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GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Royal Blue/Red/White
Coach: Mike Alexander
League: 5A Region I District 8
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #36

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2016 JV Record: 8-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Alan Bowman 6'3" 205 Senior QB 4.65
David Clayton 6'0" 165 Junior WR/DB 4.5
Cole Stephenson 6'2" 240 Senior DL 4.9

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: High-Tempo Offense, 4-Year Starter At QB, Explosive Weapons Offensively
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 40.2
2016 National Rank: #721
2016 State Rank: #96
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -5.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.8
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 37.5
2017 National Rank: #909
2017 State Rank: #133
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 23.9
Dynasty National Rank: #1693
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 13.6
Dynasty Record: 74-76 (55-43 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 48.6
2016 Points Against Average: 18.3
2016 Differential: +30.3
2016 Wins: #430 Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville) (49-34), #526 Cooper (Abilene) (61-7), #3101 Birdville (North Richland Hills) (45-14), #4046 Dunbar [Paul Laurence] (Fort Worth) (51-0), #4169 Azle (29-21), #5328 Heritage (Frisco) (63-21), #6070 Southwest (Fort Worth) (70-0), #7301 Eastern Hills (Fort Worth) (51-26), #9601 Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth) (58-0), #12628 Poly (Fort Worth) (64-7)
2016 Losses: #47 Aledo (51-7), #695 Richland (North Richland Hills) (38-35)
2016 Opponents W-L: 72-66
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Azle, 9/8 at Cooper (Abilene), 9/15 at Heritage (Frisco), 9/29 Poly (Fort Worth), 10/7 at Dunbar [Paul Laurence] (Fort Worth), 10/13 at Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth), 10/20 Richland (North Richland Hills), 10/27 at Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville), 11/3 Eastern Hills (Fort Worth), 11/10 at Birdville (North Richland Hills)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville) (41.7), Richland (North Richland Hills) (41.3), Cooper (Abilene) (39.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Poly (Fort Worth) (-32.6), Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth) (-23), Eastern Hills (Fort Worth) (2.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 10.9 (23.2 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #472
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3302
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3%