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GENERAL
Nickname: Imps
Colors: Green/White
Coach: Kurt Glendenning
League: 4A Southwest Wake (moving from 4A Conference 13)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #59

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2013 JV Record: 6-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Anthony Rush 6'4" 300 Senior TE/DL 5.00
Trevion Hackney 5'8.5" 170 Senior WB/DB 4.43
Isaiah Gibbons 5'11" 180 Junior RB 4.49

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Successful JV Players Moving Up, Returning Varsity Experience, Experienced Kicking Game
Team Weaknesses: Team Speed, Skill Positions, Defensive Depth

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 13.5
2013 National Rank: #4769
2013 State Rank: #141
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: 14.8
2014 National Rank: #4168
2014 State Rank: #126
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 14.9
Dynasty National Rank: #3466
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.2
Dynasty Record: 74-60 [72-62 on the field] (41-36 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 4-7
2013 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (tied for 5th)
2013 Points For Average: 20.5
2013 Points Against Average: 29.3
2013 Differential: -8.8
2013 Wins: #2605 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (47-26), #5284 Athens Drive (Raleigh) (28-23), #6529 Apex (27-15), #7334 Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh) (30-24)
2013 Losses: #545 Wake Forest (48-14), #1173 Middle Creek (Apex) (14-0), #1399 Panther Creek (Cary) (38-7), #1511 Garner (42-28), #3322 Fuquay-Varina (24-14), #3767 Holly Springs (48-14), #3848 Green Hope (Cary) (20-16)
2013 Opponents W-L: 76-63
Recent League Championships: 2005 (tied for 1st; Tri-Seven)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 at Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh), 8/29 at Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh), 9/5 Wake Forest, 9/12 Garner, 9/26 Green Hope (Cary), 10/3 at Panther Creek (Cary), 10/10 Holly Springs, 10/17 at Apex, 10/24 Fuquay-Varina, 10/31 at Middle Creek (Apex), 11/7 Athens Drive (Raleigh)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Wake Forest (54.6), Garner (36.1), Middle Creek (Apex) (33.1)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh) (2.5), Apex (7.5), Athens Drive (Raleigh) (9.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.7
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #27
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1291
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%