2025 RHODE ISLAND FALL TOP 20 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 Rhode Island.

We thought this would be a difficult state when it came to looking for Student Section, but we found a big number of them over the years. These Student Sections can hang with some of the big boys in the Student Section scene.

Last Football season, we had the Cranston West Red Storm as the top Football Student Section in Rhode Island. They worked their social media magic to show off their fantastic Student Section and I hope it doesn’t stop. This looks like a fantastic Student Section and they have a chance at repeating at number one.

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 Rhode Island, it’s Mt. Hope Dog Pound. The Dog Pound went from unranked to the Top 10 and I don’t think this will be a fluke. This Student Section can hang with the powers here and have a Student Section that can steal the show and take the top spot. If they promote their Student Section on social media, then they’ll keep moving up.

Will the Dog Pound keep moving up the rankings or will the Red Storm defend their top ranking in The Smallest State? Let’s find out.

2025 RHODE ISLAND FALL TOP 20 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Cranston West Red Storm (2024 Rank: 1)

This will be a battle for Red Storm to repeat at number one, but they’ll be up for it and they have to with a solid Student Section like theirs. If they continue to promote their Student Section on Instagram, they’ll hold on to their top rank, but we have some Student Sections that will go after them for the top spot. Perhaps a storm is coming?

  1. Cumberland Deck (2024 Rank: 5)
  2. Barrington Birdcage (2024 Rank: 2)
  3. Bishop Hendricken (2024 Rank: 3)
  4. North Kingstown (2024 Rank: 4)
  5. La Salle Academy Bee Hive (2024 Rank: 8)
  6. Portsmouth Zoo (2024 Rank: 13)
  7. Mt. Hope Dog Pound (2024 Rank: 6)
  8. East Providence Herd (2024 Rank: 11)
  9. South Kingstown Rowdy Rebels (2024 Rank: 17)
  10. Westerly Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 7)
  11. East Providence Herd (2024 Rank: NR)
  12. Smithfield Sentinel Army (2024 Rank: 9)
  13. Middletown Mafia (2024 Rank: 10)
  14. Burrillville Barn (2024 Rank: 16)
  15. Chariho Herd (2024 Rank: 14)
  16. St. Raphael Academy (2024 Rank: 18)
  17. North Providence (2024 Rank: 19)
  18. West Warwick (2024 Rank: 20)
  19. Central (2024 Rank: NR)