Rocori (Cold Spring, MN) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Spartans Colors: Red/White/Black Coach: Michael Rowe League: North Central Playoff Division: AAAA Playoff Division Rank: #3 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2015 JV Record: 6-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Nathan Thorpe 6'3" 225 Senior LB Connor Schoborg 6'5" 200 Senior QB Derek Thompson 6'7" 190 Senior WR STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Fast, Experience Team Weaknesses: Replacing OL RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 24.3 2015 National Rank: #2703 2015 State Rank: #45 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1 2016 Starting Power Rating: 32.8 2016 National Rank: #1455 2016 State Rank: #16 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 15.1 Dynasty National Rank: #3516 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 17.7 Dynasty Record: 80-57 (47-36 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 9-4 2015 League Record/Finish: 5-3 (tied for 6th) 2015 Points For Average: 27 2015 Points Against Average: 15.5 2015 Differential: +11.5 2015 Wins: #2989 Alexandria (24-15), #3382 Hermantown (33-20), #5074 Willmar (7-0), #5074 Willmar (41-20), #6058 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (24-6), #6830 Princeton (41-14), #7242 Detroit Lakes (33-0), #7491 Little Falls (27-14), #7863 Big Lake (34-6) 2015 Losses: #1328 South St. Paul (19-14), #3040 Sartell-St. Stephen (Sartell) (28-21), #3465 Bemidji (41-39), #5895 St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud) (19-13) 2015 Opponents W-L: 70-62 Recent State Championships: 2011 Recent League Championships: 2012 (Central Lakes), 2011 (tied for 1st; Central Lakes), 2003 (Central Lakes) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 1 Streak List: 9/2/16 Big Lake (28-7) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 9/2 Big Lake, 9/9 at Willmar, 9/16 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids), 9/23 at St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud), 9/30 Sartell-St. Stephen (Sartell), 10/7 at Bemidji, 10/14 Alexandria, 10/19 at Princeton Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Sartell-St. Stephen (Sartell) (30), Alexandria (29.6), Bemidji (25.8) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Big Lake (3), Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (8.8), St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud) (10.7) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.4 (13.5 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.6 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +10.2 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #48 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2776 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 4th 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 34% |