2025 NORTH DAKOTA FALL TOP 20 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 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 North Dakota.
I’m sure other kids in other states will think, this is probably just a state with low social media numbers, but you would be wrong. North Dakota had some great Student Sections last year and I expect some of the same powerhouses to battle while we discover even more Student Sections in this state in 2025.
Last Football season, we had the Legacy as the top Football Student Section in North Dakota. Legacy has been consistent when it comes to showing off their school spirit on Instagram and they have been a powerhouse in this state. I don’t expect that to change, but they will be challenged for the top spot. Legacy has the numbers and they will battle to repeat 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 North Dakota, it’s Century. They don’t post often, but when they do, it’s impressive. This Student Section can hang with the best of them in the state and I think if we see more of them on Instagram, they may battle for the top spot in the state.
Will Century take over the one number slot in the state or will Legacy defend their top ranking in The Roughrider State? Let’s find out.
2025 NORTH DAKOTA FALL TOP 20 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS
- Red River (2024 Rank: 4)
A couple years ago, Red River rocked the selfie stick to perfection and it got them the top spot. Last year they had the drone for the hockey games (although I think they also had that a couple years ago) and it got them the top spot in the Winter Rankings. What will be under Red River sleeve this Student Section season. This is an entertaining Student Section and I hope they continue to show us how amazing they are in 2025!
- Bismarck (2024 Rank: 2)
- Legacy (2024 Rank: 1)
- St. Mary’s Central (2024 Rank: 3)
- Century (2024 Rank: 6)
- Grand Forks Central (2024 Rank: 5)
- Jamestown (2024 Rank: 14)
- Central Cass (2024 Rank: 9)
- Sheyenne (2024 Rank: 7)
- West Fargo Pack (2024 Rank: 13)
- Minot (2024 Rank: 8)
- Shanley (2024 Rank: 15)
- Dickinson (2024 Rank: 16)
- Kindred (2024 Rank: 11)
- Velva-Garrison-Drake-Anamoose (2024 Rank: NR)
- Fargo Davies (2024 Rank: 20)
- Hazen (2024 Rank: 17)
- Lisbon (2024 Rank: 19)
- Fargo South (2024 Rank: 18)
- Horace (2024 Rank: 12)