Franklin Road Academy (Nashville, TN)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Navy/White
Coach: Bill Whittemore
League: Division II-A
Playoff Division: II-A
Playoff Division Rank: #8

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Spence Jones 6'2" 180 4.8
Larry Wilhoite 6'2" 190 4.6
Thomas Fortune 5'10" 225 4.7

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Keeling Hunter 6'0" 225 Senior LB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Good Skill, Disciplined
Team Weaknesses: Size, Speed, Depth

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 11.9
2014 National Rank: #5149
2014 State Rank: #141
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 14.2
2015 National Rank: #4510
2015 State Rank: #123
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 1.4
Dynasty National Rank: #7755
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.8
Dynasty Record: 57-72 (26-39 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 6-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (tied for 9th)
2014 Points For Average: 28.5
2014 Points Against Average: 21.7
2014 Differential: +6.8
2014 Wins: #7111 Davidson Academy (Nashville) (63-24), #7818 Boyd-Buchanan (Chattanooga) (28-21), #10096 Ezell-Harding Christian (Antioch) (41-0), #11465 Tipton-Rosemark Academy (Millington) (46-6), #12319 Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (21-7), #12433 Zion Christian Academy (Columbia) (35-7)
2014 Losses: #1072 Pearl-Cohn (Nashville) (39-29), #1606 Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) (31-10), #2327 Evangelical Christian (Cordova) (21-7), #2630 Christian Academy of Knoxville (Knoxville) (49-28), #2953 Friendship Christian (Lebanon) (34-20), #3661 Donelson Christian Academy (Nashville) (21-14)
2014 Opponents W-L: 76-64
Recent League Championships: 2012 (Division II A - East/Middle 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 5
Streak List: 8/21/15 Fayetteville (48-28), 8/28/15 Columbia Academy (Columbia) (42-41), 9/4/15 Donelson Christian Academy (Nashville) (42-21), 9/11/15 Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (57-7), 9/18/15 Mount Juliet Christian Academy (Mt. Juliet) (37-0)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 Fayetteville, 8/28 at Columbia Academy (Columbia), 9/4 Donelson Christian Academy (Nashville), 9/11 at Goodpasture Christian (Madison), 9/18 Mount Juliet Christian Academy (Mt. Juliet), 9/25 at Friendship Christian (Lebanon), 10/2 Ezell-Harding Christian (Antioch), 10/9 Lipscomb Academy (Nashville), 10/16 at Davidson Academy (Nashville), 10/30 at Battle Ground Academy (Franklin)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) (29.3), Friendship Christian (Lebanon) (27.9), Lipscomb Academy (Nashville) (17.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Mount Juliet Christian Academy (Mt. Juliet) (-23.5), Goodpasture Christian (Madison) (-23.3), Fayetteville (-16.7)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.9 (7.4 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.1
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #202
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7228
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 8th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%