2025 NEVADA 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 Nevada.

Nevada has been a hit and miss, more so last year during football season, but I think seeing Bishop Manogue Goldmine take the 2024-2025 Nevada Winter Student Section National Title, maybe we will see more Student Sections battle it out in this state to get in the Goldmine territory.

Last Football season, we had Las Vegas Zoo as the top Football Student Section in Nevada. The Zoo broke the Nevada mold when it came to the number one spot. It’s been either the Liberty Patriot Pit or the Bishop Gorman G-Block. Las Vegas doesn’t want to gamble and have the rankings leadoff with those two again. Perhaps this will be the new trend and we have someone else new at the top or maybe Las Vegas will be the new routine one pick in the state.

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 Nevada, it’s Bishop Manogue Goldmine. Now, I know what you’re thinking, didn’t they just win a National Student Section Championship? Yes, but that was for the Winter season and during our first year covering Football Student Sections in Nevada in 2022, I tried to hype up Bishop Manogue to be one of the top dawgs in the state, but one of their students at the time said it’s no use, they’re terrible during football season. It made me think this is a Student Section that steps it up in the Winter. While we are right about the Winter part, I have to think the Goldmine doesn’t take a day off and I hope they can prove that this fall!

Will the Goldmine rinse and repeat in the Silver State or will Las Vegas be the new Student Section dynasty in the state? Let’s find out.

2025 NEVADA FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Las Vegas Zoo (2024 Rank: 1)

After taking the top spot in 2024, Las Vegas isn’t going to cash out its winnings in 2025. I have a feeling that Las Vegas will keep it coming on Instagram. They’ll have to step it up a bit in order to hold down number one again. Liberty can be hit and miss (the Patriot Pit leaders are solid, but they can’t do it all by themselves). If nothing changes around Las Vegas, this will be repeat.

  1. Spanish Springs Cougar Den (2024 Rank: 4)
  2. Liberty Patriot Pit (2024 Rank: 2)
  3. Bishop Gorman G-Block (2024 Rank: 5)
  4. Bishop Manogue Goldmine (2024 Rank: 23)
  5. Arbor View Red Sea (2024 Rank: 3)
  6. Centennial Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 10)
  7. Galena Riot Squad (2024 Rank: 6)
  8. Incline The Highland (2024 Rank: NR)
  9. Sierra Vista Blue Crew (2024 Rank: 16)
  10. Reed Raider Nation (2024 Rank: 7)
  11. Foothill (2024 Rank: 8)
  12. Palo Verde Jungle (2024 Rank: 13)
  13. Damonte Ranch Blue Hole (2024 Rank: 9)
  14. Boulder City (2024 Rank: 11)
  15. Basic Academy Blumanati (2024 Rank: 21)
  16. Moapa Valley (2024 Rank: 19)
  17. Elko Tribe (2024 Rank: 20)
  18. Lowery (2024 Rank: NR)
  19. Faith Lutheran (2024 Rank: 17)
  20. Reno (2024 Rank: 12)
  21. McQueen (2024 Rank: 30)
  22. Virgin Valley Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 24)
  23. Coronado (2024 Rank: 34)
  24. Shadow Ridge (2024 Rank: 25)
  25. North Valleys (2024 Rank: 14)
  26. Clark (2024 Rank: 15)
  27. Churchill County Greenwave (2024 Rank: 18)
  28. Durango Crazies (2024 Rank: 22)
  29. Truckee (2024 Rank: 27)
  30. Green Valley Insitgators (2024 Rank: 26)
  31. Douglas (2024 Rank: 29)
  32. Desert Oasis (2024 Rank: 32)
  33. Mojave (2024 Rank: 35)
  34. Legacy (2024 Rank: 28)
  35. Spring Valley (2024 Rank: 36)
  36. Cimarron-Memorial (2024 Rank: 38)
  37. Spring Creek (2024 Rank: NR)
  38. Wooster (2024 Rank: NR)
  39. Carson (2024 Rank: NR)

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