2025 VERMONT FALL TOP 15 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 Vermont.
Vermont is still tough to figure out, but we are slowly discovering Student Sections here. We did find some solid Student Sections this past year and hope that trend continues in 2025.
Last Football season, we had the Colchester Laker Nation as the top Football Student Section in Vermont. Last year we had the Laker Nation as the Student Section to lookout for and it looks like we were right. If they can improve on showing off their Student Section on Instagram, then we will see them at number one 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 Vermont, it’s Rice Memorial Green Knights Castle. The Knights Castle showed up big last Winter with one of the best Student Sections in Vermont, but they were nowhere to be seen last Fall on Instagram. If they promote and show off their Student Section often on Instagram, they’ll get the recognition they deserve all school year as one of the best Student Sections in the state.
Will the Green Knights Castle duplicate what they did this past Winter or will the Laker Nation hold the top spot in The Green Mountain State? Let’s find out.
2025 VERMONT FALL TOP 15 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS
- South Burlington Hype Squad (2024 Rank: 5)
Hype Squad may have been overlooked last year, but I’m keeping my eye on them. More consistent on social media than anyone else in the state. If the Hype Squad promotes their Student Section on Instagram consistently, then we’ll see them at the number one spot by seasons end.
- Colchester Laker Nation (2024 Rank: 1)
- Brattleboro Union (2024 Rank: 4)
- Burlington (2024 Rank: 3)
- Rice Memorial Green Knights Castle (2024 Rank: 9)
- Rutland (2024 Rank: 2)
- Montpelier (2024 Rank: 6)
- U-32 (2024 Rank: NR)
- North County Union (2024 Rank: 7)
- Champlain Valley Union (2024 Rank: 10)
- Mount Anthony (2024 Rank: 8)
- Otter Valley House of Noise (2024 Rank: 13)
- Essex Hornet Hype (2024 Rank: 11)
- Hartford Canes Warning (2024 Rank: 12)
- Middlebury (2024 Rank: 15)
