Benedictine (Cleveland, OH)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bengals
Colors: Blue/White
League: North Coast - Blue
Playoff Division: IV
Playoff Division Rank: #4

SENIOR D1 PROSPECTS
Jerome Baker 6'1" 205 Senior ATH 4.5 [Florida]
LaMarr Davis 6'1" 300 Senior DT

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Matt Merimee 6'3" 190 Senior DB [Miami (Oh)]
Peter Cvijanovic 6'5" 275 Senior OT [Illinois]

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 37.4
2013 National Rank: #981
2013 State Rank: #64
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.4
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +3.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.5
2014 Starting Power Rating: 42.8
2014 National Rank: #494
2014 State Rank: #34
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 30
Dynasty National Rank: #801
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.4
Dynasty Record: 63-61 (7-8 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 9-4
2013 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 29.8
2013 Points Against Average: 21.2
2013 Differential: +8.6
2013 Wins: #1532 Chagrin Falls (52-35), #1649 Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (20-14), #2219 Lake Catholic (Mentor) (31-23), #2747 Woodridge (Peninsula) (28-0), #3071 Padua Franciscan (Parma) (56-14), #3612 Cleveland Central Catholic (Cleveland) (37-36), #3680 Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon) (38-28), #7402 Holy Name (Parma Heights) (35-7), #10982 Normandy (Parma) (45-13)
2013 Losses: #349 Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown) (28-21), #787 Bedford (23-0), #803 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls) (27-7), #1758 Steubenville (28-17)
2013 Opponents W-L: 81-64
Recent State Championships: 2004 (3), 2003 (3)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 8/28/14 Normandy (Parma) (62-13)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/28 at Normandy (Parma), 9/6 Ursuline (Youngstown), 9/12 at Bedford, 9/20 Holy Name (Parma Heights), 9/26 at Bishop Watterson (Columbus), 10/3 at Padua Franciscan (Parma), 10/10 Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon), 10/18 at Lake Catholic (Mentor), 10/24 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls), 10/31 at Archbishop Hoban (Akron)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Archbishop Hoban (Akron) (40.8), Bedford (40.4), Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls) (37.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Normandy (Parma) (-13.6), Holy Name (Parma Heights) (2.1), Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon) (18.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7 (26.8 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.9
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #102
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1307
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 27%



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