DCI June 2008 Rankings - World Class

The season started late this year, on June 21st, so the rankings are rather sketchy right now. For the World Class (Div. I) corps, my current rankings are:

1. Blue Devils
2. Santa Clara Vanguard
3. The Cavaliers
4. The Cadets
5. Phantom Regiment
6. Carolina Crown
7. Bluecoats
8. Boston Crusaders
9. Pacific Crest
10. Blue Knights
11. Blue Stars
12. Glassmen
13. Mandarins
14. Colts
15. The Academy
16. Spirit
17. Crossmen
18. Madison Scouts
19. Troopers
20. Pioneer

The average high score for the month was 72.515, with the top nine corps above the average. The hardest working corps were the Blue Stars, Carolina Crown and Pioneer, each of which performed in eight shows.

In terms of the year-on-year improvement rankings (which compares the high scores from this June with the high scores from last June), only three corps did better than last year:

1. Pacific Crest +4.45
2. Mandarins +0.75
3. Blue Devils +0.05
4. Madison Scouts -0.05
5. Boston Crusaders -0.15
6. Santa Clara Vanguard -0.35
7. Crossmen -1.15
8. The Academy -1.45
9. Spirit -1.70
10. Blue Stars -1.95
11. The Cavaliers - 2.20
12. Pioneer -2.50 (tie)
12. Troopers -2.50 (tie)
14. Carolina Crown -3.35
15. Phantom Regiment -3.60
16. Colts -3.75 (tie)
16. Glassmen -3.75 (tie)
18. The Cadets -4.15
19. Blue Knights -4.25
20. Bluecoats -5.90

The average year-on-year "improvement" was -1.875; in comparison, last June's year-on-year improvement average was +1.626. I'm fairly certain that the June scores are below last year's efforts because the season started five days later this year than last year (June 16th). Hopefully we'll see real improvements when the next set of rankings are done in two week's time.

Update: One more set of "improvement" rankings, this being year-to-date. Here, we're taking the maximum score obtained by a corps so far in June and subtracting the very first score they received for this year. The result is the amount of improvement in the score to date. All of the improvements are (by definition) positive.

1. Pioneer 9.40
2. Blue Stars 8.90
3. Troopers 7.80
4. Glassmen 7.30
5. Spirit 7.10
6. Boston Crusaders 6.90 (tie)
6. The Cadets 6.90 (tie)
8. Carolina Crown 6.80
9. Blue Devils 6.30 (tie)
9. The Cavaliers 6.30 (tie)
11. Blue Knights 6.20 (tie)
11. Bluecoats 6.20 (tie)
11. Santa Clara Vanguard (tie)
14. Crossmen 5.60
15. Mandarins 5.40
16. Colts 5.20 (tie)
16. Phantom Regiment 5.20 (tie)
18. Madison Scouts 5.00
19. Pacific Crest 0.90
20. The Academy 0.00

The average improvement for the month of June was 5.98 points. The rankings for Pacific Crest and The Academy should be taken with a grain of salt as both corps have only appeared in two shows so far this season.