McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Cardinal/Gold Coach: Ken Frauhiger League: North Central Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2015 JV Record: 7-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Trent Dardeen 6'4" 215 Senior DE 4.85 Cole Williams 6'0" 175 Senior LB 4.73 Henry Ford 6'2" 260 Senior OL 5.2 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Great OL Depth, Two Capable RBs Return Team Weaknesses: Holes To Fill On Defense RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 23.6 2015 National Rank: #2822 2015 State Rank: #70 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 19.1 2016 National Rank: #3466 2016 State Rank: #84 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 17.7 Dynasty National Rank: #2882 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 1.4 Dynasty Record: 48-87 (38-70 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 6-4 2015 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 32.6 2015 Points Against Average: 21.9 2015 Differential: +10.7 2015 Wins: #2375 Jefferson (Lafayette) (38-20), #5110 Muncie Central (Muncie) (16-14), #5118 Harrison [William Henry] (West Lafayette) (31-3), #6899 Richmond (38-7), #10081 Logansport (56-13), #10236 Anderson (58-26) 2015 Losses: #868 Kokomo (26-21), #1025 West Lafayette (34-33), #1370 Zionsville (35-6), #2375 Jefferson (Lafayette) (41-29) 2015 Opponents W-L: 63-49 Recent League Championships: 2014 Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 West Lafayette (35-28), 9/2/16 Jefferson (Lafayette) (45-3) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/19 at Lawrence Central (Indianapolis), 8/26 West Lafayette, 9/2 Jefferson (Lafayette), 9/9 at Kokomo, 9/16 Logansport, 9/23 at Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis), 9/30 at Harrison [William Henry] (West Lafayette), 10/7 Muncie Central (Muncie), 10/14 Marion Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kokomo (44.2), West Lafayette (35.3), Lawrence Central (Indianapolis) (33.5) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Marion (-19.4), Logansport (-11.5), Arsenal Tech (Indianapolis) (1.5) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.1 (18.2 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.8 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #81 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3592 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%