Defiance (OH)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Royal Blue/White Coach: Jerry Buti League: Western Buckeye Playoff Division: III Playoff Division Rank: #73 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 4.9 2016 National Rank: #6255 2016 State Rank: #374 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +0.4 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.7 2017 Starting Power Rating: 5.3 2017 National Rank: #6067 2017 State Rank: #370 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 14.6 Dynasty National Rank: #3657 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.3 Dynasty Record: 67-78 (61-65 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 3-6 (7th) 2016 Points For Average: 11.6 2016 Points Against Average: 29 2016 Differential: -17.4 2016 Wins: #5770 Bath (Lima) (20-14), #8058 Shawnee (Lima) (20-6), #9814 Van Wert (27-14) 2016 Losses: #448 Memorial (St. Marys) (41-0), #643 Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa) (41-6), #1054 Wapakoneta (42-0), #2639 Elida (48-16), #2895 Kenton (35-0), #3284 Celina (28-20), #4656 Napoleon (21-7) 2016 Opponents W-L: 56-51 Recent League Championships: 2008 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 2 Streak List: 10/21/16 Van Wert (27-14), 10/28/16 Shawnee (Lima) (20-6) SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/24 Napoleon, 9/1 Shawnee (Lima), 9/8 at Kenton, 9/15 at Elida, 9/22 Bath (Lima), 9/29 at Celina, 10/6 at Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa), 10/13 Wapakoneta, 10/20 at Memorial (St. Marys), 10/27 Van Wert Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Memorial (St. Marys) (45.4), Wapakoneta (36.7), Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa) (31.8) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Bath (Lima) (-1.6), Van Wert (-1), Shawnee (Lima) (1.3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 21.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3.1 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #168 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2136 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 7th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.