My predictions, now that prior tournaments are over. Note that I'm just using A and B as arbitrary denominators, I have no idea whether Mason A or Mason B will place higher for example. Also note, Enloe appears to no longer be attending.
1. Troy A - Not much of a choice here. Even if they don't stack fully, I don't think anyone will beat them.
2. Harriton - The probable runner-up, on the basis of generally being good. I won't underestimate them this year
3. LASA - I thought it slightly improbable for Solon to finish this highly while split. I debated a while on who to put here, and decided on LASA on the basis of their general consistency and experience at high-level tournaments.
4. Solon A - No weaker than last year, I expect a fairly strong performance. Being unstacked, however, it's possible for any of the nearby teams just below them to finish ahead.
5. Clements - Coming off of a 6th place Nationals finish, they should do pretty well - I haven't heard of anything that would drop their performance.
6. Seven Lakes A - I think Seven Lakes may do slightly worse this year, but I'm not certain.
7. Mason A - Mason now has two very strong finishes behind them, showing that Northview was definitely not a fluke. I expect good things from them (note I'm assuming that they won't stack).
8. Troy B - Because Troy
9. Mason B - As mentioned above, I'm pretty sure they'll split, giving them a good shot at putting both teams in the top 10.
10. Solon B - Strong as usual, I'm sure. They might beat Troy or Mason's second team, depending on how stacked they are.
11. Chattahoochee A - Mentor and Acton-Boxborough will certainly be split, leaving this area a little easier than it otherwise would be. Excepting huge event bombs, I think we can take this spot.
12. Columbia - I debated whether to put them above Chattahoochee, but eventually decided against it (though with no solid reasoning to back this up). It could easily go either way.
13. Acton-Boxborough A - No expectation of decline, a split team can probably do this without too much trouble.
14. Mentor A - Looks lower than it actually is. Having predicted three B teams in the top ten, this comes out at 11th place school.
15. Montgomery - Not sure I can place them any higher. We only have regionals to go off of so far, and they don't have much experience at this level of competition.
16. Mentor B - They tend to be very evenly split.
17. Acton-Boxborough B
18. Boca Raton A - I've heard a lot about how Boca Raton is supposed to be weaker this year. They haven't had any particularly impressive invitational performances so far, and didn't do very well at Northview. I could certainly have underestimated them by several places though.
19. Ward Melville A - I guess this sounds about right. If I recall, they've done fairly well so far this year.
20. Conestoga A - They'll certainly be split. I have no idea how strong they are though.
21. Penncrest - Shows no sign of getting any stronger this year, as far as I can tell. They could always surprise, though (as they did in 2015).
22. Clark A - They've been getting stronger in recent years, so I think this is reasonable.
23. Olathe North - Hard to place the teams in this area. I think ON is probably good enough, they've had relatively good performances at invitationals so far.
24. Conestoga B
25. Seven Lakes B - At this point, things get difficult. Many of the teams that I would otherwise have placed here aren't coming this year, so I'm picking Seven Lakes B over Fairfax to take this.