GENERAL
Nickname: Rockets
Colors: Navy/Orange
Coach: Derek Leonard
League: Central State Eight
Playoff Division: none
D1 PLAYER LOST TO GRADUATION
Matt Swaine 6'7" 205 Senior DE [Illinois State]
RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 52.1
2013 National Rank: #232
2013 State Rank: #9
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -7.6
2014 Starting Power Rating: 43.5
2014 National Rank: #458
2014 State Rank: #20
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 26.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1243
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 24.7
Dynasty Record: 96-34 [97-33 on the field] (63-26 in league)
HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 13-1
2013 League Record/Finish: 7-1 (2nd)
2013 Points For Average: 41.2
2013 Points Against Average: 14.5
2013 Differential: +26.7
2013 Wins: #693 Geneseo (16-8), #1160 Glenwood (Chatham) (28-7), #1826 Alleman (Rock Island) (46-21), #2048 Jacksonville (49-24), #3589 Mt. Vernon (32-6), #3820 Taylorville (42-10), #3820 Taylorville (42-7), #4293 Althoff Catholic (Belleville) (50-21), #5061 Mater Dei (Breese) (56-28), #5213 Springfield (35-14), #5614 Southeast (Springfield) (49-22), #9945 Lanphier (Springfield) (49-7), #11764 Lincoln (41-13)
2013 Losses: #69 Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (forfeit)
2013 Opponents W-L: 89-64
Recent State Championships: 2013 (4A), 2012 (4A), 2011 (4A), 2010 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2010, 2009 (Corn Belt)
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 13 officially, 27 on field
Streak List: 9/7/12 Taylorville (42-0), 9/14/12 Springfield (56-31), 9/21/12 Lanphier (Springfield) (54-15), 9/28/12 Glenwood (Chatham) (41-35), 10/5/12 Southeast (Springfield) (55-12), 10/12/12 Lincoln (47-8), 10/19/12 Jacksonville (35-14), 10/27/12 Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet) (43-0), 11/3/12 Charleston (42-14), 11/10/12 Notre Dame (Peoria) (46-21), 11/17/12 Harrisburg (49-22), 11/23/12 Alleman (Rock Island) (43-18), 8/30/13 Mt. Vernon (32-6), 9/6/13 Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (38-33), 9/13/13 Taylorville (42-10), 9/20/13 Springfield (35-14), 9/27/13 Lanphier (Springfield) (49-7), 10/4/13 Glenwood (Chatham) (28-7), 10/11/13 Southeast (Springfield) (49-22), 10/18/13 Lincoln (41-13), 10/25/13 Jacksonville (49-24), 11/2/13 Taylorville (42-7), 11/9/13 Mater Dei (Breese) (56-28), 11/16/13 Althoff Catholic (Belleville) (50-21), 11/23/13 Alleman (Rock Island) (46-21), 11/29/13 Geneseo (16-8), 8/29/14 Eisenhower (Decatur) (56-28)
SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 Eisenhower (Decatur), 9/6 at Springfield, 9/12 Lanphier (Springfield), 9/19 Glenwood (Chatham), 9/26 at Southeast (Springfield), 10/3 Lincoln, 10/10 Jacksonville, 10/17 at MacArthur [Douglas] (Decatur), 10/24 at Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (64.5), Glenwood (Chatham) (32.7), Jacksonville (29.2)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln (-18.1), Lanphier (Springfield) (-8.7), Eisenhower (Decatur) (-6.9)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.3 (21.3 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.6
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #133
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3465
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1
2014 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 8%
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