Benton (Van Horne, IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bobcats Colors: Royal Blue/Gold Coach: Clay Anderson League: 3A District 3 (moving from 3A District 6) Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #42 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: -3.2 2015 National Rank: #8678 2015 State Rank: #115 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -7.3 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: -10.5 2016 National Rank: #10171 2016 State Rank: #150 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 0.6 Dynasty National Rank: #8026 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.1 Dynasty Record: 55-65 (42-44 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 5-5 2015 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th) 2015 Points For Average: 21.8 2015 Points Against Average: 23.6 2015 Differential: -1.8 2015 Wins: #8742 Grinnell (49-13), #10927 Oelwein (14-6), #11127 Newton (26-20), #11989 Nevada (21-14), #12328 Central Clinton/Calamus-Wheatland (DeWitt) (41-14) 2015 Losses: #1666 West Delaware (Manchester) (41-3), #4441 Gilbert (35-13), #6312 Ballard (Huxley) (42-14), #7060 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (37-24), #7173 Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (14-13) 2015 Opponents W-L: 46-53 Recent League Championships: 2004 (3A District 6) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 Oelwein, 9/2 at Marion, 9/9 Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 9/16 at Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah), 9/23 Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly), 9/30 at South Tama County (Tama), 10/7 Charles City, 10/14 at Independence, 10/21 at Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Independence (19.9), Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (19.8), South Tama County (Tama) (19.1) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Marion (-22.3), Oelwein (-18.6), Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (1.1) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.3 (1.9 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +13.9 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #28 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6125 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2016 Projected League Finish: 8th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.