The NCBA Fall season is currently a nine week season, which began at the end of September and is currently moving through to about the end of November. That will be more than enough time to observe many of the amazing bands out there.
First, let me throw out that this is by no means anything official and should not be taken as such. While scores will be taken from all competitions in the fullest way possible, it should be taken with a grain of salt and can be seen as an educational tool. Since scores in the NCBA do not "elevate" throughout the season, there will most likely be a deviation in numbers from time to time.
How this will work for the first five weeks (Week 1 through 5), an average of all participating bands' scores will be taken, regardless of the amount of times they've competed in those five weeks. After Week 5 (10/22), a mid-season score will be presented. Following that week until the final week, a band's top three highest scores will be averaged into the final overall score. All bands will be ranked accordingly, regardless of class or size, as bands are scored the same. Also note that there is a possibility of Band "B" beating Band "A", and Band "A" will still be at the top of the rankings. Why? Again, the first half of the season is ranked on all five weeks. Once we pass the midway point, a band's three highest scores will be taken into account and that should change the rankings accordingly.
I would like to split bands, however, based on this scoring rhetoric for the first half of the season, then reclassify them once everyone has competed to what I hope will be five, if not four, overall classes.
- Class 3A: 85.00-100.00
Class 2A: 75.00-84.99
Class 1A: 50.00-74.99
PARADE BAND RANKING
- [01] 92.50 - Golden Valley
[02] 92.35 - Armijo
[03] 90.95 - Irvington "A"***
[04] 90.90 - Merced
[05] 89.60 - South San Francisco
[06] 89.35 - Lincoln (Stockton)
[07] 87.60 - Buhach Colony
[08] 87.05 - Santa Cruz
[09] 85.60 - Mount Eden
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[10] 84.30 - Irvington "B"
[11] 83.75 - Northgate
[11] 83.75 - Oakdale
[13] 83.40 - Capuchino
[14] 82.05 - Los Banos
[15] 81.65 - Atwater
[16] 81.60 - Archbishop Riordan
[17] 80.85 - Livingston
[18] 80.40 - Del Mar
[19] 80.10 - San Mateo
[20] 78.50 - Deer Valley
[21] 77.40 - Patterson
[22] 76.75 - East Union
[23] 75.75 - Freedom
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[24] 70.60 - Jefferson
[25] 69.50 - Ygnacio Valley
- [01] 87.75 - Armijo
[02] 86.60 - Merced
[03] 86.55 - Golden Valley
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[04] 82.25 - Buhach Colony
[05] 78.30 - Santa Cruz
[06] 77.80 - Mount Eden
[07] 77.30 - Patterson
[08] 77.00 - Livingston
[09] 75.30 - South San Francisco
[10] 75.18 - Irvington "A"***
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[11] 73.80 - Irvington "B"
[12] 73.70 - Lincoln (Stockton)
[13] 73.65 - San Mateo
[14] 72.25 - Archbishop Riordan
[15] 72.15 - Atwater
[16] 71.40 - Deer Valley
[17] 71.35 - Los Banos
[18] 70.20 - Capuchino
[19] 70.00 - Ygnacio Valley
[20] 69.60 - Northgate
[21] 68.80 - Del Mar
[22] 68.30 - Jefferson
[23] 64.10 - East Union
[24] 64.00 - Oakdale
[25] 60.65 - Freedom
I currently have 67 bands listed to compete and that may change throughout the season as bands are added or subtracted from the listing. I'm excited to see what we can learn from this and what potential can be realized throughout the season.
Good luck to all competing bands this season!