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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Cardinal/White
Coach: Jon Konold
League: North Central (moving from Central Lakes - South)
Playoff Division: 11
Playoff Division Rank: #135

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2014 JV Record: 4-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Colten Carlson 5'10" 175 Senior SS/RB 4.8
Max Trochlil 6'3" 200 Senior TE 5.0
Brady Reigstad 6'0" 285 Junior OL/DL 5.6

RATINGS
2014 Final Power Rating: 1.3
2014 National Rank: #7564
2014 State Rank: #141
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2015 Starting Power Rating: 2.8
2015 National Rank: #7144
2015 State Rank: #135
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 4.9
Dynasty National Rank: #6610
2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 2.1
Dynasty Record: 46-63 (36-41 in league)

HISTORICAL
2014 Overall Record: 3-6
2014 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th)
2014 Points For Average: 25.4
2014 Points Against Average: 30.3
2014 Differential: -4.9
2014 Wins: #4482 Brainerd (39-20), #10999 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (41-6), #11489 Grand Rapids (37-7)
2014 Losses: #2297 Rogers (63-0), #2829 Sartell-St. Stephen (Sartell) (49-14), #3384 Rocori (Cold Spring) (42-34), #5183 Apollo (St. Cloud) (24-20), #5908 Alexandria (34-31), #7877 St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud) (28-13)
2014 Opponents W-L: 45-45
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Central Lakes - South)
Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/18/15 Apollo (St. Cloud) (40-14)

SCHEDULE
2015 Schedule: 8/22 vs Buffalo, 8/28 at Rocori (Cold Spring), 9/4 Brainerd, 9/11 at Alexandria, 9/18 at Apollo (St. Cloud), 9/25 Moorhead, 10/2 St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud), 10/8 at Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids)
Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Moorhead (22), Rocori (Cold Spring) (19.9), Alexandria (13.2)
Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (-12.2), Buffalo (-2.5), Apollo (St. Cloud) (-0.2)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.7 (10.5 overall)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.9
2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +11.6
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #117
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5614
2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5
2015 Projected League Finish: 15th
2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%