2024 ARIZONA FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

In 2015, yours truly began covering Student Sections in Orange County, California. We expanded to Southern California in 2017 and in 2021, we added four more states and added 15 more states. We went to 40 states two years ago.

We went to all 50 states in winter of 2023. No one has ever done that before…until now!

This is still a one-man operation for the most part, but we have some help with some partners on Instagram like OC Student Sections, Stadium Geeks, Maryland Student Section Rater, NorCal Student Sections and many more.

I know that Student Sections have a lot of work to do to get the students to the games to cheer on their classmates and go along with the theme and make sure they don’t cause trouble. These student sections deserve recognition.

We will kick off the Student Section season with Preseason Football Student Section Rankings. REMEMBER, this is a PREVIEW. It is merely a prediction. The real rankings come out in November or December. 

If you feel your student section isn’t ranked high enough or not ranked at all, let us know and we’ll keep a close eye on them.

Every week, we will also have Student Section of the Week for each state. Once you win Student Section of the Week, you can’t win it again, but you still have to battle for the top spot in your state and perhaps the Nation as we will also name a Football Student Section National Champion. 

We continue with the 2024 Football Student Section Season with a preview of Arizona.

We have discovered a lot of Student Sections here thanks to several past resources close to us, including my older brother. I’m sure well discover more Student Sections this fall, but it will be tough to break in the Top 40 with a state stacked with amazing Student Sections.

Last Football season, we had the Liberty Uproar as the top Football Student Section in Arizona. The Uproar snuck by here. It takes a lot to take out Highland Nest, but they did. It will take more than what they did last season to do the same. More social media work and show off that amazing Student Section.

In each state, we will name one student section to look out for. A student section that doesn’t get talked about a lot by us or others and for Arizona, we have to go with the Pinnacle Crazies. The Crazies can hang with the best of them, that’s a given. The problem is, can they be the Student Section that can end up on top? It will take a lot to do that, but the Crazies are just crazy enough to think it can be done.

Will the Crazies take the top spot in the state or will the Uproar take another one in the Grand Canyon State? Let’s find out.

2024 ARIZONA FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Highland Nest

The Nest is one of the best in the state, year in and year out, so it must of been a surprise to finish number two in last season Football Student Section Rankings. The Nest didn’t show off their Student Section on Instagram as much last year and word of mouth can only go so far. The Nest has to prove that they are still the top dawg in Arizona. I think they’ll prove that this fall.

  1. Chandler Blue Crew
  2. Pinnacle Crazies
  3. Liberty Uproar
  4. Brophy Prep Stampede
  5. Perry Puma Pit
  6. Higley Knightmare
  7. Corona del Sol Tribe
  8. Valley Christian Blue Crew
  9. Williams Field Red Rage
  10. Desert Mountain Wolfden
  11. Basha Bear Den
  12. Salpointe Catholic Lancer Legion
  13. Saguaro Zoo
  14. Chaparral Birdcage
  15. Mountain Ridge Army
  16. Casteel Stampede
  17. O’Connor Nest
  18. Hamilton
  19. Notre Dame Dogpound 
  20. Boulder Creek
  21. Sunnyslope Green Team
  22. Red Mountain Red Sea
  23. Queen Creek Dawgpound 
  24. Verrado Viper Pit
  25. Centennial 
  26. Horizon Dawgpound 
  27. Desert Edge
  28. American Leadership Academy 
  29. Millennium Jungle 
  30. Desert Vista Storm Troopers
  31. Paradise Valley Red Zone
  32. Prescott 
  33. Agua Fria 
  34. Desert Ridge
  35. Arcadia Chaos
  36. Yuma Catholic
  37. Paradise Honors
  38. Cactus
  39. St. Mary’s Bleacher Creatures

HONROABLE MENTION: Ironwood Eagles Nest, Campo Verde Crazies, Gilbert, Sunrise Mountain Stang Gang, Canyon View Chaos