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SC NFL fans are rooting for this team to win the Super Bowl, Twitter data shows

With Super Bowl Sunday coming up in just a few days, many National Football League fans have been debating over who they think should win.

This year’s Super Bowl is set to start at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, with the Kansas City Chiefs going head-to-head against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Many fans of college football may recognize a few players during this year’s game.

If you tend to watch the NCAA Southeastern Conference or other collegiate football games, you may recognize some of the names.

Super Bowl LVII will be the first to feature two Black starting quarterbacks: Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, left, and Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Super Bowl LVII will be the first to feature two Black starting quarterbacks: Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, left, and Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles. Photos by Kansas City Star (left) and Associated Press The Kansas City Star

Four and five star recruits such as Jalen Hurts, DeVonta Smith, Miles Sanders, AJ Brown, Landon Dickerson and several other players will be taking the field on Sunday.

Regardless of some players being favorites for some fans from their collegiate years, this may or may not play into which team many NFL fans are most likely rooting for during this year’s Super Bowl.

South Carolina residents are rooting for the Chiefs during Sunday’s game, according to recent Twitter data compiled by betonline.

However, this may not align with the views from other states within the country.

A map displaying which team each state is rooting for during the 57th Super Bowl this year. The map was put together by betonline after using trends software with direct access to geotagged twitter data to discover each state’s fan base.
A map displaying which team each state is rooting for during the 57th Super Bowl this year. The map was put together by betonline after using trends software with direct access to geotagged twitter data to discover each state’s fan base. Submitted

The map shows geotagged Twitter data from after the match-up was officially set to now. The information was gathered by tracking official fan hashtags in each state to see who is rooting for each team in the 57th Super Bowl. During the course of the study, over 217,000 tweets were tracked.

Who received the most votes according to the Twitter data?

In a state breakdown, the Eagles gathered votes from 28 states whereas the Chiefs won votes from only 22 states.

This puts the Philadelphia Eagles as America’s favorite to win the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to the data from the study.

Sarah Claire McDonald
The Island Packet
Sarah Claire McDonald worked as a Service Journalism Reporter for The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. She specialized in writing audience-focused, unique, spotlight stories about people, places and occurrences in the Lowcountry. Originally from the Midwest, Sarah Claire studied news media, communications and English at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where she graduated in 2021.
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