| Dakota (IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Indians Colors: Maroon/White Coach: Joe Free League: Northwest Upstate Illini - Northwest Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2016 JV Record: 6-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Maverick McPeek 6'3" 240 Senior OL/DL Carter Drake 6'2" 200 Junior TE/DE Mason Peters 6'0" 195 Junior FB/ILB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Second Year Of Strength Program/Offensive Schemes, Have Many Players Who Have Started Multiple Games, Experience Team Weaknesses: Must Improve Speed/Quickness/Agility, QB Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 13.9 2016 National Rank: #4265 2016 State Rank: #208 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 13.4 2017 National Rank: #4318 2017 State Rank: #208 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 17.1 Dynasty National Rank: #3005 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 3.7 Dynasty Record: 116-40 (76-23 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 7-4 2016 League Record/Finish: 5-3 (4th) 2016 Points For Average: 22.9 2016 Points Against Average: 16.8 2016 Differential: +6.1 2016 Wins: #5823 West Carroll (Savanna) (14-0), #7191 East Dubuque (28-6), #7628 Polo (42-21), #7759 Amboy-LaMoille (Amboy) (38-20), #8106 Milledgeville (27-0), #9686 Galena (36-34), #11224 Pecatonica (41-8) 2016 Losses: #471 Forreston (21-0), #2417 Lena-Winslow (Lena) (35-0), #2710 Marquette (Ottawa) (26-20), #3466 Pearl City-Eastland (Pearl City) (14-6) 2016 Opponents W-L: 67-47 Recent State Championships: 2011 (1A), 2007 (2A), 2005 (2A) Recent League Championships: 2011 (tied for 1st), 2010 (tied for 1st), 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005 (Northwest Upstate Illini North), 2004 (tied for 1st; Northwest Upstate Illini North), 2003 (tied for 1st; Northwest Upstate Illini North) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Galena, 9/1 at Ashton-Franklin Center (Ashton), 9/8 at Forreston, 9/15 East Dubuque, 9/22 at Durand/Pecatonica (Durand), 9/29 West Carroll (Savanna), 10/6 at Amboy-LaMoille (Amboy), 10/13 Pearl City-Eastland (Pearl City), 10/20 at Lena-Winslow (Lena) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Forreston (45.2), Pearl City-Eastland (Pearl City) (23.7), Lena-Winslow (Lena) (23) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Galena (-16), Ashton-Franklin Center (Ashton) (-12.7), Amboy-LaMoille (Amboy) (-3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 4.2 (10.1 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.8 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #241 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4840 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |