2024 NORTH CAROLINA 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 North Carolina.

North Carolina doesn’t have that one Student Section that is different than the others. It’s a fair free game in North Carolina. A lot of Student Sections will have a chance make a solid impression this fall for the top spot.

Last Football season, we had the Providence Day as the top Football Student Section in North Carolina. Providence Day will have the tough task to repeat as State Champs. This is anyone’s game.

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 North Carolina, we have to go with the Hoggard Viking Crowd. This is one of those Student Sections we discovered recently and I get the feeling they will be popping all over Instagram and showing off their school spirit. I can see the Viking Crowd making a case for number one.

Will Viking Crowd take the top spot in the state or will the Providence Day repeat as the best in the Tarheel State? Let’s find out.

2024 NORTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Cannon Crazies

The Crazies for off to a very quick start this season and I am seeing consistency from them. I expect them to continue to show off their school spirit on social media and sneak past some of these Student Sections that will catch up. I can see the Crazies sneaking by the top spot.

  1. Myers Park Stable
  2. Providence Day
  3. Hoggard Viking Crowd
  4. Weddington
  5. Wakefield Wackos
  6. Millbrook Maniacs
  7. Grimsley
  8. Eastern Alamance Eagle Maniacs
  9. Charlotte Latin
  10. Southern Alamance Psychos
  11. Pinecrest
  12. West Forsyth Wackos
  13. C.B. Aycock
  14. Hough
  15. Charlotte Catholic
  16. Ardrey Kell Crazies
  17. New Hanover
  18. Porter Ridge
  19. Rolesville
  20. Wake Forest
  21. Panther Creek
  22. New Bern
  23. East Forsyth 
  24. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
  25. Olympic
  26. Hoggard
  27. Southern Wayne Halo
  28. Cardinal Gibbons
  29. Butler
  30. AC Reynolds
  31. Mallard Creek
  32. Charlotte Christian
  33. Chambers
  34. Independence
  35. East Meckenburg
  36. Laney
  37. Hendsonville 
  38. Shelby 
  39. Cleveland

HONORABLE MENTION: Hickory, North Meckenburg, Dudley, Seventy-First, Mooreville