GENERAL
Nickname: Little Cyclones
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Bruce Vertanen
League: 4A District 2 (moving from 4A District 1)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #18
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 1
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
SENIOR D1 PROSPECT
Colin Newell 6'5" 260 Senior OL
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Michael Frankl 6'2" 210 Senior QB
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: OL/WR/QB Experience
Team Weaknesses: Overall Inexperience, All Experienced DL Graduated
RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 4.8
2015 National Rank: #6737
2015 State Rank: #79
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: 3.8
2016 National Rank: #6907
2016 State Rank: #81
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 11.8
Dynasty National Rank: #4391
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8
Dynasty Record: 80-54 (40-25 in league)
HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 4-6
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 28.8
2015 Points Against Average: 28.6
2015 Differential: +0.2
2015 Wins: #8401 Des Moines East (Des Moines) (49-35), #10688 Marshalltown (33-6), #12505 Jefferson [Thomas] (Council Bluffs) (56-30), #12727 Sioux City North (Sioux City) (57-21)
2015 Losses: #707 Valley (West Des Moines) (50-7), #2709 Ankeny (20-14), #2874 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (49-28), #3708 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny) (28-16), #5054 Cedar Falls (21-18), #5116 Iowa City (26-10)
2015 Opponents W-L: 57-48
Recent League Championships: 2013 (4A Division 2)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 Marshalltown, 9/2 at Cedar Falls, 9/9 at Iowa City, 9/16 Fort Dodge, 9/23 at Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs), 9/30 Sioux City West (Sioux City), 10/7 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny), 10/14 at Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines), 10/21 Dowling (West Des Moines)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Dowling (West Des Moines) (55.5), Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny) (17.2), Iowa City (16.9)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (-28.3), Sioux City West (Sioux City) (-13.8), Marshalltown (-10.7)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 0.5 (10.6 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.7
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.2
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #38
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6715
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%