Van Meter (IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Blue/White Coach: Eric Trudo League: 1A District 6 (moving from 1A District 8) Playoff Division: 1A Playoff Division Rank: #5 RATINGS 2015 Final Power Rating: 14.3 2015 National Rank: #4615 2015 State Rank: #44 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.6 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -5 2016 Starting Power Rating: 15.9 2016 National Rank: #4100 2016 State Rank: #35 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -4.7 Dynasty National Rank: #9689 2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 20.6 Dynasty Record: 86-48 (58-26 in league) HISTORICAL 2015 Overall Record: 11-2 2015 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st) 2015 Points For Average: 37.8 2015 Points Against Average: 14.6 2015 Differential: +23.2 2015 Wins: #5129 South Central Calhoun (Lake City) (28-26), #6580 Panorama (Panora) (28-14), #7384 Madrid (26-20), #9220 Ogden (40-0), #11318 Northwest Webster (Manson) (48-13), #11466 Earlham (42-0), #11581 Interstate # (Truro) (42-20), #11828 Des Moines Christian (Des Moines) (34-0), #12630 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (41-6), #12837 Central Decatur (Leon) (50-20), #13786 Southwest Valley (Corning) (61-0) 2015 Losses: #2879 Western Christian (Hull) (21-17), #7384 Madrid (50-35) 2015 Opponents W-L: 77-59 Recent League Championships: 2015 (1A District 8), 2014 (tied for 1st; 1A District 8), 2013 (1A District 7) Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: 2 Streak List: 8/26/16 Earlham (41-0), 9/2/16 Woodward-Granger (Woodward) (52-0) SCHEDULE 2016 Schedule: 8/26 Earlham, 9/2 at Woodward-Granger (Woodward), 9/9 Ogden, 9/16 at South Hamilton (Jewell), 9/23 Eagle Grove, 9/30 at Northwest Webster (Manson), 10/7 West Central Valley (Stuart), 10/14 at Panorama (Panora), 10/21 at Madrid Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Madrid (9.2), Panorama (Panora) (3), Ogden (-2.2) Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: West Central Valley (Stuart) (-45.4), Eagle Grove (-44.1), South Hamilton (Jewell) (-30) 2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -15.2 (-5.2 overall) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -17.4 2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2.2 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #231 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #12654 2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-1 2016 Projected League Finish: 1st 2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 57% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.