2025 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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 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 2-3 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) and don’t forget to follow LA Student Sections (@LAStudentSections 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 the Great Oak Red Wave as the top Football Student Section in Southern California. The Red Wave has the blueprint on how to stay at the top of the rankings. They post their Student Section on Instagram like it is nobody’s business. No one promotes their Student Section as well as the Red Wave. It will be very tough to dethrone the Red Wave, but it is possible, especially with some super solid Student Sections that are behind them. This region is crazy deep!

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 Southern California, it’s the Servite Asylum. The Asylum is a roller coaster. One year, they’re dominant, the next year, they’re in rebuilding mode. Based on turn, this is the year the Asylum is back and they’ve have already shown it on Instagram. Top dawg in the OC won’t be good enough, they want to challenge the Red Wave and I think they can do it. I’ve seen the Asylum battle for over a decade now. This is the New York Yankees of Student Sections. Get your popcorn out, this one is going to be fun in SoCal!

Will the Asylum do what they’ve done in the past or will the Red Wave just rinse and repeat again in SoCal? Let’s find out.

2025 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Great Oak Red Wave (2024 Rank: 1)

There’s a couple Student Sections in Southern California that want to be the top dawg here, but they want more than that. They want a National Championship Banner and the Red Wave is definitely one of those Student Sections. They have been one of the few close to perfect examples of what a Student Sections should do. Post, post, post on Instagram and show off your loud, crazy and sometimes intense Student Section. The Red Wave does that on a weekly basis like it’s nothing. As mentioned, even trying to be number one in SoCal is a difficult task with so many solid Student Sections here, including Student Sections who are nearby, just a short drive on Interstate-15. The Red Wave will be ready as always with the goal to be on top in the nation!

  1. Carlsbad Loud Crowd (2024 Rank: 3)
  2. Murrieta Valley Red Zone (2024 Rank: 6)
  3. Servite Asylum (2024 Rank: NR)
  4. Vista Murrieta Bronco Bleacher Creatures (2024 Rank: 9)
  5. Millikan Mob (2024 Rank: 4)
  6. Aliso Niguel Den (2024 Rank: 2)
  7. Rancho Cucamonga Rooters (2024 Rank: 14)
  8. Valencia Viking Nation (2024 Rank: 15)
  9. La Serna Kingdom (2024 Rank: 23)
  10. Torrey Pines Cardinal Chaos (2024 Rank: 8)
  11. Redondo Union Flock (2024 Rank: 13)
  12. Villa Park Black Pack (2024 Rank: 39)
  13. Temescal Canyon Blue Hole (2024 Rank: 17)
  14. Los Alamitos Locos (2024 Rank: NR)
  15. Chapparral Puma Pit (2024 Rank: 12)
  16. Edison MESS (2024 Rank: NR)
  17. El Toro Bullring (2024 Rank: 25)
  18. Hart Tribe (2024 Rank: 7)
  19. San Clemente Loud Crowd (2024 Rank: 10)
  20. Palos Verdes Red Tide (2024 Rank: 16)
  21. Newport Harbor Tarpit (2024 Rank: 31)
  22. Chino Hills Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 11)
  23. La Habra Highlander Huddle (2024 Rank: 29)
  24. San Juan Hills Stampede (2024 Rank: 28)
  25. Bakersfield Drill Crew (2024 Rank: 5)
  26. San Marcos Blue Crew (2024 Rank: 30)
  27. Bishop Amat Dawgpound (2024 Rank: NR)
  28. Del Norte Flock (2024 Rank: 18)
  29. La Costa Canyon Stampede (2024 Rank: 35)
  30. Santa Margarita Eagles Nest (2024 Rank: 37)
  31. Mission Viejo Diablo Inferno (2024 Rank: NR)
  32. Mission Hills Growl Crowd (2024 Rank: 27)
  33. Mt. Carmel Red Sea (2024 Rank: 20)
  34. Chaminade Cage (2024 Rank: NR)
  35. Frontier “TNT” Titan Noise Team (2024 Rank: 22)
  36. Thousand Oaks Green Hole (2024 Rank: 24)
  37. Santa Barbara (2024 Rank: NR)
  38. Arroyo Grande Blue Zoo (2024 Rank: 32)
  39. Newbury Park Panther Pit (2024 Rank: NR)

HONORABLE MENTION: Cathedral Catholic Los Locos, Damien Pit, Liberty Pat Riot Crew, Laguna Hills Hawks Nest, Loyola