2025 KENTUCKY 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 Kentucky.

Kentucky has some solid Student Sections. It’s a state so deep in school spirit and most of that had to do with an in-state competition for the best Student Section on Twitter. That contest was put on hold a couple years ago, but thankfully we’re here to continue that. Hopefully we can get their second opinion because this state loves to go nuts in the stands.

Last Football season, we had the Ryle as the top Football Student Section in Kentucky. Ryle was on the bottom of our rankings, but they crashed the party and took over as the top Student Section in the state. They definitely made an impression on us and hopefully that continues. It will take a lot to repeat in this 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 Kentucky, it’s Desales Danger Zone. Danger Zone was one of the top Kentucky Basketball Student Sections a couple of seasons ago, but I am assuming they had a rebuilding year. At least we hope so because that would mean the leaders of the Danger Zone are ready to show off and promote their Student Section on Instagram and make their way back to the top regardless of sport.

Will the Danger Zone make a return to the top of the rankings or will Ryle defend their top ranking in The Bluegrass State? Let’s find out.

2025 KENTUCKY FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. St. Xavier Rage Cage (2024 Rank: 2)

This is one of those Student Sections we finally got to really discover. They not only pack the house and go nuts in the stands, but they show it off on Instagram. They’ll be the one to look out for with the top spot in the Kentucky Student Section game this year!

  1. Ryle (2024 Rank: 1)
  2. DuPont Manual Crimson Crazies (2024 Rank: 3)
  3. McCracken Stang Gang (2024 Rank: 8)
  4. Oldham County O-Zone (2024 Rank: 7)
  5. Male Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 5)
  6. Henderson County Colonial Crazies (2024 Rank: 4)
  7. Paducah-Tilghman (2024 Rank: 6)
  8. Frederick Douglass Stampede (2024 Rank: 9)
  9. Bowling Green Bad Boyz (2024 Rank: 13)
  10. Boyle County Rebel Rowdies (2024 Rank: 17)
  11. South Oldham Dragons Lair (2024 Rank: 10)
  12. Henry Clay (2024 Rank: 23)
  13. Martha Layne Collins Hype Team (2024 Rank: 14)
  14. Desales Danger Zone (2024 Rank: 12)
  15. Tates Creek Maroon Platoon (2024 Rank: NR)
  16. Covington Catholic Crazies (2024 Rank: 26)
  17. Dunbar Dogpound (2024 Rank: 11)
  18. South Laurel Cardinal Crazies (2024 Rank: 16)
  19. Marshall County (2024 Rank: 18)
  20. George Rogers Clark Rowdy Crew (2024 Rank: 20)
  21. Lexington Christian Flock (2024 Rank: 21)
  22. Glasgow Dogpound (2024 Rank: 22)
  23. Lexington Catholic Dungeon (2024 Rank: 24)
  24. Trinity (2024 Rank: 30)
  25. Bulliett East Redzone Rowdies (2024 Rank: 15)
  26. Beechwood (2024 Rank: 27)
  27. Bryan Station (2024 Rank: 28)
  28. Bardtown Purple Crazies (2024 Rank: 19)
  29. Bell County (2024 Rank: 29)
  30. Pleasure Ridge Park Black Hole (2024 Rank: 31)
  31. Muhlenberg County Herd (2024 Rank: 32)
  32. Murray Dogpound (2024 Rank: 33)
  33. Mason Krazies (2024 Rank: 35)
  34. Somerset Rowdies (2024 Rank: 36)
  35. Lyon County Lions Den (2024 Rank: NR)
  36. North Oldham Blackhole (2024 Rank: NR)
  37. West Jessamine (2024 Rank: 37)
  38. South Warren (2024 Rank: 25)
  39. Cooper (2024 Rank: 34)

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