2025 MONTANA FALL TOP 20 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 Montana.
Montana was one of the most improved state when it came to Student Sections. This state is a lot deeper with solid Student Sections, but we still have two powerhouses battling for the top spot. The other big ones aren’t far off though.
Last Football season, we had the Hamilton as the top Football Student Section in Montana. Hamilton has always been consistent in showing off their Student Section on Instagram. In fact, they do better than anyone in the state…well almost anyone else in the state. They’ll have to prove that they’re still the ones that control the Student Section scene in the Fall in Montana.
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 Montana, it’s the East Helena. As I mentioned, there’s two powerhouse Student Sections in this state, but some of the other Student Sections are not far behind. If East Helena shows off their Student Section as much as Hamilton or Gallatin, then they could battle for the top spot. They could battle with the Student Section they have.
Will East Helena crash the party or will Hamilton continue its reign of power in The Mountain State? Let’s find out.
2025 MONTANA FALL TOP 20 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS
- Gallatin (2024 Rank: 2)
We found Gallatin last season and to us, it was a pretty nice treasure. They promote themselves a lot more in the Winter and will have to show off their Student Section the same way they did in the Winter in order to finish on top of the Fall Rankings. This definitely looks like a fun Student Section and I’m sure they’re up to the challenge for the top spot once again!
- Hamilton (2024 Rank: 1)
- Hellgate (2024 Rank: 3)
- East Helena (2024 Rank: 5)
- Fergus (2024 Rank: 4)
- Big Fork (2024 Rank: 7)
- Polson (2024 Rank: 8)
- Billings Central Catholic (2024 Rank: 11)
- Bozeman (2024 Rank: 9)
- Glacier (2024 Rank: 10)
- Capital Party Zone (2024 Rank: 6)
- Sentinel (2024 Rank: 13)
- Big Sky Eagles Nest (2024 Rank: NR)
- Laurel Locos (2024 Rank: 12)
- Havre (2024 Rank: 15)
- Helena (2024 Rank: 14)
- Billings West (2024 Rank: 16)
- Butte (2024 Rank: 17)
- Huntley Project (2024 Rank: 18)
- Frenchtown (2024 Rank: 20)