Middle Creek (Apex, NC)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Red/White/Black
Coach: Mike Castellano
League: 4A Southwest Wake (moving from 4A Conference 13)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #24

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
2013 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Brant Grisel 6'3" 215 Senior QB
Terry Patterson 6'2" 285 Senior OL/DL

D1 PLAYERS LOST TO GRADUATION
Curtis Burston 6'2" 210 Senior WR 4.49 [East Carolina]
King Kiaku 5'10" 205 Senior LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience On Lines, Returning QB With Playoff Experience, RB Depth
Team Weaknesses: LB/WR Inexperience

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 35.4
2013 National Rank: #1173
2013 State Rank: #31
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3
2014 Starting Power Rating: 31.8
2014 National Rank: #1347
2014 State Rank: #35
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 17.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2791
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.4
Dynasty Record: 85-58 (57-20 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 12-3
2013 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2013 Points For Average: 30.5
2013 Points Against Average: 17.3
2013 Differential: +13.2
2013 Wins: #1399 Panther Creek (Cary) (23-21), #1511 Garner (24-21), #2608 South View (Hope Mills) (28-20), #3322 Fuquay-Varina (28-14), #3322 Fuquay-Varina (37-20), #3767 Holly Springs (35-14), #3848 Green Hope (Cary) (26-14), #4098 Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville) (56-14), #4769 Cary (14-0), #5284 Athens Drive (Raleigh) (56-21), #6529 Apex (21-7), #11538 Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield) (46-14)
2013 Losses: #545 Wake Forest (24-23), #1378 Wakefield (Raleigh) (34-24), #1511 Garner (21-16)
2013 Opponents W-L: 101-85
Recent League Championships: 2013 (4A Conference 13), 2012 (4A Tri-Nine), 2011 (tied for 1st; 4A Tri-Nine), 2009 (4A Tri-Nine), 2007 (tied for 1st; Tri-Eight)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 3
Streak List: 8/22/14 Garner (28-21), 8/29/14 Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville) (35-21), 9/5/14 Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield) (49-7)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/22 Garner, 8/29 at Smith [E. E.] (Fayetteville), 9/5 Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield), 9/19 Wakefield (Raleigh), 9/26 Apex, 10/3 at Green Hope (Cary), 10/10 Panther Creek (Cary), 10/17 at Holly Springs, 10/24 at Athens Drive (Raleigh), 10/31 Cary, 11/7 at Fuquay-Varina
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Garner (36.1), Panther Creek (Cary) (32.1), Wakefield (Raleigh) (28.5)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Smithfield-Selma (Smithfield) (-20.2), Apex (7.5), Athens Drive (Raleigh) (9.6)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.6 (22.8 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #86
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2757
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2
2014 Projected League Finish: 1st
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 13%