GEM's Crystal Ball: 2022 DCI Week 6 Finals Predictions
Two Regionals Down, One to Go!
For the sixth consecutive week, the Concord Blue Devils stand atop the rankings. And while the overall Top 15 is the same as Week 5, there have been some shifts throughout 2-13!
GEM writers and contributors were asked to rank the top 15 competing corps, regardless of class, based on where they predicted the corps would end up on Saturday night, August 14, 2022.
Beginning last month, we devised a new system that determines how we aggregate and determine our rankings, similar to how the NCAA publishes top 25 rankings for various collegiate sports. With this system, each corps receives points from voters inverse of placement. More specifically, each corps receives 15 points for each first-place vote, 14 points for each second-place vote, 13 points for each third-place vote, and so on. Rankings are then determined by the total number of points each corps received. 17 voters participated in our rankings this week, so the maximum number of points a corps could receive is 255 (15 points x 17 voters). With this system, votes are appropriately weighted to better aggregate rankings and show variation in how voters voted more easily. For example, if two or more corps score closely in a total number of points, it shows variation by our voters and where they believe that group of corps will end up.
Voters also picked which corps they thought would win each of the five caption performance awards.
1. Blue Devils (82.4% first-place votes; 252 total points)
Previous Ranking: 1 ↔
Blue Devils finished first overall at the DCI Southeastern Championship with a score of 94.050 and won General Effect.
2. Boston Crusaders (17.6% first-place votes; 240 total points)
Previous Ranking: 2 ↔
Boston Crusaders finished first overall at NightBEAT with a score of 93.550 and placed first in Music and Visual.
3. Bluecoats (216 total points)
Previous Ranking: 4 ↑
Bluecoats finished second overall at NightBEAT with a score of 92.725 and placed first in General Effect.
4. Carolina Crown (209 total points)
Previous Ranking: 3 ↓
Carolina Crown finished third overall at the DCI Southeastern Championship with a score of 93.050 and won the Brass Caption.
5. Santa Clara Vanguard (184 total points)
Previous Ranking: 5 ↔
Santa Clara Vanguard finished third overall at NightBEAT with a score of 91.575 and placed first in General Effect. The four-time defending winner of the Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award, SCV took the Percussion caption over Bluecoats by .200.
6. The Cadets (167 total points)
Previous Ranking: 6 ↔
The Cadets finished fourth overall at NightBEAT with a score of 88.700.
7. Blue Stars (151 total points)
Previous Ranking: 7 ↔
Blue Stars finished sixth overall at the DCI Southeastern Championship with a score of 87.850.
8. Mandarins (127 total points)
Previous Ranking: 8 ↔
Mandarins finished ninth overall at the DCI Southeastern Championship with a score of 85.900 placing seventh in General Effect and Visual.
9. The Cavaliers (126 total points)
Previous Ranking: 9 ↔
The Cavaliers finished fifth overall at NightBEAT with a score of 87.550 placing fourth in Music.
10. Phantom Regiment (113 total points)
Previous Ranking: 10 ↔
Phantom Regiment finished first overall at DCI Huntington with a score of 87.200 winning all captions except for Percussion.
11. Colts (76 total points)
Previous Ranking: 11 ↔
Colts finished second overall at DCI Huntington with a score of 85.150 winning the Percussion caption.
12. Crossmen (65 total points)
Previous Ranking: 13 ↑
Crossmen finished seventh overall at NightBEAT with a score of 83.050 placing sixth in Visual.
13. Blue Knights (55 total points)
Previous Ranking: 12 ↓
Blue Knights finished third overall at DCI Huntington with a score of 82.600 placing second in Percussion.
14. Troopers (34 total points)
Previous Ranking: 14 ↔
Troopers finished ninth overall at NightBEAT with a score of 78.050 placing sixth in Percussion.
15. Madison Scouts (20 total points)
Previous Ranking: 15 ↔
Madison Scouts finished tenth overall at the DCI Southeastern Championship with a score of 77.550.
Donald Angelica Best General Effect Award
Blue Devils (82.4% first-place votes)
John Brazale Best Visual Performance Award
Blue Devils (82.4% first-place votes)
Jim Ott Best Brass Performance Award
Carolina Crown (47.1% first-place votes)
Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award
Boston Crusaders (58.8% first-place votes)
George Zingali Best Color Guard Performance Award
Boston Crusaders (94.1% first-place votes)