I'll have a better guess after I see the shows live in San Antonio, but from what I've seen online...
1)Crown-amazing brasss, and I think once they clean the visuals and really start expanding on their show concept, they'll be way ahead of the pack
2)BD-confused by their show concept (when am I not), but their brass is killer and the judges will always love them
3)Phantom-as you can tell, I'm a die hard phan, but I really think that they've stepped it up from years past, and if they can bring the brass and keep adding to they're show, they'll be sitting there on finals night with a medal
4)Cadets-love love love their drill and brass sound, but there are just a couple of moments I find a bit cheesy. Overall a great show
5)SCV-I think that when their show gets clean, it's gonna be one of my favorites
6)Bluecoats-I love their show! I wanna put them up higher, but I don't think the judges will
7)Madison Scouts-love that they're going back to their roots, and they're brass is great this year
8)Cavaliers-I know that they haven't started out great at all, but I think once they do a couple of re-writes and add some things in, they could be top 8, but I don't think they're gonna go any higher then 8
9)Boston Crusaders-their show could eaisally be one of my favorites this year, and I wish they would get more credit
10)Spirt-love their show, and they could easily make top 8 this year, too
11)Crossmen- I'm so glad to be able to say they might be in the top 12 again, and hopefully I'll be saying the same thing on finals night
12)Blue Stars-they'll get it clean, but I don't know if it's good enough for top 8, or even top 10