2024 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION TOP 40 PRESEASON RANKINGS (AND TOP 20 REGIONAL 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 two years ago, we added four more states and added 15 more states. We went to 40 states last fall.

This last winter, we went to all 50 states. No one has ever done that before…until now!

This is still a one-man operation for the most part.

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 Southern California.

SoCal is our bread and butter as we are located here in Orange County. The Student Section Report started as SoCal Student Sections in 2018 and before that we covered Orange County at OC Sidelines and later SoCal at SoCal Sidelines in 2015. While we have grown outside of SoCal, it is still one of the best to cover. Amazing school spirit down here!

With Student Section Report going out of state for 3 games this fall and only being in Orange County for only 2 games, maybe 3 games, we leave it up to OC Student Sections (@OCStudentSections on Instagram). The work that they do is remarkable and they have a different system than us, but keep in mind, College Sports go off of two rankings and are trusted. Believe me when I say (or type) this, trust these guys, they have their business handled.

Last Football season, we had Chaparral Puma Pit as the top Football Student Section in SoCal and in the Nation as they took the National Football Student Section Title. Just to take the top seed in Southern California is brutal enough being one of the four best Student Sections in the Nation. It’s already hard enough to be the best in the Inland Empire with the Great Oak Red Wave in the way as well. The Puma Pit has a tough task ahead of them. It will be worth it as they did it last year!

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 SoCal, it’s the Redondo Union Flock. The Flock has been the best in Los Angeles the last two seasons, but they need to aim higher. Take SoCal and take the National Title. It is possible for the Flock to take SoCal and compete for a National Title.


Will the Flock get past the Puma Pit, Red Wave and the Carlsbad Loud Crowd? We’ll find out.

2024 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION TOP 40 PRESEASON RANKINGS (AND TOP 20 REGIONAL RANKINGS)

  1. Carlsbad Loud Crowd (San Diego Region)

This is one of those very few Student Sections where anything less than a National Student Section Championship is unacceptable and everyone would understand. The Loud Crowd has set the standard these days as one of the powerhouses in the Nation when it comes to Student Sections and school spirit. I don’t know how many Student Sections across the country have mentioned what a powerful Student Section the Loud Crowd is. The Loud Crowd will take advantage of the new voting system that was adopted last winter. The Loud Crowd is WAYYY OVERDUE of a National Title!

  1. Great Oak Red Wave (Inland Empire)
  2. Chaparral Puma Pit (Inland Empire)
  3. Redondo Union Flock (Los Angeles)
  4. San Clemente Loud Crowd (Orange County) 
  5. La Serna Kingdom (Los Angeles)
  6. Vista Murrieta Bronco Bleacher Creatures (Inland Empire)
  7. Servite Asylum (Orange County)
  8. Liberty Pat Riot Crew (Kern/SLO)
  9. Cathedral Catholic Los Locos (San Diego)
  10. Valencia Viking Nation (Los Angeles) 
  11. Murrieta Valley Red Zone (Inland Empire)
  12. Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Rooters (Inland Empire)
  13. Bishop Amat Dawgpound (Los Angeles)
  14. La Habra Highlander Huddle (Orange County)
  15. Del Norte Flock (San Diego)
  16. Los Alamitos Locos (Orange County)
  17. Millikan Mob (Los Angeles)
  18. Frontier Titan Noise Team (Kern/San Luis Obispo)
  19. Mission Viejo Diablo Inferno (Orange County)
  20. Granite Hills Nest (San Diego)
  21. Centennial Dawgpound (Inland Empire)
  22. San Marcos Blue Crew (San Diego)
  23. Torrey Pines Cardinal Chaos (San Diego)
  24. Villa Park Black Pack (Orange County)
  25. Arroyo Grande Blue Zoo (Kern/SLO)
  26. St. Augustine Saints Pit (San Diego)
  27. Upland Dogpound (Inland Empire)
  28. University Trojan Army (Orange County)
  29. Damien Pit (Inland Empire)
  30. Newport Harbor Tarpit (Orange County)
  31. Temescal Canyon Blue Hole (Inland Empire)
  32. St. John Bosco Tribe (Los Angeles)
  33. JSerra Lion Nation (Orange County)
  34. Mission Hills Growl Crowd (San Diego)
  35. Bakersfield Drill Crew (Kern/SLO)
  36. Murrieta Mesa Beast (Inland Empire)
  37. University City Roman Legion (San Diego)
  38. Capistrano Valley Cage (Orange County)
  39. Bakersfield Christian Blue Crew (Kern/SLO)

2024 INLAND EMPIRE TOP 20 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Great Oak Red Wave
  1. Chaparral Puma Pit
  2. Vista Murrieta Bronco Bleacher Creatures 
  3. Murrieta Valley Red Zone
  4. Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Rooters
  5. Centennial Dawgpound 
  6. Upland Dogpound
  7. Damien Pit
  8. Temescal Canyon Blue Hole 
  9. Murrieta Mesa Beast
  10. Alta Loma Blue Crew
  11. Ayala Boneyard
  12. Riverside Poly Cave
  13. Bonita Den
  14. Temecula Valley Gold Zone
  15. Chino Hills Dawgpound 
  16. Norco Cougar Den
  17. Palm Desert Aztec Army 
  18. Chino Cowboy Country 
  19. Redlands Boneyard 

HONORABLE MENTION:ML King Red Zone, Etiwanda Red Zone, Grand Terrace, La Quinta Birdcage, Santiago Black Sea

2024 KERN/SAN LUIS OBISPO TOP 20 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Liberty Pat Riot Crew
  1. Frontier Titan Noise Team
  2. Arroyo Grande Blue Zoo
  3. Bakersfield Drill Crew
  4. Bakersfield Christian Blue Crew
  5. St. Joseph’s 
  6. Atascadero Dog Pound
  7. Centennial Red Zone
  8. Righetti War Zone
  9. Foothill
  10. Nipomo 
  11. Paso Robles Crimson Crew
  12. Lompoc Blue Crew
  13. Garces Memorial Herd
  14. Chavez
  15. Ridgeview
  16. Santa Ynez
  17. Pioneer Valley
  18. Tehachapi
  19. Morro Bay

2024 LOS ANGELES TOP 20 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Redondo Union Flock
  1. La Serna Kingdom 
  2. Valencia Viking Nation
  3. Bishop Amat Dawgpound
  4. Millikan Mob
  5. St. John Bosco Tribe
  6. West Ranch Pack
  7. Torrance Maroon Maniacs
  8. Palos Verdes Red Tide
  9. Thousand Oaks Green Hole
  10. St. Francis Dungeon
  11. Oaks Christian Lions Den
  12. Crespi Cabana
  13. West Covina Bulldog Nation 
  14. Chaminade Cage
  15. Hart Tribe
  16. St. Bonaventure Gates of Heaven 
  17. Covina Stable
  18. Newbury Park Panther Pit 
  19. West Torrance

HONORABLE MENTION: Palos Verdes Peninsula Zoo, Glendora Dogpound, Salesian Stampede, Warren Cave, Downey Viking Nation

2024 ORANGE COUNTY TOP 20 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. San Clemente Loud Crowd
  1. Servite Asylum
  2. La Habra Highlander Huddle
  3. Los Alamitos Locos
  4. Mission Viejo Diablo Inferno
  5. Villa Park Black Pack
  6. University Trojan Army
  7. Newport Harbor Tarpit
  8. JSerra Lion Nation
  9. Capistrano Valley Cage
  10. El Toro Bullring
  11. Canyon Tribe
  12. Troy Warzone
  13. Irvine Frontier
  14. Tesoro Titan Army
  15. El Dorado Hawks Nest
  16. Aliso Niguel Den
  17. El Modena Rowdy Rooters
  18. Crean Lutheran Blue Zone
  19. Segerstrom Jungle

HONORABLE MENTION: Brea Olinda Den, Costa Mesa Stampede, Foothill Dungeon, Sunny Hills Lancer Nation, Beckman Brigade

2024 SAN DIEGO TOP 20 FOOTBALL STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Carlsbad Loud Crowd
  1. Cathedral Catholic Los Locos
  2. Del Norte Flock
  3. Granite Hills Nest
  4. San Marcos Blue Crew
  5. Torrey Pines Cardinal Chaos
  6. St. Augustine Saints Pit
  7. Mission Hills Growl Crowd
  8. University City Roman Legion
  9. Mt. Carmel Red Sea
  10. Rancho Bernardo Stable
  11. La Costa Canyon Stampede 
  12. Patrick Henry Hooligans
  13. El Camino Jungle
  14. Oceanside Ship
  15. Poway Titan Terrors
  16. Grossmont Foothillers 
  17. Mira Mesa
  18. Steele Canyon Cougar Cave
  19. Eastlake Titan Army

HONORABLE MENTION: Scripps Ranch Cage, Montgomery Temple, Westview Blackhole, Brawley Den, Bishop’s Dungeon