2025 MASSACHUSETTS 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 Massachusetts.

We discovered some powerhouse Student Sections last year in Massachusetts. It has now become a much bigger battle to break in the Top 10 in this state. One of the more improved states and one of the better ones in the nation when it comes to Student Sections. This state is deep in Student Section powers!

Last Football season, we had the Natick Hawks Nest as the top Football Student Section in Massachusetts. The Hawks Nest looks like a fantastic Student Section and I know that because they love to show off their Student Section on Instagram. It will take that and more in 2025 as this state has a lot of strong Student Sections.

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 Massachusetts, it’s Xavierian Brothers Hawks Nest. I don’t think I give the Hawks Nest enough credit. Yes, this state is loaded with great Student Sections, but the Hawks Nest gets overlooked a bit. Definitely need to give more love to the Hawks Nest. If they rock their Student Section on Instagram on a consistent basis, we may see this Hawks Nest at the top spot.

Will the Rage keep moving up the rankings or will the Hawks Nest defend their top ranking in The Old Colony State? Let’s find out.

2025 MASSACHUSETTS FALL TOP 40 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. St. John’s Prep (2024 Rank: 2)

We found St. John’s Prep right at the end of the football season and came away super impressed. This isn’t just one of the best Student Sections in Massachusetts, this is one of the best in the Nation. In order to be one of the country’s best, St. John’s Prep will have to continue to show off their Student Section on Instagram and I think they will do that and take the top spot in 2025!

  1. Natick Hawks Nest (2024 Rank: 1)
  2. Newburyport (2024 Rank: 4)
  3. Bishop Feehan Fanatics (2024 Rank: 6)
  4. Malden Catholic Mosh Pit (2024 Rank: 3)
  5. Xavierian Brothers Hawks Nest (2024 Rank: 5)
  6. Wakefield Memorial Red Sea (2024 Rank: 8)
  7. Catholic Memorial (2024 Rank: 9)
  8. Nashoba Regional Pack (2024 Rank: 7)
  9. Andover Jungle (2024 Rank: 10)
  10. Minnechaug Falcons Nest (2024 Rank: 12)
  11. Attleboro Pound (2024 Rank: 16)
  12. Cardinal Spellman Crazies (2024 Rank: 17)
  13. Newton North (2024 Rank: 20)
  14. Masconomet (2024 Rank: NR)
  15. Taunton Jungle (2024 Rank: 11)
  16. Durfee (2024 Rank: 13)
  17. Pittsfield Dome Zone (2024 Rank: 18)
  18. Lynn English Dogpound (2024 Rank: 19)
  19. Marshfield Ram Nation (2024 Rank: 28)
  20. Needham (2024 Rank: 14)
  21. North Andover (2024 Rank: 15)
  22. Milton (2024 Rank: 22)
  23. Hanover (2024 Rank: 23)
  24. King Philip Regional (2024 Rank: 24)
  25. Barnstable (2024 Rank: 33)
  26. North Attleborough (2024 Rank: 21)
  27. Duxbury (2024 Rank: 26)
  28. West Springfield (2024 Rank: 27)
  29. Scituate (2024 Rank: 30)
  30. Billerica Memorial (2024 Rank: 29)
  31. Methuen (2024 Rank: 31)
  32. Archbishop Williams (2024 Rank: 32)
  33. Taconic (2024 Rank: 36)
  34. Grafton (2024 Rank: 35)
  35. Central Catholic (2024 Rank: 37)
  36. Clinton (2024 Rank: 38)
  37. Bishop Fenwick (2024 Rank: NR)
  38. Fairhaven (2024 Rank: NR)
  39. Central (2024 Rank: 40)

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