I guess I can make some predictions;
Up- Kashiwagi Yuki: she has been in the spotlight non stop. The musical, team B captain, Guam related stuff.. top 10 guaranteed.
- Miyazawa Sae: is looking super hot lately and her majisuka part may help
- Miyazaki Miho: PB, DVD, damedashi, majisuka.. all epic. She's bound to end up higher than #18.
- Takajo Aki: moving up for sure. She fits the front girl part in kimi no koto and she's gotten some good exposure in the various shows.
- Masuda Yuka: I think more people realize she can actually sing and she's looking really good lately.
- Hirajima Natsumi: will also move up due to the good WH exposure, as well as the great pics from the PB
- Sashihara Rino: bungee, swimming, wotagei... whatever she does, she captures your heart.
- Matsui Rena: I think Rena can make top #15. A lot of people like her, she's featured a lot, always great fun and proved she has acting skills as Gekikara.
Similar- Maeda Atsuko
- Shinoda Mariko
- Kojima Haruna
- Watanabe Mayu
- Takahashi Minami
- Itano Tomomi
They seem to have a steady fanbase and are pretty much guaranteed to be among the top.
- Kitahara Rie: also great, but she still hasn't done anything that interesting (aside from some photo shoots). I mean, nothing really defines her...
- Oota Aika: WH and the PB have probably helped her gain fans, but I think she lacks a sort of 'general appeal' that will keep her from moving up a lot.
- Kuramochi Asuka: still cool, but hasn't done much. But I guess she'll end up somewhere around #25
- Katayama Haruka: she will get enough votes from her fan-base, but she's too invisible for the newer fans to notice her.
Down- Sato Amina: even though she's great, I don't think she'll be able to get #8 again...
- Kasai Tomomi: I don't know.. she'll be among the top, but I fear she may drop out of the top 10. Let's hope the Love Wars stuff helped her popularity. I think she may lose some fans as she gets older and her voice doesn't fit her anymore
- Ono Erena: has been out of the spotlights for a while
- Akimoto Sayaka: I guess the musical will have helped, but I think she got her #12 just because the fans wanted her to have her first senbatsu.
- Minegishi Minami: she's cool and tries her best, but I don't think she appeals to many of the newer fans.
- Yonezawa Rumi: has been kinda invisible, even though she was good in the musical.
- Matsubara Natsumi: the one time she actually gets to do something she doesn't do it! (bungee jump in Nemousu special). For some reason her case seems different than Sasshi's.. I dunno.
No Idea Matsui Jurina: no idea how she compares this time around
Newcomers- Nakagawa Haruka: riding the wave of WR's success
- Kikuchi Ayaka: She seems to be popular, but no idea how she will compare to the others
- Nito Moeno: if waaay better known than when the first senbatsu election was held
- Fujie Reina: is gaining fans steadily
- Sato Sumire: probably the most popular n00b
- Komori Mika: has that special sort of appeal
- Yagami Kumi: One of SKE's top members