And it's North Dakota.
According to data compiled by online sports gambling site betonline.ag using software to collect over 500,000 geotagged Twitter data, only five states will be rooting for the Patriots in this year's Super Bowl: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and North Dakota.
The Twitter data, which was released after the AFC and NFC Championship games, found 1,400 tweets in North Dakota in favor of the Patriots, while 1,100 favored the Eagles.
North Dakota is the only non New England-area state rooting for Patriots in Super Bowl, data shows https://t.co/jM8HUdGkhe pic.twitter.com/CtCd1q9qkO
— inforum (@inforum) January 24, 2018This news is a little surprising considering Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz played college and high school football in North Dakota. But honestly who knows how accurate Twitter geotagging data is anyway.
