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GENERAL
Nickname: Black Knights
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Kevin Shoup
League: Blanchard Valley
Playoff Division: VI
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 23.6
2014 National Rank: #2819
2014 State Rank: #170
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +0.2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 23.8
2015 National Rank: #2641
2015 State Rank: #168
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 0
Dynasty National Rank: #8238
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 23.8
Dynasty Record: 48-73 (35-69 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 9-3
2014 League Record/Finish: 4-2 (3rd)
2014 Points For Average: 29.9
2014 Points Against Average: 16.6
2014 Differential: +13.3
2014 Wins: #2856 Lima Central Catholic (Lima) (49-39), #4610 McComb (34-31), #6961 Bluffton (9-7), #6993 Leipsic (43-6), #7004 Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora) (20-0), #9356 Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom) (41-6), #10427 North Baltimore (39-21), #11399 Ottawa Hills (Toledo) (48-7), #14248 Vanlue (47-6)
2014 Losses: #448 Liberty-Benton (Findlay) (20-14), #1669 Wynford (Bucyrus) (25-15), #1777 Arlington (31-0)
2014 Opponents W-L: 76-58
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Arlington (20-7)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/28 Allen East (Harrod), 9/4 at Bluffton, 9/11 McComb, 9/18 at Arlington, 9/25 at North Baltimore, 10/2 at Vanlue, 10/9 Leipsic, 10/16 at Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom), 10/23 Liberty-Benton (Findlay), 10/30 Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Liberty-Benton (Findlay) (50.4), Arlington (29.7), McComb (15.3)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Vanlue (-42.3), North Baltimore (-11.2), Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom) (-4.9)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.3 (10.2 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.2
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.5
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #387
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6177
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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