El Capitan (Merced, CA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Gauchos
Colors: Powder Blue/Black/Gold
Coach: Mike Machado
League: Central California (moving from Western)
Section: Sac-Joaquin
Playoff Division: I-VI
Playoff Division Rank: #104

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
2015 JV Record: 5-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Elijah Reid 6'1" 160 Senior WR 4.7
Jalin Wiggins 6'1" 160 Senior DB/WR 4.6
Paul Leonardo 6'3" 260 Senior OL/DL 5.5

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: DL, DBs, WRs
Team Weaknesses: RB

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -11.4
2015 National Rank: #10417
2015 State Rank: #718
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.8
2016 Starting Power Rating: -10.9
2016 National Rank: #10254
2016 State Rank: #706
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -18.4
Dynasty National Rank: #12932
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.5
Dynasty Record: 2-18 (1-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 2-8
2015 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (6th)
2015 Points For Average: 31.9
2015 Points Against Average: 35.1
2015 Differential: -3.2
2015 Wins: #12464 Livingston (57-12), #13543 Mountain House (64-0)
2015 Losses: #2124 Patterson (55-13), #5202 Central Valley (Ceres) (29-23), #5941 Los Banos (59-20), #6209 Fresno (37-20), #7179 Pacheco (Los Banos) (47-39), #7266 Gregori [Joseph A.] (Modesto) (28-14), #8228 Stone Ridge Christian (Merced) (40-34), #9937 Ceres (44-35)
2015 Opponents W-L: 61-50
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/2/16 Mountain House (38-0)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/26 Calaveras (San Andreas), 9/2 Mountain House, 9/9 at Gregori [Joseph A.] (Modesto), 9/16 Fresno, 9/23 Golden Valley (Merced), 9/30 Turlock, 10/7 vs Buhach Colony (Atwater), 10/14 vs Merced, 10/21 Pitman [John H.] (Turlock), 10/28 at Atwater
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Merced (37.4), Turlock (36.5), Pitman [John H.] (Turlock) (23.2)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Mountain House (-28.8), Atwater (-8), Gregori [Joseph A.] (Modesto) (-4.4)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.6
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.5
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #339
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4899
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8
2016 Projected League Finish: 7th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%