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GENERAL
Nickname: Trail Blazers
Colors: Red/Gold/Blue
Coach: Patrick Melton
League: 6A Region I District 1
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #174

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Q' Drennan 6'1.5" 175 Senior WR 4.5
Markos Lujan 6'4" 300 Senior OG

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 20.7
2014 National Rank: #3335
2014 State Rank: #361
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.2
2015 Starting Power Rating: 10.8
2015 National Rank: #5269
2015 State Rank: #512
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 15
Dynasty National Rank: #3510
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.2
Dynasty Record: 57-64 (44-45 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 5-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 31.3
2014 Points Against Average: 33.2
2014 Differential: -1.9
2014 Wins: #2452 Eastwood (El Paso) (37-30), #2808 Coronado (El Paso) (42-21), #5115 Carlsbad (NM) (35-19), #5672 Montwood (El Paso) (28-17), #9063 Socorro (El Paso) (58-21)
2014 Losses: #202 Rio Rancho (NM) (46-18), #477 Permian (Odessa) (21-14), #564 Franklin (El Paso) (41-38), #1182 Midland Christian (Midland) (35-10), #1314 El Dorado (El Paso) (66-43), #2157 Monterey (Lubbock) (48-21)
2014 Opponents W-L: 67-55
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; 5A Region I District 1)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 vs Carlsbad (NM), 9/4 at Rio Rancho (NM), 9/11 at Permian (Odessa), 9/18 Midland Christian (Midland), 9/25 at Eastwood (El Paso), 10/2 Montwood (El Paso), 10/9 at Socorro (El Paso), 10/16 Franklin (El Paso), 10/30 at Coronado (El Paso), 11/6 El Dorado (El Paso)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Permian (Odessa) (46.2), Rio Rancho (NM) (44.9), El Dorado (El Paso) (43.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Socorro (El Paso) (-13.1), Carlsbad (NM) (9.7), Montwood (El Paso) (13.6)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.3 (28.1 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 26.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #132
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #826
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2015 Projected League Finish: 6th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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