{"id":802469,"date":"2026-08-04T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/802469\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:02:10","slug":"college-football-2026-hope-o-meter-survey-how-optimistic-are-you-about-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/802469\/","title":{"rendered":"College football 2026 Hope-O-Meter survey: How optimistic are you about your team?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can your team be the next Indiana, or are you pessimistic about its chances in 2026? Let us know. Matias J. Ocner \/ Miami Herald \/ Tribune News Service via Getty Images<\/p>\n

By The Athletic College Football Staff<\/p>\n

Aug. 4, 2026 Updated 7:04 am EDT<\/p>\n

This time a year ago, Indiana fans were already feeling quite good about the 2025 college football season. Ninety-eight percent of Hoosiers supporters who took The Athletic\u2019s annual survey said they were optimistic about their team.<\/p>\n

What followed was arguably the most astonishing championship run in the sport\u2019s history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pessimism can also be a harbinger of the season ahead. The six most pessimistic fan bases in the Power 4 last August went on to cheer for teams that finished with losing records.<\/p>\n

So as camps begin and another season awaits in a few weeks, we ask again: How are you feeling about your team?<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s college football Hope-O-Meter is back, and we want to hear from you below. We\u2019ll share which fan bases are most optimistic \u2014 and which enter 2026 in a cloud of pessimism \u2014 before the first week of the season. (Here\u2019s how everyone was feeling ahead of 2025<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"Connections:\"Connections:<\/p>\n

Aug 4, 2026<\/p>\n

Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n

Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n

Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n

Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can your team be the next Indiana, or are you pessimistic about its chances in 2026? Let us…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1775,8944,1769,1771,1607,8922,690,7091,8926,8940,399,8942,3343,13424,6815,13427,13418,1774,13420,8938,13421,8924,7186,1777,7560,13428,13423,1770,398,396,397,12695,8943,7027,13425,1776,6344,1232,5694,8939,13426,13422,5687,8928,99,8941,7559,8921,5690,13419,8927,8923,8925,1773,1772,3679,13417,7561],"class_list":["post-802469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-baylor-bears","tag-boston-college-eagles","tag-cincinnati-bearcats","tag-clemson-tigers","tag-college-football","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-culture","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-east-carolina-pirates","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-football","tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","tag-houston-cougars","tag-illinois-fighting-illini","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-iowa-state-cyclones","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-maryland-terrapins","tag-memphis-tigers","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-middle-tennessee-blue-raider","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-navy-midshipmen","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-northwestern-wildcats","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","tag-penn-state-nittany-lions","tag-pittsburgh-panthers","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-smu-mustangs","tag-south-florida-bulls","tag-sports","tag-syracuse-orange","tag-tcu-horned-frogs","tag-temple-owls","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-tulane-green-wave","tag-tulsa-golden-hurricane","tag-ucf-knights","tag-virginia-cavaliers","tag-virginia-tech-hokies","tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}