Plus, Blue Devils got the 7th highest score for any 1st place winners. I believe Crossmen achieved the highest score for the 13th position (86.925) beating 2004 Spirit of Atlanta 13th score of
86.300 as well Blue Knights for 14th place with (85.788) beating 2019 Pacific Crest 14th score of
85.350, but sadly BK broke their 16 year streak making finals, and Blue Stars got their highest score in World Class.
It would appear that Colts with 87.200 had their highest ever Finals score this year -- their previous Finals best having been 86.300 they got placing 9th in 1995 (still their all-time best placement) -- although it's not their highest ever score, which seems to be the 87.450 they received Friday in Semifinals. That beat the 87.300 they scored placing 11th in Semifinals in 1998 (that year they dropped to 12th in Finals).
Edited to add a quick reference for those wondering about the 1st place scores:
99.650 - Blue Devils 2014, "Felliniesque"
99.150 - Cavaliers 2002, "Frameworks"
99.150 - Cadets 2005, "The Zone (Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door)"
99.050 - Blue Devils 2009, "1930"
98.900 - Blue Devils 2010, "Through a Glass, Darkly"
98.800 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1989, "Phantom of the Opera"
98.800 - Blue Devils 2003, "Phenomenon of Cool"
98.750 - Blue Devils 2022, "Tempus Blue"
98.700 - Cavaliers 2004, "007"
98.700 - Blue Devils 2012, "Cabaret Voltaire"
98.625 - Santa Clara Vanguard 2018, "Babylon"
98.538 - Blue Devils 2017, "Metamorph"
98.400 - Cadets 1985, [Untitled, features "Jeremiah," "Overture to Candide," and "Make Our Garden Grow"]
98.400 - Blue Devils 1986, [Untitled, includes "Channel One Suite," "Conquistador," "Spanish Fantasy," etc.]
98.400 - Blue Devils 1994, "My Spanish Heart"
98.400 - Blue Devils 1997, "As Time Goes By..."
98.400 - Cadets 1998, "Stonehenge"
98.400 - Blue Devils 1999, "Rhythms ... at the Edge of Time"
98.400 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1999, "Inventions for a New Millennium"
98.350 - Cavaliers 2001, "Four Corners"
98.350 - Cadets 2011 "Angels & Demons"
98.325 - Blue Devils 2019, "Ghostlight"
98.300 - Cavaliers 1995, "The Planets"
98.300 - Carolina Crown 2013, "E=mc
2"
98.125 - Phantom Regiment 2008, "Spartacus"
98.000 - Cadets 1984, "West Side Story"
98.000 - Blue Devils 2007, "Winged Victory"
97.900 - Cadets 1987, "Selections from Appalachian Spring"
97.700 - Cadets 1990, "A Bernstein Celebration"
97.650 - Cadets 2000, "We Are the Future"
97.650 - Cavaliers 2000, "Niagara Falls"
97.650 - Blue Devils 2015, "Ink"
97.650 - Bluecoats 2016, "Down Side Up"
97.500 - Cavaliers 1992, "Revolution and Triumph"
97.400 - Cadets 1993, "In the Spring, at the Time When Kings Go Off to War"
97.400 - Blue Devils 1996, "Club Blue: A Gangster's Chronicle"
97.400 - Phantom Regiment 1996, "Defiant Heart: The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich"
97.200 - Cavaliers 2006, "Machine"
97.100 - Madison Scouts 1988, [Untitled, featuring "Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra" and "Malaguena"]
97.000 - Star of Indiana 1991, "Roman Images"
--- [all scores below this point were awarded under the "tic" system"] ---
95.250 - Blue Devils 1982, [Untitled, includes "T.O.," "Pegasus," "One More Time Chuck Corea," etc.]
94.400 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1981, [Untitled, includes "Northridge," "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," "Slava," etc.]
94.400 - Cadets 1983, [Untitled, featuring "Rocky Point Holiday" and selections from Bernstein's "Mass"]
93.550 - Blue Devils 1979, [Untitled, includes "Canon," "Mother," "Once Upon a Time," etc.]
92.700 - Blue Devils 1976, [Untitled, features "Channel One Suite," "Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor," and "Chase the Clouds Away"]
92.500 - Madison Scouts 1975, [Untitled, includes "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," "MacArthur Park," "Rhapsody in Blue," etc.]
92.050 - Blue Devils 1977, [Untitled, features "Channel One Suite," "Spanish Fantasy," and "Gonna Fly Now"]
91.550 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1978, [Untitled, includes "Overture to a New Era," "Dance of Welcome," "If You Believe," etc.]
90.600 - Blue Devils 1980, [Untitled, includes "New York Fantasy," "Ya Gotta Try," "Pegasus," etc.]
89.500 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1974, [Untitled, includes "Siegfried's Rhine Journey," "Overture to Candide," "Send in the Clowns," etc.]
88.650 - Santa Clara Vanguard 1973, [Untitled, includes "Fanfare and Allegro," "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," "Bottle Dance," etc.]
88.100 - Anaheim Kingsmen 1972, [Untitled, includes "March from Folk Song Suite," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," "Mickey Mouse Club March," etc.]
I think I got that right, but let me know if not (the information was taken from
DCX, but any errors here are my own).