Northwood (Pittsboro, NC) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Chargers Colors: Green/Vegas Gold Coach: Brian Harrington League: 3A Big Eight Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #29 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 2 2014 JV Record: 6-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Montel Goods 5'10" 200 Senior RB 4.5 Brian Harrington 6'0" 200 Senior SS/WR 4.65 Michael Queen 6'0" 190 Senior LB 4.6 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experienced Senior Class, Enthusiastic Team Weaknesses: Many Holes To Fill Due To Graduation Losses RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 27.3 2014 National Rank: #2235 2014 State Rank: #64 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 18.8 2015 National Rank: #3563 2015 State Rank: #100 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 8.6 Dynasty National Rank: #5376 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 10.2 Dynasty Record: 101-54 (45-19 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 9-3 2014 League Record/Finish: 5-2 (3rd) 2014 Points For Average: 38.3 2014 Points Against Average: 15.3 2014 Differential: +23 2014 Wins: #1809 Chapel Hill (52-33), #4108 Southern Lee (Sanford) (14-8), #4643 Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) (31-6), #8428 Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough) (45-6), #9647 Carrboro (56-14), #9962 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford) (46-0), #10558 Jordan-Matthews (Siler City) (37-7), #10879 Northern Vance (Henderson) (56-7), #12928 East Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) (65-0) 2014 Losses: #305 Northern Guilford (Greensboro) (56-26), #894 Southern (Durham) (33-25), #1533 Orange (Hillsborough) (14-7) 2014 Opponents W-L: 79-71 Recent League Championships: 2010 (2A/1A Carolina 10), 2007 (Mid-State 2A/1A), 2005 (tied for 1st; Mid-State) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/21 Southern Nash (Bailey), 8/28 vs Charlotte Latin (Charlotte), 9/7 at Jordan-Matthews (Siler City), 9/11 at Carrboro, 9/18 at Lee County (Sanford), 10/2 Orange (Hillsborough), 10/9 at Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough), 10/16 Webb [J. F.] (Oxford), 10/23 at Southern (Durham), 10/30 at Northern Vance (Henderson), 11/6 Chapel Hill Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Charlotte Latin (Charlotte) (39.7), Chapel Hill (38.6), Orange (Hillsborough) (26.9) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Carrboro (-16.2), Jordan-Matthews (Siler City) (-13.7), Northern Vance (Henderson) (-13.5) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.4 (13 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +8.6 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #156 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4584 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-4 2015 Projected League Finish: 4th 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |