Benton (Van Horne, IA)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bobcats
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Clay Anderson
League: 3A District 3
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #17

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 16.3
2016 National Rank: #3800
2016 State Rank: #52
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.9
2017 Starting Power Rating: 15.4
2017 National Rank: #3929
2017 State Rank: #52
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 1.3
Dynasty National Rank: #7781
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 14.1
Dynasty Record: 62-68 (48-45 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 27
2016 Points Against Average: 24.2
2016 Differential: +2.8
2016 Wins: #2681 Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) (14-12), #4091 Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah) (30-27), #6841 South Tama County (Tama) (24-21), #7572 Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (14-8), #7976 Charles City (44-13), #11534 Independence (45-14), #12583 Oelwein (49-6)
2016 Losses: #577 Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (47-14), #1044 Solon (49-14), #6134 Marion (45-22)
2016 Opponents W-L: 45-52
Recent League Championships: 2004 (3A District 6)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Oelwein, 9/1 Marion, 9/8 at Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 9/15 Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah), 9/22 at Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly), 9/29 South Tama County (Tama), 10/6 at Charles City, 10/13 Independence, 10/20 Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (36.9), Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) (22.7), Decorah-North Winneshiek (Decorah) (9.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Oelwein (-22.6), Independence (-18.5), Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton) (-16.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.9 (12.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #102
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6868
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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