Duke has the Cameron Crazies … overrated.

Marquette has the self-proclaimed " biggest student section in college basketball" … They should, you need to go inside to avoid the gunfire.

Michigan State has the "IZZONE" … creative, but poor fan support.

Here at Wisconsin, we are spoiled and fortunate enough to have one of the most dedicated sports fan bases in all of college sports. With all the team spirit and constantly sold out student sections, Wisconsin sports have turned the support into results. The Grateful Red has helped Wisconsin win three Big Ten titles and turned the Kohl Center into one of the most difficult places to play in all of college basketball, the Block Party has helped the volleyball team achieve back-to-back elite eight appearances in the national tournament, Section O and others helped Wisconsin football to a 12-1 record over the past two years and a Capital One Bowl victory, and the Crease Creatures took their show on the road, following the hockey team throughout Wisconsin on their historic run to a sixth national title.

No program has achieved as much success as the Badgers have throughout the collegiate sports world in the past five years, and while some of that success is due to great athletes, Badger sports go nowhere without a passionate contingent of loyal fans having their back.

Having said that, it raises the question as to which student section is the "top dog" in Madison: Section O, Block Party, Grateful Red or the Crease Creatures? With the question being raised, I compiled a four-question survey, rating on a scale of one-to-ten based on creativity of cheers/chants, knowledge of the sport, school spirit and overall excitement. Once the sheets were returned, the scores were averaged together to give the final score. Who gives top support and who needs to take lessons in fan ethics? The results may surprise you.

4) The Grateful Red (Score: 28)

Despite the massive home-court winning streak and a few hundred diehards camping out for tickets days ahead of time in the bitter cold, students usually seem like they would rather be somewhere else when it comes to game day, especially against a non-conference opponent or a game on a week night. There always seems to be something missing at basketball games. Timeouts in the student section are spent sitting down, as only the first handful of rows can be seen standing up and singing along with the University Band.

Other than the left-right-left-right chant, nothing creative has come from the Red and waving your arms differently than the person next to you doesn't distract the opponent shooting free throws either, especially when only a handful of students have a clue what's going on. Face it, 90 percent of the Grateful Red are boring, doing nothing out of the ordinary to make them stand out among the four student sections at Wisconsin.

If the game is close, however, everyone in the Red comes alive. For those few moments, it makes the Kohl Center a fun place to watch a game in and one of the hardest places to play in the country. It's just too bad every game isn't like that.

3) Football's Six Student Sections (Score: 33)

A handful of students have always found it fun to get excessively drunk before staggering over to the stadium by halftime. This year, however, those handfuls of students have turned into a handful of sections. For being the Best College Sports Town in the nation in year's past, it certainly doesn't show. Yeah, yeah, we can drink with the best of them. But if we were such hardcore fans and drinkers, why don't we wake up a few hours earlier, get blitzed and stagger to the stadium on time?

Creativity has never been an issue with Wisconsin football fans, especially compared to other Big Ten schools in the nation. Minnesota just chants about their first downs, Michigan can't start the wave and Illinois just chants to a drum. Even loaded with booze, Badger fans jingle their keys, sing Neil Diamond, coordinate one of the coolest waves in the country and top it off with a Jump Around.

They only sit down at halftime and most are cognizant of the action on the field, but the fact of the matter is that many students care more about drinking until halftime than coming early to support their football teams.

2) Volleyball's Block Party (Score: 35)

The unsung heroes of Wisconsin students, these characters certainly know how to have fun at a sport that isn't as popular as it should be. Being ranked in the top 25 nationally again this year, the Block Party is right on top of the opposing team's bench, chastising the opposing coaches and humiliating any opposing player that comes back within an ear's reach. Set point brings the rest of the crowd to their feet and gives full-fledged support to the Badger women.

Although the student section isn't comparable with football and men's basketball, the Block Party is just as, if not more, knowledgeable than anyone else out there, fully aware of what is happening in the game and consistently ranked in the top five in national volleyball attendance. School spirit never is called into question. The only way the student section could improve is if they could bring a few hundred of their friends and cheer for a Jo Wack dig or an Audra Jeffers block. Point Wisconsin!

1) The Crease Creatures (Score: 38)

If you helped your team win a national championship, you have to be doing something right. Constantly sold out and ranking No. 1 in attendance year after year, the Crease Creatures are feverous in their support and they know every penalty from a hook to a slash. And even if some fans can't tell a blue line from a crease, can any student section show half as much creativity as the Creatures?

Despite chanting "sieve" every five seconds, there's the ice cream chant, power play chant and St.-Cloud's-not-a-state chant. These fans have even taken harassment to a new level, with one super fan creating a Facebook group that "pokes" the opposing team's goalies the week before they play the Badgers. Only hockey fans can be that creative — and tanked — at the same time.

Even during the intermissions, students hardly sit down while band genius Michael Leckrone strikes up the favorites. Tequila and Time Warp are participated in by all three decks by every student that isn't too drunk to stand. All other student sections should take notice, because the Crease Creatures don't just support their Badgers, they help them win championships.

Benjamin Worgull is a senior majoring in journalism and is the editor of Gridiron Nation. Comments or concerns about your student section's ranking? Start the revolution and e-mail Worgull at [email protected].