2025 SOUTH CAROLINA 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 South Carolina.

Last year was a difficult one when it came to looking for the best Student Sections in this state, which is surprising since social media is solid here. Hopefully we can find a good number of fantastic Student Sections that will show off their school spirit on Instagram and make this a deep list at the end of the Fall.

Last Football season, we had the Clover Crazies as the top Football Student Section in South Carolina. The Crazies can pack the stands, but if this state improves on the social media side, then it will take a lot more work for the Crazies to repeat. Consistent social media presence that show off their Student Section will be needed 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 South Carolina, it’s Nation Ford Dirty Birds. The Dirty Birds had a rebuilding year or they just took a year off from showing off their Student Section. If the Dirty Birds can prove us they have one of the best Student Sections on Instagram, then the Dirty Birds should end at the top.

Will the Dirty Birds make a return to the top or will the Crazies defend their top ranking in The Palmetto State? Let’s find out.

2025 SOUTH CAROLINA FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Gaffney Tribe (2024 Rank: 7)

This will be a tough task as this state is pretty even in the Student Section category as we really didn’t see a super Student Section power during the fall. That could change and I feel like the Tribe really want the top spot this year and they have already chatted with us. They want to be number one and I can see them ending the season at number one.

  1. Chapin (2024 Rank: 2)
  2. Lucy Beckham Jungle (2024 Rank: 8)
  3. Clover Crazies (2024 Rank: 1)
  4. Wando Chophouse (2024 Rank: 17)
  5. Nation Ford Dirty Birds (2024 Rank: 16)
  6. Fort Mill Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 5)
  7. Byrnes (2024 Rank: 3)
  8. Northwestern (2024 Rank: 9)
  9. West Florence Knasty Knights (2024 Rank: 14)
  10. North Augusta Nest (2024 Rank: 6)
  11. Dutch Fork (2024 Rank: 13)
  12. Gilbert Tribe (2024 Rank: 15)
  13. Mauldin (2024 Rank: 4)
  14. Irmo (2024 Rank: 20)
  15. Chapman Panther Patio (2024 Rank: 21)
  16. Cane Bay Crazies (2024 Rank: 11)
  17. Brookland-Cayce Bearcat Den (2024 Rank: 18)
  18. Bishop England (2024 Rank: 10)
  19. Fort Dorchester Blue Wave (2024 Rank: 12)
  20. Darlington Bleacher Creatures (2024 Rank: 28)
  21. Riverside (2024 Rank: 22)
  22. Dorman (2024 Rank: 19)
  23. Fox Tribe (2024 Rank: 26)
  24. Westside (2024 Rank: 25)
  25. Hillcrest Ram Nation (2024 Rank: 27)
  26. Catawba Ridge (2024 Rank: 23)
  27. TL Hanna (2024 Rank: 24)
  28. AC Flora (2024 Rank: 29)
  29. Spartanburg (2024 Rank: 30)
  30. Seneca (2024 Rank: 38)
  31. JL Mann (2024 Rank: 37)
  32. Rock Hill (2024 Rank: 32)
  33. Greer (2024 Rank: 31)
  34. Summerville (2024 Rank: NR)
  35. South Florence (2024 Rank: 34)
  36. South Pointe (2024 Rank: 35)
  37. Sumter (2024 Rank: 40)
  38. Wilson (2024 Rank: NR)
  39. Boiling Springs (2024 Rank: NR)

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