Cedar Ridge had two judges that didn't like them. One music judge had them at 7th and one visual judge had them at 9th. On the flip side they had another put them at 2nd.
Honestly, there were only three bands that got consistent ordinals from the judges: Reagan (1st), McNeil (9th), and Churchill (10th). So I chalk up 2nd-8th as being pretty close together to create wild fluctuations.