North Pole (AK) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Patriots Colors: Red/White/Blue Coach: Richard Henert League: Southeast Playoff Division: Medium Playoff Division Rank: #4 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 0 2013 JV Record: 7-0 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Deaundre Campbell 5'9" 185 Senior RB/DB 4.50 Garrett Sommer 5'11" 195 Junior QB 4.85 Shane Hursh 6'5" 205 Senior TE/OLB 4.90 D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION Lance Wright 6'3" 190 Senior WR [Rice] STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL, Offensive Backfield Team Weaknesses: Physically Undersized, Inexperience On Defense RATINGS 2013 Final Power Rating: 15.7 2013 National Rank: #4283 2013 State Rank: #8 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.3 2014 Starting Power Rating: 9.2 2014 National Rank: #5415 2014 State Rank: #13 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 18.3 Dynasty National Rank: #2651 2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.8 Dynasty Record: 61-39 (37-24 in league) HISTORICAL 2013 Overall Record: 8-2 2013 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (2nd) 2013 Points For Average: 37.1 2013 Points Against Average: 19.1 2013 Differential: +18 2013 Wins: #4565 Lathrop (Fairbanks) (24-13), #6146 Colony (Palmer) (44-27), #7094 West Valley (Fairbanks) (28-13), #9352 Eagle River (40-8), #10184 Ketchikan (61-6), #10184 Ketchikan (55-6), #11970 Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (64-0), #12878 Sitka (2-0) 2013 Losses: #952 Soldotna (63-33), #1923 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (55-20) 2013 Opponents W-L: 38-41 Recent State Championships: 2004 (Large) Recent League Championships: 2008 (Northern Railbelt), 2004 (Northern Railbelt) Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none SCHEDULE 2014 Schedule: 8/15 at West Valley (Fairbanks), 8/20 Ketchikan, 8/28 at Palmer, 9/5 Lathrop (Fairbanks), 9/13 Juneau-Douglas (Juneau), 9/19 at Thunder Mountain (Juneau), 9/26 at Wasilla, 10/3 Colony (Palmer) Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Juneau-Douglas (Juneau) (25.6), Palmer (22.3), Colony (Palmer) (16.3) Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Thunder Mountain (Juneau) (-19.4), Ketchikan (-12), West Valley (Fairbanks) (6.1) 2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.4 (4.4 overall) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.7 2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.1 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #15 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5228 2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4 2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |