2016 Area D Finalists - (11 since CTJ dropped out and in no order)
Reagan
CTJ
Bowie
Round Rock
Cedar Ridge
Westwood
Churchill
New Braunfels
Anderson
Hendrickson
Pflugerville (moved to 5A)
2014 Finalists - (no order again)
Westwood
Round Rock
Hendrickson
CTJ
Cedar Ridge
Anderson
Pflugerville (moved to 5A)
Bowie
Reagan
Westlake (Moved to Area E)
(Churchill missed finals by 1 place and New Braunfels missed by a couple places)
Now for 2018, I think that locks are -
Reagan
CTJ
Bowie
Hendrickson
Safe bets -
Round Rock
Cedar Ridge
Westwood
Churchill
The final two spots could go to a multitude of bands. Statistically speaking, Anderson should take one of the last two spots because they have made finals consistently in the past (making state in 2010, missing finals w/ Round Rock in 2012 but making finals again in 2014 and 2016)
However, there are some other bands that could steal the spot from Anderson such as Hays, Lehman, and Austin, as Anderson has unfortunately seen a "slump" in placement in the past two-ish years.
It also wasn't too long ago that Akins was consistently making area finals, and they even made state finals. Could we see a resurgence of Akins as an area finalist? I say it's possible!
Last Two -
Anderson
New Braunfels
Bubble -
Hays
Lehman
McNeil (made finals in 2012 and 2010)
Madison
Akins
Austin
Canyon