Marengo (IL)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Indians Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Matthew Lynch League: Kishwaukee River (moving from Big Northern - East) Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2015 JV Record: 3-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jarren Jackson 5'10" 190 Senior RB/DB 4.6 Dan Larson 6'0" 245 Senior OL/LB Casey Gara 6'1" 220 OL/LB 4.7 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Unity RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 40.6 2015 National Rank: #807 2015 State Rank: #31 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.6 2016 Starting Power Rating: 36.1 2016 National Rank: #1113 2016 State Rank: #40 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -3.3 Dynasty National Rank: #9270 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 39.4 Dynasty Record: 37-85 (18-53 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 12-1 2015 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st) 2015 Points For Average: 39.5 2015 Points Against Average: 14.2 2015 Differential: +25.3 2015 Wins: #972 Lutheran (Rockford) (38-28), #2012 Byron (33-0), #2183 Johnsburg (42-19), #2368 Richmond-Burton (Richmond) (28-14), #4063 Plano (44-0), #4313 Genoa-Kingston (Genoa) (42-13), #6163 Coal City (28-10), #7285 Harvard (42-19), #7604 North Boone (Poplar Grove) (54-14), #9774 Central (Burlington) (40-0), #11583 Rock Falls (50-8), #12933 Rockford Christian (Rockford) (59-13) 2015 Losses: #192 Phillips [Wendell] (Chicago) (47-13) 2015 Opponents W-L: 77-59 Recent League Championships: 2015 (Big Northern - East) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 Winnebago (29-28), 9/2/16 Elmwood Park (38-7) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Winnebago, 9/2 Elmwood Park, 9/9 Woodstock, 9/16 Woodstock North (Woodstock), 9/23 at Harvard, 9/30 Mendota, 10/7 at Richmond-Burton (Richmond), 10/14 Central (Burlington), 10/21 at Johnsburg Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Johnsburg (29.9), Richmond-Burton (Richmond) (27.3), Winnebago (17.9) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Woodstock (-11.5), Elmwood Park (-9), Mendota (-7.6) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.7 (17.3 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +7.8 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #216 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5951 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 49%