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GENERAL
Nickname: Golden Wildcats
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: Eddie Woods
League: 3A Region 8 (moving from AAA District 16)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #28

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Tony Pollard 5'11" 190 Senior DB
Kevon Hall 5'9" 170 Senior ATH
Jonathan Johnson 5'8.5" 165 Senior WR 4.5

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 19.1
2014 National Rank: #3650
2014 State Rank: #99
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -12.4
2015 Starting Power Rating: 1.7
2015 National Rank: #7418
2015 State Rank: #194
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 23.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1733
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.6
Dynasty Record: 95-53 (40-21 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 8-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (tied for 2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 42.8
2014 Points Against Average: 18.7
2014 Differential: +24.1
2014 Wins: #2470 White Station (Memphis) (53-24), #2573 Memphis East (Memphis) (28-27), #6665 Kirby (Memphis) (54-26), #7223 Hamilton (Memphis) (48-12), #10542 Kingsbury (Memphis) (62-6), #12062 Overton (Memphis) (45-0), #12321 Washington [Booker T.] (Memphis) (55-0), #12764 Memphis Academy of Health Sciences (Memphis) (62-0)
2014 Losses: #651 Whitehaven (Memphis) (34-12), #2794 Memphis Central (Memphis) (42-18), #3758 Hardin County (Savannah) (35-34)
2014 Opponents W-L: 52-68
Recent League Championships: 2009 (5A District 16), 2007 (tied for 1st; 4A Region 8), 2006 (4A Region 8), 2005 (4A Region 8), 2004 (4A Region 8), 2003 (4A Region 8)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2
Streak List: 9/11/15 Raleigh-Egypt (Memphis) (32-6), 9/18/15 Fayette Ware (Somerville) (27-6)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/21 at Pope John Paul II (Hendersonville), 8/28 at Covington, 9/4 at Bell Academy [Montgomery] (Nashville), 9/11 Raleigh-Egypt (Memphis), 9/18 Fayette Ware (Somerville), 9/26 Memphis East (Memphis), 10/2 Sheffield (Memphis), 10/16 at Bolivar Central (Bolivar), 10/23 at Ridgeway (Memphis), 10/30 at Hamilton (Memphis)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Bell Academy [Montgomery] (Nashville) (56.7), Memphis East (Memphis) (34.1), Pope John Paul II (Hendersonville) (31.8)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Fayette Ware (Somerville) (-28.8), Hamilton (Memphis) (-10.4), Sheffield (Memphis) (-9.1)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.7 (7 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.5
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.8
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #143
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4437
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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