My first prediction is
1st: Flowermound
2nd: Lebanon Trail
3rd: Lake Ridge
4th: Walnut Grove
5th: McKinney North
6th: Lovejoy
7th: Lone Star
8th: McKinney Boyd
9th: Birdville
10th: Allen
Flowermound is obviously a 6A powerhouse. Lebanon Trail is usually slept on. They keep on growing and getting better each year. With the Wakeland director change, I wouldn't be surprised if they won their Area this year. Walnut Grove took on Wakeland's director and I think they will come in swinging their inaugural year. Lone Star is interesting. They have an extremely talented program but their show design/concepts are usually weird to me. If Allen really has reduced their "competitive marching band" size than I am curious to how much they will improve this year.