I am confident all teams in elims were scouting and doing a good job. After 8 matches we were ranked 72nd yet were consistent in 20 pt auto on CDF and low bar, scoring 5 to 7 high goals per match. I think our first win was Q118 where we got 10 high goals and 20 pt auto (3824).
http://youtu.be/FKQ2AHvmJHE
Before that match, 2122 was in our pits talking about elims. Thier scouts saw we were a sleeper due to a tough draw. I'm always impressed with the level of scouting at championship. Last year our alliance captain at champs picked the 75th team as our 3rd bot. Generally, if you are highly ranked and not picked it's because either their scouting data suggests that they need something you don't have or they see an inconsistency or vulnerability that they need to avoid in the finals. We started self scouting years ago to keep ourselves honest as well as for marketing our team to others.
This year just seemed to have a higher percentage of low ranked teams getting picked which suggested to me that there was something implicit in the game that had a disproportionate number of strong teams with low rankings.