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GENERAL
Nickname: Fighting Gamecocks
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Paul Sorrells
League: AAAA Region VI
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #13

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Marques Pair 6'5" 265 Senior OL [Tennessee]
Stephen Curtis 6'3" 220 Senior QB [Florida Atlantic]

RATINGS
2009 Final Power Rating: 40.3
2009 National Rank: #551
2009 State Rank: #18
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2010 Starting Power Rating: 35.2
2010 National Rank: #810
2010 State Rank: #23
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2009 Rating): 31.7
Dynasty National Rank: #528
2010 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.4
Dynasty Record: 64-29 (24-9 in league)

HISTORICAL
2009 Overall Record: 10-3
2009 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2009 Points For Average: 36.4
2009 Points Against Average: 15.2
2009 Differential: +21.2
2009 Wins: #390 Spartanburg (34-21), #616 Greenwood (10-0), #1455 Hartsville (35-13), #1979 Blythewood (45-0), #3371 Conway (55-14), #3754 South Florence (Florence) (45-21), #4270 Spring Valley (Columbia) (34-20), #4426 White Knoll (Lexington) (48-13), #6005 Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach) (56-3), #8191 West Florence (Florence) (56-7)
2009 Losses: #390 Spartanburg (28-14), #1413 Stratford (Goose Creek) (27-14), #4002 Crestwood (Sumter) (30-27)
2009 Opponents W-L: 70-88
Recent League Championships: 2009, 2007 (tied for 1st), 2004 (tied for 1st), 2003 (AAAA Region 5)
Winning Streak Entering 2010 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2010 Schedule: 8/27 Crestwood (Sumter), 9/3 at Stratford (Goose Creek), 9/10 Spartanburg, 9/17 at North Augusta, 9/24 Keenan [W. J.] (Columbia), 10/1 Richland Northeast (Columbia), 10/8 South Florence (Florence), 10/15 West Florence (Florence), 10/22 at Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach), 10/29 at Conway, 11/5 Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff)
Highest-Rated 2010 Regular Season Opponents: Spartanburg (41.9), North Augusta (35.8), Stratford (Goose Creek) (29.1)
Lowest-Rated 2010 Regular Season Opponents: West Florence (Florence) (-0.4), Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach) (7.6), Richland Northeast (Columbia) (14.7)
2009 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.9 (24.9 overall)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.1
2010 vs. 2009 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.2
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #42
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1459
2010 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2
2010 Projected League Finish: 1st
2010 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 8%
Opener: 8/27 Crestwood (Sumter) [projection: 31-10 win]



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