Merrillville (IN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Pirates Colors: Purple/White Coach: Zac Wells League: Duneland Playoff Division: 6A Playoff Division Rank: #18 RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 30.1 2014 National Rank: #1841 2014 State Rank: #46 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +0.7 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 30.8 2015 National Rank: #1636 2015 State Rank: #44 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 33.2 Dynasty National Rank: #545 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.4 Dynasty Record: 111-41 [110-42 on the field] (62-22 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 6-6 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-4 (4th) 2014 Points For Average: 22.8 2014 Points Against Average: 25.1 2014 Differential: -2.3 2014 Wins: #1505 Crown Point (45-42), #1799 Lake Central (St. John) (21-19), #4611 Portage (20-15), #4635 Michigan City (27-6), #5096 Valparaiso (36-6), #7301 Clay (South Bend) (35-28) 2014 Losses: #277 Penn (Mishawaka) (42-6), #708 Andrean (Merrillville) (45-34), #1169 LaPorte (42-23), #1505 Crown Point (21-20), #1799 Lake Central (St. John) (28-7), #2405 Chesterton (7-0) 2014 Opponents W-L: 83-52 Recent League Championships: 2013, 2012 (tied for 1st), 2011 (tied for 1st), 2009, 2007 (tied for 1st), 2004 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3 Streak List: 9/4/15 Crown Point (40-0), 9/11/15 Portage (42-16), 9/19/15 Michigan City (44-30) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/21 Andrean (Merrillville), 8/28 at Penn (Mishawaka), 9/4 at Crown Point, 9/11 Portage, 9/19 at Michigan City, 9/25 LaPorte, 10/2 at Valparaiso, 10/9 at Lake Central (St. John), 10/16 Chesterton Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Penn (Mishawaka) (47.2), LaPorte (34.7), Andrean (Merrillville) (33.5) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Michigan City (5), Valparaiso (8.1), Portage (11.6) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.5 (29.6 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.4 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.9 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #33 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #991 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.