I'm never very good at predictions, and it doesn't help that I've only been to one contest. With that said, I've been following shows by scores.
I haven't seen the southern guards at all this year, and I probably won't until prelims [we'll see]... but I think that Kokomo is a very strong contender for one of the top three spots this year. They came out of the box strong, and they have won both contests they have attended by a fairly large margin.
Their show is very solid, and when I saw it on Saturday, I was just in absolute amazement. I'm looking forward to seeing where they go throughout the season.
I'm also looking forward to seeing Zionsville in Class A now. They had a tight performance at Eastern, and I was very impressed by their performance. Their performers tend to have strong performance faces, especially one of the girls who has a lot of features throughout the show.