St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Spartans Colors: Green/Gold Coach: John Wilson League: Freelance Playoff Division: I Playoff Division Rank: #5 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2014 JV Record: 2-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jamai Rice 5'9" 175 WR/DB 4.6 Keith Medley 5'10" 225 OL/DL 5.3 P.J. Groves 6'3" 270 OL/DL 5.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Strong Nucleus Of Returners On Both Sides Of Ball, Offense Should Be Able To Score Team Weaknesses: Enrollment Decline Over Years, Lack Of Depth RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 30.2 2014 National Rank: #1824 2014 State Rank: #4 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 25.7 2015 National Rank: #2317 2015 State Rank: #5 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 25.4 Dynasty National Rank: #1401 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.3 Dynasty Record: 93-42 HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 8-4 2014 League Record/Finish: 2014 Points For Average: 27.8 2014 Points Against Average: 25.8 2014 Differential: +2 2014 Wins: #2054 Sussex Tech (Georgetown) (35-34), #2180 Salesianum (Wilmington) (28-21), #2739 Concord (Wilmington) (35-28), #5032 Dover (38-27), #5399 Sussex Central (Georgetown) (28-0), #6502 Rodney [Caesar] (Camden) (38-35), #6524 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (35-6), #11239 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (35-0) 2014 Losses: #241 Penn [William] (New Castle) (24-0), #241 Penn [William] (New Castle) (42-14), #618 Montclair (NJ) (64-35), #2119 Archbishop Spalding (Severn, MD) (28-12) 2014 Opponents W-L: 81-50 Recent State Championships: 2010 Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: none SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/11 Newark, 9/18 at Lake Forest (Felton), 9/25 Brandywine (Wilmington), 10/3 at Archmere Academy (Claymont), 10/9 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 10/16 at Caravel (Bear), 10/23 St. Georges Tech (Middletown), 10/30 Hodgson Vo-Tech [Paul M.] (Newark), 11/6 at St. Elizabeth (Wilmington), 11/13 Salesianum (Wilmington) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: St. Georges Tech (Middletown) (24.9), Lake Forest (Felton) (23.5), Salesianum (Wilmington) (21.3) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Brandywine (Wilmington) (-8.4), St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (-8), Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (3.8) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.5 (25.6 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.5 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #11 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4435 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 16% |