2024 VIRGINIA 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 Virginia.
We discovered a lot of Student Sections last year, but yet we felt that we were missing some more. Thankfully, one of our partners Stadium Geeks (@stadiumgeeks.sports on Instagram) has us covered and made sure we have the right Student Sections as their headquarters are in Virginia. Hopefully we discover more Student Sections this fall.
Last Football season, we had the Stone Bridge Dogpound as the top Football Student Section in Virginia. The Dogpound show up and pack up the stands. It is tough to see an empty seat at the Dogpound. If they show off their school spirit more than usual on Instagram, this will be a repeat in 2024!
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 Virginia, we have to go with the Nansemond River Rowdies. When I sent my rough draft list to Stadium Geeks, he said the list looks good, but it is missing a couple Student Sections. River Rowdies was one of those Student Sections and once I saw their Instagram account, I felt they quick make a splash and show off their school spirit. Perhaps the River Rowdies could make a move in the list in the fall.
Will River Rowdies take the top spot in the state or will the Dogpound repeat as the best in the Old Dominion State? Let’s find out.
2024 VIRGINIA FOOTBALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS
- Stone Bridge Dogpound
The Dogpound showed off their Student Section every now and then and it was enough to make an impression out of me. A lot of Student Section have the chance to make a good case to take the top spot, so every now and then may not be enough. If the Dogpound shows some consistency on social media, then they will repeat.
- Loudoun Valley Jungle
- Tuscarona Tusky Terror
- Loudoun County Raider Riot
- Lake Braddock Hype
- Woodgrove Wild
- Broad Run Maroon Crew
- Northside
- Heritage Chaos Crew
- Nansemond River Rowdies
- Freedom Frenzy
- Battlefield Den
- Liberty Christian Dawgpound
- Rock Ridge Hype Squad
- Western Branch Bruin Crazies
- Riverside
- Briar Woods Falcon Frenzy
- Independence Ambush
- Riverheads Red Kingdom
- Orange County Fanatics
- South Lake Hype Squad
- Phoebus
- Kings Fork Dawgpound
- Atlee Raider Nation
- Riverside
- Maury
- Twin Springs
- Benedictine
- Kettle Run
- Varina
- Highland Springs
- Goochland
- King George
- Mountain View
- Dinwiddie
- Warwick
- Patriot
- Hanover
- Manchester
- Fairfax
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