College Football Hate Map

The College Football Hate Map, built from a Reddit College Football poll of 5,000 fans around the country.

(Reddit College Football)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No wonder there's such a heated rivalry with that "M" state to the north of Ohio.

People in Maine really don't like the Buckeyes.

Oh, you were thinking of another "M" state? Don't worry, people in Michigan hate Ohio State too. You knew that. Did you also know that Ohio State is the most hated college football team in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois and Wisconsin?

OK, there really isn't a rivalry with Maine, but New England is apparently pretty anti-Buckeye.

This comes from a recent poll compiled by Reddit College Football, which sampled nearly 5,000 fans from around the country to create the college football hate map. You can see the full map above.

Ohio State came out on top. Or the bottom depending on how you look at it. The Buckeyes are the most hated college football team in the country.

Here's how the top 10 broke down, with the percentage of votes garnered:

1. Ohio State 11.4 percent

T2. Alabama 9.2 percent

T2. Michigan 9.2 percent

4. Texas 6.3 percent

5. Florida 5.9 percent

6. Auburn 4.3 percent

7. Texas A&M 3.9 percent

8. Florida State 3.5 percent

9. South Carolina 2.9 percent

10. Baylor 2.5 percent

Here's the interesting thing, Reddit CFB provided individual information from the 15 states with the most voters. Ohio was among those states, and here's how the voting in the Buckeyes home state broke down:

1. Michigan 41.6 percent

2. Ohio State 26.3 percent

3. Michigan State 5.3 percent

Of the 15 states that had the most voters, Ohio had the second-largest percentage of fans who hate Ohio State. The percentage of people from Ohio who hate Ohio State was second only to the percentage of people from Michigan who hate Ohio State (37.9 percent).

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the numbers:

A breakdown of the data used for Reddit CFB's College Football Hate Map.

And here's a better look at that hotbed of Buckeye hatred, New England: