Results
After one of the most exciting seasons of Drum Corps International, Santa Clara Vanguard comes out on top. Not only did the corps put a decent gap between themselves and the silver medalist Blue Devils, they swept every caption except for color guard. That caption was taken by the 5th place overall Boston Crusaders, capping off their incredible season with one of the top awards in DCI.
FINALS - SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2018
| Saturday, August 11, 2018 | CORPS | SCORE |
| 1 | Santa Clara Vanguard | 98.625 |
| 2 | Blue Devils | 97.350 |
| 3 | Bluecoats | 96.950 |
| 4 | Carolina Crown | 95.500 |
| 5 | Boston Crusaders | 94.313 |
| 6 | The Cavaliers | 93.213 |
| 7 | The Cadets | 92.225 |
| 8 | Blue Stars | 90.050 |
| 9 | Blue Knights | 88.925 |
| 10 | Mandarins | 88.150 |
| 11 | Phantom Regiment | 86.950 |
| 12 | Crossmen | 86.750 |
| Jim Jones Leadership Award | Claire Albrecht, The Cadets | |
| Best General Effect | Santa Clara Vanguard | |
| Best Visual | Santa Clara Vanguard | |
| Best Guard | Boston Crusaders | |
| Best Percussion | Santa Clara Vanguard | |
| Best Brass | Santa Clara Vanguard |
SEMIFINALS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018
| WORLD CLASS SEMIFINALS | SCORES | ||
| 1 | Santa Clara Vanguard | 98.263 | Advance |
| 2 | Blue Devils | 96.750 | Advance |
| 3 | Bluecoats | 96.588 | Advance |
| 4 | Carolina Crown | 95.475 | Advance |
| 5 | Boston Crusaders | 94.588 | Advance |
| 6 | The Cavaliers | 93.537 | Advance |
| 7 | The Cadets | 91.862 | Advance |
| 8 | Blue Stars | 90.475 | Advance |
| 9 | Blue Knights | 89.037 | Advance |
| 10 | Mandarins | 88.662 | Advance |
| 11 | Phantom Regiment | 87.700 | Advance |
| 12 | Crossmen | 87.250 | Advance |
| 13 | Spirit of Atlanta | 85.588 | |
| 14 | Colts | 84.613 | |
| 15 | The Academy | 84.563 | |
| 16 | Madison Scouts | 82.988 | |
| 17 | Troopers | 81.788 | |
| 18 | Vanguard Cadets | 81.025 | |
| 19 | Blue Devils B | 80.038 | |
| 20 | Pacific Crest | 79.300 | |
| 21 | Music City | 78.175 | |
| 22 | Oregon Crusaders | 77.100 | |
| 23 | Gold | 75.425 | |
| 24 | Genesis | 74.475 | |
| 25 | Spartans | 74.250 |
PRELIMS - THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2018
| WORLD CLASS PRELIMS | SCORES | ||
| 1 | Santa Clara Vanguard | 96.800 | Advance |
| 2 | Blue Devils | 95.963 | Advance |
| 3 | Bluecoats | 95.213 | Advance |
| 4 | Carolina Crown | 94.263 | Advance |
| 5 | Boston Crusaders | 92.863 | Advance |
| 6 | The Cavaliers | 92.688 | Advance |
| 7 | The Cadets | 91.150 | Advance |
| 8 | Blue Stars | 89.025 | Advance |
| 9 | Blue Knights | 87.713 | Advance |
| 10 | Phantom Regiment | 87.150 | Advance |
| 11 | Mandarins | 86.775 | Advance |
| 12 | Crossmen | 86.425 | Advance |
| 13 | Spirit of Atlanta | 85.175 | Advance |
| 14 | The Academy | 84.413 | Advance |
| 15 | Colts | 84.125 | Advance |
| 16 | Madison Scouts | 82.700 | Advance |
| 17 | Vanguard Cadets | 81.500 | Advance |
| 18 | Troopers | 81.300 | Advance |
| 19 | Blue Devils B | 80.100 | Advance |
| 20 | Pacific Crest | 79.100 | Advance |
| 21 | Music City | 77.862 | Advance |
| 22 | Oregon Crusaders | 77.450 | Advance |
| 23 | Gold | 75.775 | Advance |
| 24 | Genesis | 75.400 | Advance |
| 25 | Spartans | 74.413 | Advance |
| 26 | Legends | 74.400 | |
| 27 | Seattle Cascades | 71.963 | |
| 28 | 7th Regiment | 71.875 | |
| 29 | Guardians | 71.200 | |
| 30 | Jersey Surf | 69.925 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Stars | 68.438 | |
| 32 | River City Rhythm | 68.425 | |
| 33 | Southwind | 66.438 | |
| 34 | Jubal | 66.175 | |
| 35 | Golden Empire | 65.100 | |
| 36 | Pioneer | 64.300 | |
| 37 | Shadow | 62.600 | |
| 38 | Colt Cadets | 61.800 | |
| 39 | Raiders | 60.025 | |
| 40 | Heat Wave | 58.700 |