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GENERAL
Nickname: Gators
Colors: Green/Gold/White
Coach: Pete Walker
League: 2A District 7 (moving from 1B District 7)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #2

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Kelvin Taylor Junior TB
Cory Garcia Senior LB
Steven Williams Senior WR/DB

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
J.T. Thornton 5'11" 165 Senior DB
Eaton Spence 6'0" 175 Senior DB 4.50 [Illinois]

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Playoff Experience, Running Game
Team Weaknesses: Youth In Secondary, Depth At WR

RATINGS
2010 Final Power Rating: 30.5
2010 National Rank: #1526
2010 State Rank: #122
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5
Senior D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.6
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3
2011 Starting Power Rating: 28.5
2011 National Rank: #1490
2011 State Rank: #122
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2010 Rating): 27.2
Dynasty National Rank: #1327
2011 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.2
Dynasty Record: 50-17 (16-2 in league)

HISTORICAL
2010 Overall Record: 10-4
2010 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2010 Points For Average: 32.9
2010 Points Against Average: 22.4
2010 Differential: +10.5
2010 Wins: #1606 Warner Christian (South Daytona) (42-35), #1828 Jupiter Christian (Jupiter) (35-29), #3051 Victory Christian Academy (Lakeland) (45-27), #5649 Clewiston (29-20), #8321 Barrington Christian Academy (Florida City) (51-30), #9404 Twiggs County (Jeffersonville, GA) (24-12), #9688 Village Academy (Delray Beach) (37-7), #11597 Berean Christian (West Palm Beach) (49-6), #12950 Zion Lutheran (Deerfield Beach) (59-20), #13364 Summit Christian (West Palm Beach) (41-7)
2010 Losses: #278 Belen Jesuit (Miami) (21-14), #1040 King's Academy (West Palm Beach) (42-21), #1828 Jupiter Christian (Jupiter) (38-14), #2720 Dade Christian (Miami) (20-0)
2010 Opponents W-L: 94-60
Recent State Championships: 2010 (1B), 2009 (1B), 2006 (1A)
Recent League Championships: 2008 (1A District 6), 2007 (1A District 6), 2006 (1A District 6), 2005 (1A District 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2011 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2011 Schedule: 9/2 Monsignor Pace [Edward] (Miami), 9/9 at Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 9/16 Clewiston, 9/23 at Jupiter Christian (Jupiter), 10/7 Coral Springs Christian (Coral Springs), 10/14 at Village Academy (Delray Beach), 10/21 Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 10/28 at Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 11/4 Zion Lutheran (Deerfield Beach), 11/11 at South Fork (Stuart)
Highest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Trinity Catholic (Ocala) (52.7), Monsignor Pace [Edward] (Miami) (35.2), Jupiter Christian (Jupiter) (29.9)
Lowest-Rated 2011 Regular Season Opponents: Summit Christian (West Palm Beach) (-34.5), Zion Lutheran (Deerfield Beach) (-24.7), Coral Springs Christian (Coral Springs) (-14.1)
2010 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.1 (13 overall)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.8
2011 vs. 2010 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.7
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #370
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5993
2011 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2011 Projected League Finish: 1st
2011 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1%
Opener: 9/2 Monsignor Pace [Edward] (Miami) [projection: 28-26 loss]