 17 96 <1% 26% 18. Cincinnati 89 89 19 99 37 1% 25% 19. UCF 89 89 16 96 70 <1% 24% 20. West Virginia 88 88 11 77 85 3% 21% 21. Mississippi State 87 86 30 40 79 <1% 26% 22. Kentucky 86 92 54 94 72 4% 34% 23. Oregon 86 74 18 86 72 14% 28% 24. North Carolina State 86 80 25 48 78 5% 27% 25. Colorado 84 47 56 83 77 2% 25% 26. Stanford 83 77 87 85 53 7% 23% 27. Utah 83 84 87 93 86 2% 26% 28. Miami (FL) 82 66 95 81 73 2% 26% 29. Arizona State 82 68 45 85 66 1% 30% 30. Virginia 82 75 48 45 49 3% 23% 31. Texas 81 83 34 72 18 5% 25% 32. UAB 79 84 32 70 22 <1% 28% 33. Purdue 79 88 39 91 21 3% 37% 34. North Texas 78 70 57 76 32 <1% 23% 35. Kansas State 77 41 70 75 67 <1% 21% 36. South Carolina 76 78 71 16 96 14% 28% 37. Boise State 76 74 59 53 56 9% 23% 38. Army 75 80 16 82 47 <1% 28% 39. Indiana 74 56 88 47 72 44% 17% 40. Michigan State 74 70 89 59 96 9% 37% 41. Utah State 74 90 17 80 17 4% 31% 42. Buffalo 73 91 5 70 16 <1% 28% 43. Northwestern 72 71 89 76 89 4% 31% 44. Washington State 71 86 26 70 47 <1% 29% 45. Syracuse 71 88 8 72 57 <1% 33% 46. Virginia Tech 70 42 100 17 96 34% 23% 47. Marshall 65 48 14 21 27 4% 22% 48. Northern Illinois 65 49 32 97 5 7% 23% 49. Auburn 58 73 69 6 96 34% 33% 50. Maryland 58 62 96 38 48 2% 26% 51. Hawaii 58 56 72 35 26 11% 21% 52. UCLA 56 34 56 87 74 8% 29% 53. Tennessee 56 51 49 2 96 3% 29% 54. Memphis 55 54 61 84 42 <1% 28% 55. Texas Tech 54 57 80 63 86 4% 36% 56. Pittsburgh 54 69 76 59 18 20% 18% 57. TCU 53 58 27 61 24 <1% 35% 58. Florida State 53 34 92 19 96 11% 34% 59. Vanderbilt 53 81 59 87 30 29% 32% 60. Eastern Michigan 52 72 6 63 26 <1% 34% 61. Wyoming 52 46 36 79 18 15% 25% 62. Ohio 52 60 28 68 20 <1% 31% 63. Georgia Southern 50 66 57 60 20 <1% 31% 64. Temple 50 69 31 62 34 <1% 30% 65. Arkansas 49 13 95 11 90 13% 31% 66. Southern Miss 48 34 16 99 16 9% 32% 67. Boston College 48 73 42 3 64 28% 34% 68. Arizona 45 39 58 22 72 4% 26% 69. Oklahoma State 45 57 50 13 48 1% 28% 70. Florida Atlantic 44 31 32 74 15 1% 30% 71. Nevada 43 61 51 33 15 2% 33% 72. California 41 65 44 9 69 3% 34% 73. Appalachian State 40 72 2 29 31 <1% 35% 74. Minnesota 40 56 49 45 39 18% 36% 75. USC 40 45 54 19 95 75% 25% 76. Wake Forest 39 58 10 90 26 32% 32% 77. Louisiana-Lafayette 39 42 2 75 16 <1% 38% 78. Middle Tennessee 38 57 42 29 15 <1% 26% 79. Troy 38 57 5 50 33 <1% 38% 80. Charlotte 37 46 12 61 23 42% 27% 81. Toledo 37 37 0 95 26 <1% 39% 82. Tulane 36 51 17 40 22 <1% 33% 83. Old Dominion 36 8 63 38 23 14% 18% 84. North Carolina 34 19 59 6 88 4% 26% 85. Georgia Tech 34 63 35 57 61 24% 37% 86. San Diego State 32 31 92 39 40 <1% 33% 87. Nebraska 31 43 43 13 17 6% 30% 88. Ole Miss 31 42 62 7 76 40% 31% 89. Southern Methodist 30 35 84 32 16 1% 31% 90. Duke 30 68 97 29 27 1% 36% 91. Houston 29 49 98 39 40 2% 27% 92. Florida International 29 72 26 32 15 <1% 41% 93. Brigham Young 28 55 30 5 77 33% 30% 94. Air Force 28 32 3 86 35 18% 40% 95. UNLV 28 16 34 75 17 40% 29% 96. Massachusetts 28 18 48 24 10 4% 25% 97. South Florida 26 29 64 20 68 4% 30% 98. Akron 23 14 29 39 42 29% 32% 99. Baylor 23 47 30 24 64 38% 33% 100. Oregon State 22 15 60 43 47 13% 30% 101. Arkansas State 22 46 18 21 20 1% 45% 102. New Mexico State 21 5 19 41 13 40% 21% 103. Miami (OH) 20 69 32 14 13 42% 29% 104. Navy 20 8 69 9 47 21% 26% 105. South Alabama 20 5 52 26 15 3% 25% 106. Louisiana-Monroe 19 30 75 9 21 34% 28% 107. Liberty 18 21 3 53 14 <1% 39% 108. Western Michigan 18 11 65 78 15 2% 37% 109. Coastal Carolina 18 18 49 23 8 <1% 33% 110. Illinois 16 27 65 6 49 62% 23% 111. Kent State 15 10 23 15 30 5% 35% 112. Rice 13 2 43 11 22 10% 26% 113. Kansas 13 53 89 21 15 74% 28% 114. Texas State 13 8 50 16 9 4% 31% 115. Louisville 11 5 97 6 69 16% 31% 116. New Mexico 8 10 59 55 21 63% 34% 117. Rutgers 8 9 80 16 42 73% 28% 118. Georgia State 7 5 73 62 25 11% 46% 119. UTEP 7 2 88 64 7 9% 40% 120. Ball State 6 17 33 4 17 58% 31% 121. Louisiana Tech 6 30 96 1 15 9% 45% 122. San Jose State 5 9 60 19 13 43% 36% 123. Central Michigan 5 5 84 26 11 45% 34% 124. UTSA 5 4 21 56 29 27% 46% 125. Colorado State 5 7 77 5 42 36% 35% 126. Tulsa 5 11 36 40 16 55% 37% 127. Connecticut 3 2 61 36 30 47% 35% 128. East Carolina 3 7 31 87 42 87% 47% 129. Bowling Green 2 6 23 7 10 9% 49% 130. Western Kentucky 1 0 41 50 12 4% 40%
