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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Devils
Colors: Blue/Red
Coach: Lanny Dauksch
League: 7A/6A East
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #9

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Jarvis Cooper RB/DL
Eric Clay TE/DL
Demarcus Rivers S

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Some Experience
Team Weaknesses: Tough Conference

RATINGS
2012 Final Power Rating: 30.7
2012 National Rank: #1666
2012 State Rank: #18
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2013 Starting Power Rating: 26.1
2013 National Rank: #2070
2013 State Rank: #17
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2012 Rating): 35.2
Dynasty National Rank: #687
2013 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.7
Dynasty Record: 47-10-1 (31-4 in league)

HISTORICAL
2012 Overall Record: 8-4
2012 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2012 Points For Average: 23.3
2012 Points Against Average: 21.6
2012 Differential: +1.7
2012 Wins: #1481 Pulaski Academy (Little Rock) (30-21), #1875 Cabot (23-20), #1970 Rogers Heritage (Rogers) (43-36), #4038 Central (Little Rock) (20-7), #5959 Marion (20-14), #7690 Mountain Home (54-7), #8317 Blytheville (13-0), #8390 Ashdown (41-17)
2012 Losses: #95 Bentonville (42-0), #312 North Little Rock (42-0), #1444 Jonesboro (30-21), #3674 Searcy (23-15)
2012 Opponents W-L: 74-64
Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st), 2010, 2009 (6A East), 2008 (6A East), 2007 (6A East), 2006 (tied for 1st; 6A East), 2005 (AAAAA East), 2004 (tied for 1st; AAAAA East)
Winning Streak Entering 2013 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2013 Schedule: 9/2 at Ashdown, 9/13 Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN), 9/13 Blytheville, 9/20 at Pulaski Academy (Little Rock), 9/27 Jonesboro, 10/4 North Little Rock, 10/11 at Central (Little Rock), 10/18 Marion, 10/25 at Cabot, 11/1 Searcy, 11/7 at Mountain Home
Highest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: North Little Rock (50.8), Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN) (43.7), Cabot (36.7)
Lowest-Rated 2013 Regular Season Opponents: Ashdown (-3), Blytheville (-1.2), Mountain Home (2.3)
2012 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7 (26 overall)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.2
2013 vs. 2012 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.5
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #22
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1867
2013 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-4
2013 Projected League Finish: 4th
2013 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%