Van Meter (IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Blue/White Coach: Eric Trudo League: 1A District 8 Playoff Division: 1A Playoff Division Rank: #18 RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: -7.1 2014 National Rank: #9582 2014 State Rank: #133 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +7.1 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 0 2015 National Rank: #7833 2015 State Rank: #96 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): -6.3 Dynasty National Rank: #10198 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.3 Dynasty Record: 75-46 (52-26 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 7-4 2014 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 1st) 2014 Points For Average: 24.3 2014 Points Against Average: 22.6 2014 Differential: +1.7 2014 Wins: #7936 Panorama (Panora) (14-12), #9720 Earlham (19-6), #11100 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (34-33), #11965 Des Moines Christian (Des Moines) (42-18), #12427 Underwood (34-12), #13784 Interstate # (Truro) (28-14), #14263 Southwest Valley (Corning) (48-8) 2014 Losses: #6600 Central Decatur (Leon) (39-7), #6600 Central Decatur (Leon) (32-14), #6887 Ogden (47-14), #7780 Madrid (28-13) 2014 Opponents W-L: 61-53 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st), 2013 (1A District 7) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 3 Streak List: 9/4/15 Earlham (42-0), 9/11/15 Ogden (40-0), 9/18/15 Des Moines Christian (Des Moines) (34-0) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 8/28 at Madrid, 9/4 Earlham, 9/11 at Ogden, 9/18 Des Moines Christian (Des Moines), 9/25 Interstate #35 (Truro), 10/2 at Panorama (Panora), 10/9 Southwest Valley (Corning), 10/16 at Woodward-Granger (Woodward), 10/23 at Central Decatur (Leon) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Central Decatur (Leon) (7.9), Madrid (5.4), Ogden (4.1) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Southwest Valley (Corning) (-45.4), Interstate #35 (Truro) (-37.6), Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (-20) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -18.2 (-11.2 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.1 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +6.1 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #189 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11438 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3 2015 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.