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.
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.
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.