Albia (IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Blue Demons Colors: Royal Blue/Red/White Coach: Jerry Staton League: 2A District 6 (moving from 2A District 7) Playoff Division: 2A Playoff Division Rank: #7 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2015 JV Record: 5-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Tony Leshen 5'9" 170 Senior OLB/WR 4.8 Landon Hermsen 5'10" 170 Senior CB 4.9 Trent Garver 6'1" 235 Junior G 5.3 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Backups Received Ample Playing Time In Blowouts Last Season Team Weaknesses: Roster Size RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 24.7 2015 National Rank: #2639 2015 State Rank: #19 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -10.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5 2016 Starting Power Rating: 14.2 2016 National Rank: #4469 2016 State Rank: #42 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -3.8 Dynasty National Rank: #9421 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 18 Dynasty Record: 77-55 (51-36 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 12-1 2015 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st) 2015 Points For Average: 45.6 2015 Points Against Average: 6.4 2015 Differential: +39.2 2015 Wins: #3357 South Tama County (Tama) (17-6), #6554 Mid-Prairie (Wellman) (42-0), #6763 Mt. Ayr/Diagonal (Mt. Ayr) (36-6), #7197 Pella Christian (Pella) (62-21), #9091 PCM (Monroe) (42-6), #10058 Iowa Falls-Alden (Iowa Falls) (56-0), #10241 North Polk (Alleman) (56-6), #10278 Fairfield (42-8), #10349 Collins-Maxwell-Baxter (Maxwell) (63-6), #13307 Centerville (56-0), #13770 Davis County (Bloomfield) (50-0), #13859 Clarke (Osceola) (50-0) 2015 Losses: #2401 Mt. Vernon (24-21) 2015 Opponents W-L: 77-61 Recent League Championships: 2015 (2A District 7), 2013 Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 Washington, 9/2 at Pella Christian (Pella), 9/9 at PCM (Monroe), 9/16 Central Lee (Donnellson), 9/23 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Eddyville), 9/30 at Clarke (Osceola), 10/7 Centerville, 10/14 at Chariton, 10/21 Davis County (Bloomfield) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Central Lee (Donnellson) (15.4), Washington (13.3), Pella Christian (Pella) (8.2) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Davis County (Bloomfield) (-39.2), Clarke (Osceola) (-37.8), Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (Eddyville) (-31.6) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17 (-2.3 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.2 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.8 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #215 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11877 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 20%