2025 MARYLAND FALL 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 and now we add our friends from the North in Canada on top of dividing Texas into two regions, similar to what we did with California. 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 good friends at OC Student Sections and Stadium Geeks with help from Maryland Student Section Rater, NorCal Student Sections and many more.

This year we plan to get several “barstool” pages that showcase Student Sections in their states. Some of those pages were very helpful last year as we get more accurate with our rankings.

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.

This past season, we several more Student Sections, including some big powerhouse ones that not only will be a top dawg in their state, but will be a big player in the National side!

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 2025 Fall Student Section Season with a preview of Washington.

Now, we aren’t sure if our friends at Maryland Student Section Rater (@mdstudentsectionrater on Instagram) will be back this fall, but we will see. They showed up just in time for us to find some new Student Sections. Thanks to their help, they’ve made this state one of the deeper ones in the Student Section scene. They have made it so easy these last few years and hope they are back. They have given us plenty of information in regards to Student Sections in this state and we hope to find more this fall.

Last Football season, we had the Archbishop Spalding Rowdy Red as the top Football Student Section in Maryland. Rowdy Red repeated as Maryland Football Student Section Champions and if they continue the consistency on showing off their Student Section on Instagram, we’ll see a three-peat!

In each state, we will name one student section to look out for. A student section that while they aren’t ranked super high or weren’t ranked high last year, they’re a Student Section to lookout for and for Maryland, it’s Rockville Inferno. We discovered the Inferno last season and if they continue to show off their Student Section on Instagram, they’ll look to be the new Fall Champs!

Will the Inferno continue to move up in the rankings or will the Rowdy Red go for three-in-a-row in The Old Line State? Let’s find out.

2025 MARYLAND FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Archbishop Spalding Rowdy Red (2024 Rank: 1)

Rowdy Red has been on top of their game and it is the reason they’ve been number for the last two years. It will take a lot for them to go for three as some Student Sections have made some improvements in marketing their Student Section on social media. Rowdy Red will be ready to show everyone that they’re still the best in Maryland.

  1. Frederick Sabre Nation (2024 Rank: 4)
  2. Northwest Jag Nation (2024 Rank: 2)
  3. Rockville Inferno (2024 Rank: 5)
  4. Quince Orchard Red Army (2024 Rank: 6)
  5. DeMatha Herd (2024 Rank: 8)
  6. Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons Nest (2024 Rank: 3)
  7. Oakdale Oakdaliens (2024 Rank: 10)
  8. Whitman Whitmaniacs (2024 Rank: 9)
  9. Mount St. Joseph (2024 Rank: 17)
  10. Walter Johnson Mighty Mad Cows (2024 Rank: 11)
  11. Arundel Gang Green (2024 Rank: 22)
  12. Manchester Valley Herd (2024 Rank: 12)
  13. Damascus Swarm (2024 Rank: 13)
  14. Urbana Urbaniacs (2024 Rank: 23)
  15. Linganore Tribe (2024 Rank: 15)
  16. Thomas Johnson Patriot Army (2024 Rank: 14)
  17. Westminster Owl Nest (2024 Rank: 25)
  18. Tuscarora Titan Army (2024 Rank: 24)
  19. Walkersville Jungle (2024 Rank: 20)
  20. Bullis Dogpound (2024 Rank: 21)
  21. Brunswick Roader Nation (2024 Rank: 19)
  22. Poolesville Falcons Nest (2024 Rank: 26)
  23. South Garrett 12th Man (2024 Rank: NR)
  24. Liberty Lions Den (2024 Rank: NR)
  25. Chesapeake (2024 Rank: 16)
  26. Havre de Grace (2024 Rank: 18)
  27. Century Castle (2024 Rank: 28)
  28. Wilde Lake (2024 Rank: 27)
  29. St. Francis Academy (2024 Rank: 31)
  30. Calvert Hall (2024 Rank: 29)
  31. Broadneck (2024 Rank: 30)
  32. Fort Hill (2024 Rank: 33)
  33. Parkville (2024 Rank: 34)
  34. Riverdale Baptist (2024 Rank: 36)
  35. Loyola Blakefield (2024 Rank: 35)
  36. New Town (2024 Rank: 37)
  37. Bishop McNamara (2024 Rank: 38)
  38. Huntingtown (2024 Rank: 39) 
  39. McDonogh (2024 Rank: 32)

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