Banneker [Benjamin] (College Park, GA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Red/Silver
Coach: Ed Gosa
League: AAAA Region 6B (moving from AAAA Region 4)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #38

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Larry Jefferson 6'3" 215 Senior DE 4.6 [Louisville]
Chaz Elder 6'2" 170 Senior DB 4.79 [South Carolina]

RATINGS
2011 Final Power Rating: 16
2011 National Rank: #4147
2011 State Rank: #163
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2012 Starting Power Rating: 10.6
2012 National Rank: #4998
2012 State Rank: #202
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2011 Rating): 13.3
Dynasty National Rank: #3816
2012 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 1.5
Dynasty Record: 44-50 (35-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2011 Overall Record: 6-4
2011 League Record/Finish: 6-4 (5th)
2011 Points For Average: 18.5
2011 Points Against Average: 19.6
2011 Differential: -1.1
2011 Wins: #4280 Creekside (Fairburn) (21-6), #4846 Riverdale (29-22), #6913 Mt. Zion (Jonesboro) (12-6), #7417 Mundy's Mill (Jonesboro) (22-12), #10235 Forest Park (48-20), #11898 Morrow (7-0)
2011 Losses: #241 Lovejoy (34-0), #1065 Tri-Cities (East Point) (35-7), #1691 Jonesboro (40-19), #3108 North Clayton (College Park) (21-20)
2011 Opponents W-L: 55-55
Recent League Championships: 2009 (5B-AAAA)
Winning Streak Entering 2012 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2012 Schedule: 8/31 Sandy Creek (Tyrone), 9/7 Tri-Cities (East Point), 9/14 at Westlake (Atlanta), 9/21 Redan (Stone Mountain), 10/5 at Carver (Atlanta), 10/12 at South Atlanta (Atlanta), 10/20 Grady (Atlanta), 10/26 Therrell (Atlanta), 11/2 at Washington [Booker T.] (Atlanta)
Highest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Tri-Cities (East Point) (45.7), Sandy Creek (Tyrone) (41.9), Westlake (Atlanta) (21.8)
Lowest-Rated 2012 Regular Season Opponents: Therrell (Atlanta) (-11.9), South Atlanta (Atlanta) (1.5), Redan (Stone Mountain) (5.8)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.3
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.5
2012 vs. 2011 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.2
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #150
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2925
2012 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2012 Projected League Finish: 1st
2012 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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