Ballard (Huxley, IA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bombers
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Al Christian
League: 3A District 2
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #19

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 27
2016 National Rank: #2061
2016 State Rank: #27
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -12.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 14.4
2017 National Rank: #4130
2017 State Rank: #54
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 9.7
Dynasty National Rank: #5043
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 4.7
Dynasty Record: 88-49 (63-31 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 6-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 4th)
2016 Points For Average: 32.8
2016 Points Against Average: 21.7
2016 Differential: +11.1
2016 Wins: #2371 Gilbert (49-41), #3430 Carlisle (47-21), #5079 Iowa Falls-Alden (Iowa Falls) (49-16), #5725 A-D-M (Adel) (39-25), #6841 Greene County/Paton-Churdan (Jefferson) (50-0), #7279 Perry (27-6)
2016 Losses: #481 Webster City (35-7), #1160 Boone (35-13), #1620 Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center) (16-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 46-41
Recent League Championships: 2014 (3A District 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 2
Streak List: 10/14/16 Gilbert (49-41), 10/21/16 Greene County/Paton-Churdan (Jefferson) (50-0)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Carlisle, 9/1 A-D-M (Adel), 9/8 at Perry, 9/15 Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center), 9/22 at Webster City, 9/29 Iowa Falls-Alden (Iowa Falls), 10/6 at Boone, 10/13 Gilbert, 10/20 at Greene County (Jefferson)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Webster City (51.4), Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center) (34.9), Gilbert (26.9)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Perry (-2.2), A-D-M (Adel) (5.4), Iowa Falls-Alden (Iowa Falls) (11.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.3
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1892
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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