| Xavier (Middletown, CT) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Falcons Colors: Black/White Coach: Sean Marinan League: Southern Connecticut Division I - West Playoff Division: LL Playoff Division Rank: #3 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 2 2014 JV Record: 7-0-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Glenn Cunningham 6'0" 200 Junior RB Colin McCarthy 5'10" 175 Junior WR Alex Bates 6'0" 280 Junior NG STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Good Skill Position Players, RBs, QBs Team Weaknesses: Inexperience RATINGS 2014 Final Power Rating: 41.4 2014 National Rank: #745 2014 State Rank: #5 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2015 Starting Power Rating: 31.9 2015 National Rank: #1505 2015 State Rank: #9 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2014 Rating): 32.8 Dynasty National Rank: #576 2015 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 0.9 Dynasty Record: 105-31-1 (37-12 in league) HISTORICAL 2014 Overall Record: 9-3 2014 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd) 2014 Points For Average: 22.5 2014 Points Against Average: 14.3 2014 Differential: +8.2 2014 Wins: #869 Shelton (28-27), #946 Newtown (13-7), #1607 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) (35-28), #2310 West Haven (27-7), #2471 North Haven (21-14), #2522 Staples (Westport) (3-0), #6729 Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (28-10), #6936 Hamden (30-7), #7431 Hillhouse [James] (New Haven) (38-6) 2014 Losses: #869 Shelton (28-20), #2017 Notre Dame (West Haven) (27-24), #2732 Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (10-3) 2014 Opponents W-L: 88-53 Recent State Championships: 2014 (LL-Small), 2012, 2011, 2010, 2005 Recent League Championships: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005 (SCC Division I West), 2004 (SCC Division I West) Winning Streak Entering 2015 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/18/15 Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (41-6) SCHEDULE 2015 Schedule: 9/11 vs West Haven, 9/18 vs Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 9/26 Hamden, 10/3 at St. John's (Shrewsbury, MA), 10/3 at Hillhouse [James] (New Haven), 10/10 at Amity Regional (Woodbridge), 10/17 West Haven, 10/24 at Notre Dame (West Haven), 10/31 Hand [Daniel] (Madison), 11/7 at Shelton, 11/14 Fairfield College Prep (Fairfield) Highest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Notre Dame (West Haven) (34.5), Hand [Daniel] (Madison) (31), Shelton (30.1) Lowest-Rated 2015 Regular Season Opponents: Hillhouse [James] (New Haven) (-2.4), Amity Regional (Woodbridge) (8.9), Hamden (12.9) 2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.2 (27.3 overall) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.5 2015 vs. 2014 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.3 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #5 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1848 2015 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-2 2015 Projected League Finish: 1st 2015 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 5% |