2025 MAINE 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 Maine.

We thought this would be a difficult state when it came to looking for Student Section, but we found a big number of them this past year. We have a couple Student Sections that are pretty similar that will battle for the top spot. Should be a fun one to watch this Fall.

Last Football season, we had the Thornton Academy as the top Football Student Section in Maine. Thornton Academy basically finished at the top thanks to showing off on Instagram. They’re a crazy bunch of students that will look to rinse and repeat. If they return with the same insane Student Section, we hope we get to see it on Instagram!

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 Maine, it’s Greely. Greely went from unranked to Top 10 and I have a feeling this isn’t a fluke. This looks like a fantastic Student Section that has the potential to keep moving up in the rankings if they promote their Student Section on Instagram.

Will Greely keep moving up in the rankings or will Thornton Academy keep control of number one in The Pine Tree State? Let’s find out.

2025 MAINE FALL TOP 20 STUDENT SECTION PRESEASON RANKINGS

  1. Kennebunk (2024 Rank: 3)

Kennebunk is consistent on Instagram when it comes to showing off their Student Section and only a couple Student Sections are as consistent as Kennebunk. In order to finish at the top, Kennebunk needs to not miss nor skip a beat when it comes to showing off their Student Sections and their fun themes!

  1. Thornton Academy (2024 Rank: 1)
  2. Oxford Hills (2024 Rank: 2)
  3. York Catpack (2024 Rank: 5)
  4. Leavitt Swarm (2024 Rank: 16)
  5. Bonny Eagle (2024 Rank: 6)
  6. Greely (2024 Rank: 4)
  7. Noble (2024 Rank: 7)
  8. South Portland Red Riot (2024 Rank: 17)
  9. Portland Dawgpound (2024 Rank: 11)
  10. Massabesic (2024 Rank: 9)
  11. Maranacook Bear Cave (2024 Rank: 12)
  12. Fryeburg (2024 Rank: 10)
  13. Marshwood Hawks Nation (2024 Rank: 13)
  14. Wells (2024 Rank: 15)
  15. Falmouth (2024 Rank: 8)
  16. Bangor (2024 Rank: 14)
  17. Skowhegan Rowdy Crowd (2024 Rank: 18)
  18. Westbrook Pit (2024 Rank: 19)
  19. Deering (2024 Rank: 20)