if I am being honest, the way everything is set up this year could be genuinely historic. however, we can't sleep on two bands, both being JET and Tompkins. I'll start with Tompkins, their opener is genuinely the best written for their members, and they perform it amazingly, and if they get foot timing clean enough, the visual color mixing and "dizziness" will get them BIG points at UIL. It's up to them to musically blow me away for the rest of the show though. Now, JET has the opportunity to genuinely come out of nowhere and upset everyone. Visually the best in KatyISD, but musically they lack the WOW factor that UIL judges look for. Everytime I have seen them perform, they always tear during their Vesuvius lick, and if they can get that clean and make the rest of the show as exciting as other shows like 7L or Jordan, I can easily see them beating out a powerhouse to get that 5th spot.
Other than that, I have this as my final rankings going into next week post-region 23
1. Bridgeland (duh)
2. Cy-Woods
3. Jordan or Cy-Fair
4. Jordan or Cy-Fair
5. 7L or JET
6. 7L or JET
7. Tompkins
8. Cinco
9. Langham Creek
10. Katy