Notre Dame (West Haven, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Green Knights Colors: Green/Gold Coach: Tom Marcucci League: Southern Connecticut Division I - East Playoff Division: L Playoff Division Rank: #2 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2014 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Christian Lupoli 6'3" 195 Senior QB 4.6 Prince Brooks 5'8" 170 Senior RB/DB 4.5 Nico Ragaini 6'0" 180 WR/DB 4.5 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill, Above-Average Speed On Both Sides Of Ball Team Weaknesses: OL Depth RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 28.9 2014 National Rank: #2017 2014 State Rank: #15 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.1 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 34.5 2015 National Rank: #1234 2015 State Rank: #8 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 22.7 Dynasty National Rank: #1833 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.8 Dynasty Record: 76-52 (26-23 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 9-4 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (tied for 1st) 2014 Points For Average: 27.8 2014 Points Against Average: 20.6 2014 Differential: +7.2 2014 Wins: #745 Xavier (Middletown) (27-24), #2132 Cheshire (38-21), #2310 West Haven (40-33), #3354 Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven) (34-28), #3994 Middletown (13-10), #6729 Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (40-6), #6936 Hamden (35-28), #6950 Ridgefield (35-14), #10979 Branford (46-0) 2014 Losses: #827 St. Joseph (Trumbull) (17-6), #886 Windsor (38-16), #1607 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (35-18), #2732 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (14-13) 2014 Opponents W-L: 83-64 Recent State Championships: 2009 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st), 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 2 Streak List: 9/11/15 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (34-0), 9/18/15 West Haven (40-18) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/11 vs Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield), 9/18 vs West Haven, 9/26 at Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield), 10/2 at Ridgefield, 10/10 West Haven, 10/17 at Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 10/24 Xavier (Middletown), 10/30 at Cheshire, 11/7 at Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven), 11/14 Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 11/27 at Hamden Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Xavier (Middletown) (31.9), Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (31), West Haven (22.3) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Ridgefield (2.2), Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (8.9), Cross [Wilbur] (New Haven) (9.9) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.6 (21.9 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.8 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.2 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #9 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2181 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 10-1 2015 Projected League Finish: 1st 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 25% |