2025 MISSOURI 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 Missouri.

This is one of the deeper states when it comes to Student Sections. We found so many Student Sections last season and we hope to find more in 2025. One of the best states when it comes to Student Sections is Missouri.

One unfortunate situation this yea is the loss of the Central Football program, thus putting a pause on the Central Dawgpound. We hope to see them at other Fall Sporting events. They’re still in this race!

Last Football season, we had the Rockhurst as the top Football Student Section in Missouri. We had a hard time finding this Student Section and were told by word-of-mouth about them. We finally found some photos and were impressed. Hopefully we see more of them in 2025.

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 Missouri, it’s the Park Hill. Thanks to someone on Instagram, they told us to give this Student Section a look and they look pretty impressive. We hope they impress us more as they could perhaps make a run for the top spot this fall.

Will Park Hill crash the party or will Rockhurst show us a repeat in The Show Me State? Let’s find out.

2025 MISSOURI FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Rockhurst (2024 Rank: 1)

I like weird Student Sections and this is a weird Student Section. They pack the stands and go nuts! If we see this Student Section on social media more often, then this will be a no brainer in 2025. Social media promotion is the key to a repeat!

  1. Liberty Birdcage (2024 Rank: NR)
  2. Lees Summit West 12th Man (2024 Rank: 2)
  3. Staley Nest (2024 Rank: 4)
  4. Nixa Dirty Birds (2024 Rank: 3)
  5. Park Hill (2024 Rank: NR)
  6. Eureka Catpound (2024 Rank: 5)
  7. Chaminade Red Army (2024 Rank: 13)
  8. Kickapoo Crew (2024 Rank: 6)
  9. Joplin Nest (2024 Rank: 7)
  10. Bolivar (2024 Rank: 9)
  11. Parkway South Posse (2024 Rank: NR)
  12. Republic Repmo Ambush (2024 Rank: 8)
  13. Fox Tribe (2024 Rank: 16)
  14. Liberty North Navy (2024 Rank: 12)
  15. Kirkwood (2024 Rank: 11)
  16. Sarcoxie Bear Nation (2024 Rank: 14)
  17. Hartville Crazies (2024 Rank: 24)
  18. Blair Oaks Nest (2024 Rank: 20)
  19. Marshfield Loud Crowd (2024 Rank: 19)
  20. Pattonville Green Army (2024 Rank: 15)
  21. Hickman Dogpound (2024 Rank: 17)
  22. Lee’s Summit North Crimson Crazies (2024 Rank: 18)
  23. North Kansas City Swarm (2024 Rank: 27)
  24. Strafford (2024 Rank: 29)
  25. South Shelby Flock (2024 Rank: 22)
  26. Christian Brothers (2024 Rank: 28)
  27. Kearney Dog Pound (2024 Rank: 26)
  28. Park Hill South Rage Cage (2024 Rank: 21)
  29. Platte County (2024 Rank: 30)
  30. Cape Central Jungle (2024 Rank: 23)
  31. Central Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 10)
  32. Parkway West (2024 Rank: 33)
  33. Lebanon (2024 Rank: 37)
  34. De Smet Jesuit (2024 Rank: 40)
  35. Cassville (2024 Rank: 31)
  36. Thayer (2024 Rank: 32)
  37. Webster Groves (2024 Rank: 34)
  38. Cardinal Ritter (2024 Rank: 39)
  39. Lutheran North (2024 Rank: NR)

HONORABLE MENTION: St. Dominic, Blue Springs South, Helias, Lafayette, Seneca