in order for a band who's not in the placements to qualify for state, they need a 3 or lower from 2 music judges and 1 visual judge to advance.
if you had those ordinals sure and it already would've happened, but unfortunately this is not the case.
it is what it is, you live and learn and move on from things like this. sorry about your situation and i can't imagine how we would feel in the same one.