Melissa (TX)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Red/Black/White Coach: Seth Stinton League: 4A-2 Region II District 5 Playoff Division: 4A-2 Playoff Division Rank: #51 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2015 JV Record: 7-1-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Tate Whittington Junior QB Gunnar Murphy Senior ILB Carlos Mendez Senior OLB RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 2.3 2015 National Rank: #7310 2015 State Rank: #674 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 4.8 2016 National Rank: #6668 2016 State Rank: #635 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 15.3 Dynasty National Rank: #3467 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.5 Dynasty Record: 91-47 (44-19 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 1-9 2015 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2015 Points For Average: 16.8 2015 Points Against Average: 43.1 2015 Differential: -26.3 2015 Wins: #6640 Commerce (29-26) 2015 Losses: #327 Celina (53-13), #499 Gilmer (60-0), #1597 Sanger (55-20), #2031 Liberty Christian (Argyle) (21-0), #2087 Paris (72-31), #2413 Bullard (47-9), #3705 Canton (33-14), #5739 Rains (Emory) (41-38), #6429 Community (Nevada) (23-14) 2015 Opponents W-L: 79-41 Recent State Championships: 2011 (2A-I) Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; 3A Region II District 12), 2012 (3A Region II District 12), 2011 (2A-1 Region II District 7) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 Liberty Christian (Argyle) (48-42), 9/2/16 Lake Worth (55-7) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 at Liberty Christian (Argyle), 9/2 at Lake Worth, 9/9 Life (Waxahachie), 9/16 Whitesboro, 9/23 Princeton, 10/7 at Bonham, 10/14 Caddo Mills, 10/21 at Celina, 10/28 at Aubrey, 11/4 Community (Nevada) Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Celina (49.1), Aubrey (23.9), Liberty Christian (Argyle) (21) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Bonham (-23.3), Community (Nevada) (-0.5), Caddo Mills (1.7) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 25.1 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.8 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #497 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4174 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2016 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%