| Central (Clifton, IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Comets Colors: Royal Blue/White Coach: Brian Spooner League: Sangamon Valley Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Blake Willis 6'0" 150 Senior WR/CB 4.8 Ben Schafer 5'11" 215 Junior MLB/G 4.9 Jacqueson Harris 6'0" 190 Senior QB/LB 5.0 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: DL Depth, Experience Team Weaknesses: Youth, Skill Position/Secondary Inexperience RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 20.4 2014 National Rank: #3379 2014 State Rank: #114 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 14.9 2015 National Rank: #4369 2015 State Rank: #154 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 12.9 Dynasty National Rank: #4051 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2 Dynasty Record: 89-43 (51-19 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 10-2 2014 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st) 2014 Points For Average: 26.9 2014 Points Against Average: 17 2014 Differential: +9.9 2014 Wins: #3585 Momence (28-22), #4184 Monticello (21-14), #5135 Hales Franciscan (Chicago) (19-18), #6914 Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton) (27-0), #7951 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (Gibson City) (41-14), #8396 Prairie Central (Fairbury) (15-13), #10080 Kansas/Shiloh/Oakland (Kansas) (30-14), #10892 Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington (Dwight) (35-13), #11188 Watseka (42-6), #12727 Iroquois West (Gilman) (35-0) 2014 Losses: #1604 St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (45-8), #1690 Fieldcrest (Minonk) (45-22) 2014 Opponents W-L: 71-53 Recent League Championships: 2014, 2013, 2010, 2003 (tied for 1st; Sangamon Illini Red) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/19/15 Catalyst-Maria (Chicago) (56-22) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 Prairie Central (Fairbury), 9/4 at St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph), 9/11 at South Newton (Kentland, IN), 9/19 vs Hales Franciscan (Chicago), 9/19 vs Catalyst-Maria (Chicago), 9/25 Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington (Dwight), 10/2 at Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton), 10/9 Iroquois West (Gilman), 10/16 at Watseka, 10/23 Momence Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (43.4), Momence (12.3), Hales Franciscan (Chicago) (8) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Iroquois West (Gilman) (-21.8), Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington (Dwight) (-12), Watseka (-9.1) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.7 (6.5 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.7 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.4 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #322 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7331 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2015 Projected League Finish: 1st 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |