2024 SOUTH CAROLINA 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 South Carolina.

Some of these Student Sections are pretty up even. A lot of great Student Sections that made it tough to figure out who was the best one, but I feel that may change this fall.

Last Football season, we had Chapman Panther Patio as the top Football Student Section in South Carolina. Panther Patio was consistent in posting their Student Section, much more than anyone else and that was enough to take the top spot. It will be tough to repeat, but Panther Patio will be ready to defend.

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 South Carolina, we have to go with the Gaffney Tribe. The Tribe will occasionally post their Student Section on Instagram and hang around in the Top 10, but it might be time to make the move closer to the top. This might be the season. This is a great Student Section.

Will the Rowdies be the new top Student Section in the Palmetto State or will Bishop Chatard go back-to-back? Let’s find out.

2024 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Nation Ford Dirty Birds

Dirty Birds discovered us late last football season and we discovered them at the same time and they made a solid first impression. The Dirty Birds might be the new superpower Student Section in this state, but they have to show off their Student Section on Instagram to prove this point right.

  1. Chapman Panther Patio
  2. Clover Crazies
  3. Fort Mill Dawgpound
  4. Gaffney Tribe
  5. Cane Bay Crazies
  6. Gilbert Tribe
  7. North Augusta
  8. Dorman
  9. Dutch Fork
  10. Wando Chophouse
  11. West Florence Knasty Knights
  12. Riverside
  13. Fort Dorchester Blue Wave
  14. Irmo
  15. Brookland-Cayce
  16. Byrnes
  17. Catawba Ridge
  18. TL Hanna
  19. Fox Tribe
  20. Maudlin
  21. AC Flora
  22. Chapin 
  23. Northwestern Purple Reign
  24. Westside
  25. Greer
  26. Hillcrest Ram Nation
  27. Darlington Nest
  28. Rock Hill
  29. White Knoll
  30. South Florence
  31. Spartanburg
  32. West Florence
  33. Greenville
  34. JL Mann
  35. Wade Hampton
  36. Wilson
  37. Sumter 
  38. South Pointe
  39. Seneca

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