Minnesota Valley Lutheran (New Ulm, MN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Chargers Colors: Navy/Columbia/White Coach: Jim Buboltz League: Southwest (moving from Southern Minnesota) Playoff Division: 11 Playoff Division Rank: #176 RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: -10.4 2014 National Rank: #10257 2014 State Rank: #197 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +4.4 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.4 2015 Starting Power Rating: -6 2015 National Rank: #9229 2015 State Rank: #176 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 3.1 Dynasty National Rank: #7170 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.1 Dynasty Record: 67-52 (50-35 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 4-6 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-5 (tied for 6th) 2014 Points For Average: 23.6 2014 Points Against Average: 25.4 2014 Differential: -1.8 2014 Wins: #10949 Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (Janesville) (29-18), #12361 Sleepy Eye (35-21), #12814 Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (Hector) (41-12), #13855 Red Rock Central (Lamberton) (42-18) 2014 Losses: #4578 New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm) (49-14), #4578 New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm) (32-8), #6205 St. Mary's (Sleepy Eye) (27-8), #7765 Springfield (28-21), #9427 Martin County West (Sherburn) (21-17), #11517 Wabasso (28-21) 2014 Opponents W-L: 55-45 Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st; Gopher Valley AA), 2003 (Gopher Valley AA) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2 Streak List: 9/11/15 Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (Morgan) (20-8), 9/18/15 St. Mary's (Sleepy Eye) (38-14) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/22 vs Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (Tyler), 8/28 Wabasso, 9/4 at New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm), 9/11 at Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (Morgan), 9/18 St. Mary's (Sleepy Eye), 9/25 Sleepy Eye, 10/2 at Red Rock Central (Lamberton), 10/8 Springfield Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm) (20.1), St. Mary's (Sleepy Eye) (4), Springfield (-6.6) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Red Rock Central (Lamberton) (-36.6), Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (Tyler) (-27.5), Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (Morgan) (-23.3) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9 (-6.8 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.4 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.4 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #246 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11526 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-3 2015 Projected League Finish: 9th 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.