Buffalo Grove (IL)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bison Colors: Midnight Blue/Burnt Orange/White Coach: Jeffrey Vlk League: Mid-Suburban - East Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2015 JV Record: 3-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Jack Merrill 6'6" 235 Senior OL/DL 5.0 Jimmy Trieb 6'4" 195 WR/DB 4.7 Eddie Walker 5'10" 200 Senior RB/LB 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience, Have More Than 20 Players Returning Who Started Or Had Significant Playing Time Last Season Team Weaknesses: QB Inexperience RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: -1.1 2015 National Rank: #8206 2015 State Rank: #306 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 1.4 2016 National Rank: #7482 2016 State Rank: #274 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 10 Dynasty National Rank: #4948 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 8.6 Dynasty Record: 43-75 (24-41 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 1-8 2015 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2015 Points For Average: 20 2015 Points Against Average: 42.4 2015 Differential: -22.4 2015 Wins: #7114 Niles West (Skokie) (45-41) 2015 Losses: #1506 Conant [James B.] (Hoffman Estates) (55-13), #2059 Schaumburg (52-21), #2406 Fremd [William] (Palatine) (59-20), #2596 Rolling Meadows (43-14), #3790 Wheeling (35-19), #4222 Hersey [John] (Arlington Heights) (35-14), #4418 Prospect (Mt. Prospect) (41-14), #5628 Elk Grove (Elk Grove Village) (21-20) 2015 Opponents W-L: 37-48 Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Niles West (Skokie), 9/2 Hoffman Estates, 9/9 Deerfield, 9/16 at Vernon Hills, 9/23 at Prospect (Mt. Prospect), 9/30 Hersey [John] (Arlington Heights), 10/7 at Wheeling, 10/14 at Elk Grove (Elk Grove Village), 10/21 Rolling Meadows Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Rolling Meadows (24), Wheeling (21.7), Hoffman Estates (19.8) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Niles West (Skokie) (-2.2), Deerfield (13.5), Prospect (Mt. Prospect) (14.7) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.5 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.5 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #107 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2977 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8 2016 Projected League Finish: 6th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%