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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Purple/White
Coach: Doug Painter
League: AA Region III (moving from AA Region II)
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank: #3

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Cortez Herrin 6'4" 320 Senior OL
Jamarion Mathis 6'3" 175 Senior WR 4.5

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: 27.5
2015 National Rank: #2190
2015 State Rank: #49
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.9
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.5
2016 Starting Power Rating: 24.1
2016 National Rank: #2610
2016 State Rank: #55
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): 2.7
Dynasty National Rank: #7327
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 21.4
Dynasty Record: 57-84 (19-46 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 10-3
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd)
2015 Points For Average: 32.9
2015 Points Against Average: 21.5
2015 Differential: +11.4
2015 Wins: #1450 Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston) (34-31), #1609 Midland Valley (Graniteville) (37-17), #2760 Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg) (52-34), #5047 Chesterfield (24-7), #5564 Keenan [W. J.] (Columbia) (30-27), #6288 Mid-Carolina (Prosperity) (35-2), #6974 Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta) (42-13), #7162 Gilbert (31-21), #9241 Crescent (Iva) (42-14), #9738 McCormick (54-12)
2015 Losses: #901 Abbeville (48-20), #901 Abbeville (36-14), #5059 Ninety Six (18-13)
2015 Opponents W-L: 94-62
Recent League Championships: 2003 (AA Region 3)
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2
Streak List: 8/26/16 Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta) (49-13), 9/3/16 Mid-Carolina (Prosperity) (42-7)

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 8/20 Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston), 8/26 Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta), 9/3 Mid-Carolina (Prosperity), 9/16 at Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg), 9/23 at Ninety Six, 9/30 Eau Claire (Columbia), 10/7 Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia), 10/14 Keenan [W. J.] (Columbia), 10/21 Johnson [C. A.] (Columbia), 10/28 at Fox Creek (North Augusta)
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Thurmond [Strom] (Johnston) (37.7), Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg) (22.8), Mid-Carolina (Prosperity) (14.5)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Johnson [C. A.] (Columbia) (-18.2), Eau Claire (Columbia) (-9.8), Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia) (-4.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.4 (16.7 overall)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 6.1
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.3
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #122
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5959
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2016 Projected League Finish: 1st
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 4%



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