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BetOnline has created a semi-scientific study of the 2025 College Football Playoff rooting interests nationwide across the U.S.
The InfoMap below is based on geotagged X data from last Thursday night (when matchups were set) to now, tracking official fan hashtags in each state. For example, #GoIrish (Notre Dame), #HookEm (Texas), #WeAre (Penn State), and #GoBucks (Ohio State). Over 180,000 tweets were tracked.
As you can see from the map, Notre Dame is now "America's team" with a whopping 40 states backing them. Also interesting is that nobody seems to be interested in seeing Ohio State win outside of Ohio. Finally, interesting to see some of the fellow SEC states in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi supporting Texas in their first year in the conference. Notre Dame has always had a large national following, and it's especially on display here as all of the fan favorite underdog teams have been eliminated.
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Here's the state breakdown:
Notre Dame - 40 states (all other states)
Penn State - 5 states (Alaska, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
Texas - 4 states (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas)
Ohio State - 1 state (Ohio)
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