Poplarville (MS) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Hornets Colors: Green/Gold Coach: Jay Beech League: 4A Region 7 Playoff Division: 4A Playoff Division Rank: #9 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 2015 JV Record: 4-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Austin Bolton 5'9" 165 Junior TB 4.5 Chad Hart 5'11" 265 Senior DT 5.1 Jamerrick Waller 6'0" 240 Senior DE 4.75 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Experience At Skill Positions Team Weaknesses: Depth RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 23.8 2015 National Rank: #2786 2015 State Rank: #63 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +5.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 29.3 2016 National Rank: #1851 2016 State Rank: #48 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 6.6 Dynasty National Rank: #6074 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 22.7 Dynasty Record: 51-86 (26-45 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 7-5 2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (tied for 2nd) 2015 Points For Average: 27.2 2015 Points Against Average: 19.4 2015 Differential: +7.8 2015 Wins: #3256 McComb (21-20), #4501 Hancock (Kiln) (28-3), #4850 Stone (Wiggins) (35-12), #6049 Columbia (31-21), #8128 Lumberton (42-8), #8613 Greene County (Leakesville) (23-7), #10939 Sumrall (56-3) 2015 Losses: #582 St. Martin (Ocean Springs) (47-20), #916 Pearl River Central (Carriere) (21-13), #1008 St. Stanislaus (Bay St. Louis) (33-21), #4187 Purvis (23-14), #5847 Forrest County Agricultural (Brooklyn) (35-22) 2015 Opponents W-L: 74-68 Recent League Championships: 2014 (tied for 1st; 4A Region 8) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 Pearl River Central (Carriere) (24-21), 9/2/16 Lumberton (44-12) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/19 St. Martin (Ocean Springs), 8/26 at Pearl River Central (Carriere), 9/2 at Lumberton, 9/9 Stone (Wiggins), 9/16 Hancock (Kiln), 9/30 Greene County (Leakesville), 10/7 Forrest County Agricultural (Brooklyn), 10/14 Sumrall, 10/21 at Purvis, 10/28 Columbia Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: St. Martin (Ocean Springs) (47.5), Pearl River Central (Carriere) (37.1), Purvis (21) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Sumrall (-7.2), Forrest County Agricultural (Brooklyn) (-1.2), Greene County (Leakesville) (0.5) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.9 (17.8 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.3 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #96 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3480 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 1% |