Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Coach: Dave Caldwell League: West Jersey - Capitol (moving from West Jersey - Patriot) Playoff Division: Central Group 3 Playoff Division Rank: #9 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 9.9 2015 National Rank: #5635 2015 State Rank: #131 Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.8 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 2 2016 National Rank: #7340 2016 State Rank: #179 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -5.7 Dynasty National Rank: #9987 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 8.8 Dynasty Record: 54-67 (29-18 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 7-3 2015 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 27.7 2015 Points Against Average: 12.7 2015 Differential: +15 2015 Wins: #3872 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (19-6), #8884 Northern Burlington (Columbus) (17-14), #8907 Willingboro (31-7), #10569 Ewing (Trenton) (38-0), #11148 Hightstown (41-19), #11603 Delran (49-7), #13135 Lawrence (Lawrenceville) (40-13) 2015 Losses: #2610 Matawan Regional (Aberdeen) (24-18), #3813 Allentown (27-17), #6959 Burlington Township (Burlington) (10-7) 2015 Opponents W-L: 42-59 Recent Section Championships: 2013 (Central III) Recent League Championships: 2014 (West Jersey - Patriot), 2013 (tied for 1st; West Jersey - Valley), 2008 (Colonial Valley - Patriot), 2006 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley - Patriot) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/9 at Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly), 9/16 Nottingham (Hamilton), 9/23 at Notre Dame (Lawrenceville), 9/30 Allentown, 10/7 Burlington Township (Burlington), 10/14 Steinert (Hamilton), 10/21 at Lenape (Medford), 10/29 at Northern Burlington (Columbus), 11/4 Trenton Central (Trenton) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Allentown (24.6), Lenape (Medford) (21.9), Trenton Central (Trenton) (21.3) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Northern Burlington (Columbus) (-8.2), Nottingham (Hamilton) (-4.6), Steinert (Hamilton) (13) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.6 (1 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.3 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +19.9 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #91 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3995 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2016 Projected League Finish: 6th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.