St. Joseph (Santa Maria, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Green/White/Gold
Coach: Dustin Davis
League: Los Padres
Section: Southern
Playoff Division: Northern (III)
Playoff Division Rank: #8

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: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Blake Jaeckels 6'2" 195 Senior QB 4.65
C.J. Cole 6'1" 185 Junior WR/DB 4.5
Ben Rantz 6'2" 230 Senior LB/OL 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Leadership, Speed, Football IQ
Team Weaknesses: Size, Roster Size

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 21.3
2014 National Rank: #3209
2014 State Rank: #236
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 27.8
2015 National Rank: #2022
2015 State Rank: #157
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 23.3
Dynasty National Rank: #1733
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.5
Dynasty Record: 95-46 (52-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 7-5
2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2014 Points For Average: 29.4
2014 Points Against Average: 23.6
2014 Differential: +5.8
2014 Wins: #4697 Pioneer Valley (Santa Maria) (22-17), #4760 Eastside (Lancaster) (24-9), #6778 Santa Barbara (28-21), #8639 Cabrillo (Lompoc) (55-27), #8853 Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs) (42-20), #11229 Santa Ynez (49-14), #11436 Santa Maria (63-0)
2014 Losses: #365 Paso Robles (31-0), #569 Newbury Park (42-26), #575 Arroyo Grande (41-7), #1046 Lompoc (24-23), #3196 Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria) (37-14)
2014 Opponents W-L: 73-64
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; Pac-7), 2009, 2008, 2006
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 4
Streak List: 8/28/15 Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs) (47-21), 9/4/15 Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria) (42-6), 9/11/15 Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco) (34-6), 9/18/15 Paso Robles (49-31)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 vs Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs), 9/4 Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria), 9/11 vs Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco), 9/18 Paso Robles, 9/25 at Arroyo Grande, 10/2 at Santa Maria, 10/9 Pioneer Valley (Santa Maria), 10/23 at Lompoc, 10/30 Cabrillo (Lompoc), 11/6 at Santa Ynez
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Arroyo Grande (52.5), Paso Robles (44.6), Lompoc (41.5)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Santa Maria (-18.1), Santa Ynez (-10), Cabrillo (Lompoc) (-5.4)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.6 (17.9 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.7
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.1
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #249
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3214
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2015 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%