Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Columbia/Navy/White
Coach: Brian Hassett
League: Corn Belt
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2013 JV Record: 6-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Jordan Spangler 5'9" 165 Senior QB 4.70
Zane Sullens 6'2" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.50
Sam Schuler 5'10" 180 Senior TE/LB 4.90

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: QB
Team Weaknesses: Replacing Key Starters On Defense

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: -7.1
2013 National Rank: #9609
2013 State Rank: #352
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.4
2014 Starting Power Rating: -6.6
2014 National Rank: #9470
2014 State Rank: #341
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 11.2
Dynasty National Rank: #4482
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 17.8
Dynasty Record: 73-44 (56-29 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 3-6
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (5th)
2013 Points For Average: 23.1
2013 Points Against Average: 31.8
2013 Differential: -8.7
2013 Wins: #10531 Olympia (Stanford) (27-26), #12299 Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (Eureka) (54-20), #13509 Rantoul (34-28)
2013 Losses: #1683 University (Normal) (57-20), #3147 Central (Clifton) (35-14), #3877 Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet) (31-6), #6074 Central Catholic (Bloomington) (22-21), #6639 Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe) (41-13), #8716 Pontiac (26-19)
2013 Opponents W-L: 52-38
Recent League Championships: 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st), 2003
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Central (Clifton), 9/6 Olympia (Stanford), 9/12 at Pontiac, 9/19 Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe), 9/26 at University (Normal), 10/3 at Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet), 10/10 Central Catholic (Bloomington), 10/17 at Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (Eureka), 10/24 at St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: University (Normal) (39.3), St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (36.3), Central (Clifton) (20.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Eureka/Roanoke-Benson (Eureka) (-21.6), Olympia (Stanford) (-11.4), Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe) (1.9)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.2
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9.6
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #170
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4174
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7
2014 Projected League Finish: 6th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%