El Dorado (Placerville, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Royal Blue/White
Coach: Joseph Volek
League: Sierra Valley
Section: Sac-Joaquin
Playoff Division: I-VI
Playoff Division Rank: #80

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2014 JV Record: 4-5-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Carter Meyer 5'11" 205 Junior RB/LB 4.8
C.J. Volek 5'10" 155 Sophomore WR 4.7
Stephen Fox 6'0" 220 Freshman RB 4.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Explosive Special Teams, Tempo Offense/Attacking Defense
Team Weaknesses: Very Young

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 8
2014 National Rank: #6003
2014 State Rank: #410
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: -0.5
2015 National Rank: #7952
2015 State Rank: #543
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -4.3
Dynasty National Rank: #9610
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.8
Dynasty Record: 42-80 (18-54 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 10-1
2014 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2014 Points For Average: 45.7
2014 Points Against Average: 21.8
2014 Differential: +23.9
2014 Wins: #6632 Union Mine (El Dorado) (31-9), #7126 Rosemont (Sacramento) (60-43), #7734 Liberty Ranch (Galt) (39-29), #8438 Cordova (Rancho Cordova) (38-26), #11208 Lincoln (36-19), #11840 South Tahoe (South Lake Tahoe) (45-28), #11857 Galt (62-13), #12149 Rio Americano (Sacramento) (72-28), #12285 Foothill (Sacramento) (51-0), #13873 Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights) (42-0)
2014 Losses: #5262 Benicia (45-27)
2014 Opponents W-L: 39-74
Recent League Championships: 2014
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/11/15 Rio Americano (Sacramento) (50-13), 9/18/15 Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights) (71-33)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 at South Tahoe (South Lake Tahoe), 9/4 at Lincoln, 9/11 vs Rio Americano (Sacramento), 9/18 Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights), 10/2 Foothill (Sacramento), 10/9 Liberty Ranch (Galt), 10/16 at Rosemont (Sacramento), 10/23 Cordova (Rancho Cordova), 10/30 at Galt, 11/6 at Union Mine (El Dorado)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Union Mine (El Dorado) (13.2), Cordova (Rancho Cordova) (1.5), Rosemont (Sacramento) (-5.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Foothill (Sacramento) (-29.6), Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights) (-28.9), Rio Americano (Sacramento) (-27.3)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13 (-8.2 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.8
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.2
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #792
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11638
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%