Mississippi State doesn’t run a traditional open tryout. It uses a recruitment process: a recruitment video, optional clinics and early offers, followed by in-person tryouts for invited athletes. MSU has already updated its official cheer recruiting page for the 2027-28 season. Recruitment for 2026-27 is closed, and all tryout invitations have gone out. The 2027-28 […]
Ole Miss Cheer Recruitment: Current Process and Preparation Guide
Ole Miss currently uses a recruitment process rather than a single open tryout described by a permanent skill checklist. For students seeking a place on the 2027–2028 team, the official process begins with the Ole Miss Cheer Interest Form, continues through in-person clinics and recruiting evaluation, and may include a paid video submission. Current-information note: […]
University of South Carolina Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The University of South Carolina cheerleading program is part of the Gamecock Spirit Program, alongside the Carolina Dance Team and Cocky. South Carolina fields two Division 1A cheer teams, All-Girl and Large Co-Ed. Gamecock Cheer cheers at all football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball games and also competes. The athletics department says both teams have […]
University of Tennessee Cheerleading Tryout Guide
Tennessee doesn’t hold a single open tryout day. Since 2021, the program has picked its cheer team through a recruitment process: a required video, evaluation at Tennessee clinics and combines, and invite-only campus events. Recruitment for the 2027-28 team is already open. This guide follows Tennessee’s official Cheer Recruitment page, Cheer page and Spirit FAQ. […]
Auburn Cheer Requirements: Auburn University Tryout Guide
Auburn selects one coed cheerleading squad each spring: 10 women, 10 men and one Mic-Man. The most important thing to know before you plan anything is that Auburn tryouts are only open to current Auburn students. High school seniors and incoming freshmen can’t try out. This guide covers the rules, skills and timeline from Auburn’s […]
UCLA Cheerleading Tryout Guide
UCLA’s cheerleaders are the UCLA Cheer Squad, part of the UCLA Spirit Squad with the Dance Team and the mascots, Joe and Josie Bruin. The squad supports UCLA Athletics, mainly football and men’s and women’s basketball, which have played in the Big Ten Conference since August 2, 2024. It isn’t a competition team: UCLA says […]
University of North Carolina Cheerleading Tryout Guide
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cheerleading program has two coed squads, Varsity and JV, and is part of the UNC Spirit Program along with the mascots. Both squads cheer at home football games, and Varsity travels to away games. In winter, JV cheers at home women’s basketball games and Varsity at home […]
Oklahoma Cheer Requirements: University of Oklahoma Tryout Guide
The University of Oklahoma’s Spirit Program includes Coed Cheer, All-Girl Cheer, Pom, the mascots Boomer and Sooner, RUF/NEKs, and the Sooner Schooner, competing in the SEC (Oklahoma moved from the Big 12 to the SEC in July 2024 — if you’ve seen “Big 12” attached to OU cheer anywhere, that’s outdated). Official Sources — Start […]
Louisiana State University Cheerleading Tryout Guide
LSU Cheerleading is part of the LSU Spirit Squads, alongside the Tiger Girls dance team and the Mike the Tiger mascot program. The cheerleaders perform at all LSU football games, home volleyball matches, men’s and women’s home basketball games and gymnastics meets, and members also take part in postseason tournaments. This guide follows the official […]
Clemson Cheer Requirements: Clemson University Tryout Guide
Clemson fields Coed and All-Girl cheerleading teams (36-40 student-athletes total) as part of the broader Clemson Spirit Squad, which also includes the Rally Cats mascot team. Teams practice three evenings a week plus 2-3 conditioning sessions. Here’s the real, current recruitment process — which has changed from a traditional single tryout day to a multi-round […]