2024 CONNECTICUT FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

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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 Connecticut.

For awhile, we had a hard time figuring out this state, but we have discovered some solid Student Sections. This fall is going to be very interesting as we see several Student Sections battle for the top spot.

Last Football season, we had the Newtown Hawks Nest as the top Football Student Section in Connecticut. The Hawks Nest was phenomenal last fall and they battled for a National Football Student Section Championship. It will be a challenge for an encore, but if the Hawks Nest does what they did last year on Instagram, they can repeat.

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 Connecticut, we have to go with Masuk Red Army. The Red Army might look like a top contender for the top spot in Connecticut. They have already shown off their school spirit on Instagram. If they can keep doing that, they could take down the toughest Student Section opponent.

Will the Belly take the top spot in the state or will the Hawks Nest take another one in the Constitution State? Let’s find out.

2024 CONNECTICUT FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Notre Dame Green Machine

Green Machine wants this. They’re off to a solid start. If they can stay the course and show off their school sprit on Instagram on a consistent basis, they will take the top spot by seasons end.

  1. North Haven Tribe
  2. Newtown Hawks Nest
  3. Masuk Red Army
  4. East Haven Hive
  5. Northwest Catholic Belly
  6. Cromwell Mob
  7. Morgan Dog Pound
  8. Ellington Kingdom
  9. West Haven Devils Den
  10. Hand Tiger Den
  11. Platt Panther Pack
  12. Warde Stampede
  13. Conard Red Zone
  14. Brookfield Bomb Squad
  15. Ridgefield Tigers Lair
  16. Windsor Locks Ship
  17. Kolbe-Cathedral Cougarville
  18. East Catholic Nest
  19. Bunnell Dawgpound 
  20. Manchester Tribe
  21. Greenwich Crazies
  22. Westhill Purple Pack
  23. Newington Storm
  24. Choate Rosemary Hall School 
  25. Maloney
  26. Danbury
  27. Cheshire
  28. Norwich Free Academy 
  29. Brunswick School
  30. Cheshire Academy
  31. Sacred Heart
  32. New Britain 
  33. New Canaan
  34. Staples
  35. Griswold 
  36. Fitch
  37. New London
  38. St. Bernard
  39. Avon Old Farms

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