2022 ORANGE COUNTY TOP 40 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION RANKINGS

We continue our Final Rankings in the 41 states we covered this football season. 

To say I’m overwhelmed with the work that comes along with this is an understatement.

We had Student Section of the Week for over 10 weeks and that helped us determine who had the best Student Section and which one wanted it more.

Just showing up in large crowds isn’t enough. It might fool other outlets that don’t cover Student Sections, but not us. We have to know how bad you want and marketing is key. 

You will see top-notch Student Sections miss out at the top spot, but we kept saying it over and over and over again, in order to be considered number one, you have to win the Student Section of the Week title. Otherwise, what is the point of having that contest?!

I know Student Sections complain, but remember it’s thousands of Student Sections and only me. Social media is your friend if used correctly.

When we started covering Student Sections in 2015, it began with only Orange County, California. We expanded in 2017 to Southern California before expanding to other states last year. Southern California has a special place for us.

If Student Sections in SoCal didn’t bring the hype, this idea of National Student Section coverage and competition online would never come to exist. Even if we cover 41 states, we still cover Southern California in five different sections.

We continue with Orange County. Orange County is where it all started as far as our National Student Section coverage. The OC helped make this grow and this area is well respected.

In fact, there is another Instagram page dedicated to Student Sections in Orange County (@ocstudentsections). Bad blood at one point (blame that both our competitive spirit, seems fitting!), but I have the biggest respect with Jared, Chris and everyone at OC Student Sections.

My Student Section coverage in Orange County is also at www.OCVarsity.com, run by the Orange County Register. That is where the Orange County Student Section craze started over a decade ago, before I began writing for them.

As always, the OC is deep with amazing Student Sections! Some of the Student Sections outside the Top 15-20 can battle for the top spot in some states!

Let’s take a look at the OC Top 40 Rankings!

2022 ORANGE COUNTY TOP 40 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION RANKINGS

1. El Modena Rowdy Rooters 

L-O-V-E, We love the ElMo Rowdy Rooters!

This is years in the making. The Rowdy Rooters keep getting better and better. They travel in large numbers and are one of a kind at home. The neon theme was the cherry on top! It helped that El Modena football had one of the best seasons in school history! The Rowdy Rooters of El Modena are on top in 2022, they’re the Orange County Student Section Champions!

2. Villa Park Black Pack

Man does this Student Section love me and man, do I love the Villa Park Black Pack! A new advisor this season, but the Black Pack didn’t skip a beat. This Student Section loves to travel!

3. JSerra Lion Nation

The only issue in the past was social media and it got a lot better. Lion Nation is insane! Behind the endzone and you can assume Lion Nation helped in almost knocking out the nation’s best football team. Lion Nation is crazy!

4. El Dorado Hawks Nest

This is probably the best Hawks Nest I’ve seen. Hawks Nest has gotten better and better. Social media is amazing and the Hawks Nest is wild in the stands.

5. Orange Lutheran Code Red

Code Red got a lot more consistent on social media. A much better Student Section as well. With full potential, Code Red is a problem for opponents.

6. Capo Valley Cage 

7. Los Alamitos Locos

8. Mission Viejo Diablo Inferno

9. San Clemente Loud Crowd

10. Yorba Linda Stable 

11. Canyon Tribe

12. Irvine Frontier

13. Crean Lutheran Blue Zone 

14. Edison MESS

15. Newport Harbor Tarpit 

16. Servite Asylum

17. Aliso Niguel Den 

18. Santa Margarita Eagles Nest 

19. St. Margaret’s Kitchen

20. El Toro Bullring

21. Foothill Dungeon 

22. Ocean View Nest 

23. Corona del Mar Kings Krew 

24. Tesoro Titan Army 

25. San Juan Hills Stampede 

26. Sonora Jungle

27. Fountain Valley Kingdom 

28. Mater Dei Den 

29. Dana Hills Pod Squad 

30. La Habra Highlander Huddle 

31. Beckman Brigade

32. Trabuco Hills Stampede 

33. Westminster Lions Den 

34. Troy Warzone

35. Cypress CypHype 

36. Fullerton Red Zone

37. Huntington Beach Oil Pit

38. Northwood Den

39. Laguna Beach Breaker Nation

40. Western Pio Pit