Cibola (Albuquerque, NM)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Coach: Roderick Williams
League: 6A District 1
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 9
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2016 JV Record: 4-3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Michael Quintana 6'0" 165 Senior WR 4.7
Nathaniel Manzanares 5'10" 160 Junior WR 4.8
Charles Penn 6'4" 240 Senior DE

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Skill Positions, OL Experience
Team Weaknesses: Defensive Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 4.8
2016 National Rank: #6272
2016 State Rank: #20
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.3
2017 Starting Power Rating: 2.3
2017 National Rank: #6791
2017 State Rank: #25
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 17.8
Dynasty National Rank: #2855
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 15.5
Dynasty Record: 76-76 (26-23 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 3-7
2016 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 11.9
2016 Points Against Average: 23.6
2016 Differential: -11.7
2016 Wins: #4779 Piedra Vista (Farmington) (21-0), #8344 Sandia (Albuquerque) (17-14), #9814 Albuquerque (31-13)
2016 Losses: #169 Rio Rancho (42-3), #861 Las Cruces (21-0), #1169 Cleveland [V. Sue] (Rio Rancho) (35-14), #1684 Manzano (Albuquerque) (27-0), #4349 Volcano Vista (Albuquerque) (19-0), #4851 La Cueva (Albuquerque) (31-26), #5029 Carlsbad (34-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 74-39
Recent League Championships: 2007 (5A District 1), 2003 (AAAAA District 1)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at La Cueva (Albuquerque), 9/2 Las Cruces, 9/8 Manzano (Albuquerque), 9/15 Carlsbad, 9/21 at Sandia (Albuquerque), 9/29 Eldorado (Albuquerque), 10/6 Piedra Vista (Farmington), 10/13 Cleveland [V. Sue] (Rio Rancho), 10/20 at Volcano Vista (Albuquerque), 10/27 at Rio Rancho
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rio Rancho (51.3), Las Cruces (40.8), Manzano (Albuquerque) (40.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Sandia (Albuquerque) (-4.1), La Cueva (Albuquerque) (1.7), Piedra Vista (Farmington) (2.9)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 20.9
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.9
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1971
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%