Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Coach: Dave Caldwell League: West Jersey - Capitol Playoff Division: Central Group 3 Playoff Division Rank: #9 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 0.2 2016 National Rank: #7345 2016 State Rank: #218 Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.9 2017 Starting Power Rating: 3.7 2017 National Rank: #6426 2017 State Rank: #191 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -5.4 Dynasty National Rank: #9843 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.1 Dynasty Record: 57-74 (30-22 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 3-7 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th) 2016 Points For Average: 14.7 2016 Points Against Average: 29.4 2016 Differential: -14.7 2016 Wins: #7602 Steinert (Hamilton) (34-20), #8821 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (24-20), #9423 Northern Burlington (Columbus) (21-14) 2016 Losses: #599 Lenape (Medford) (41-7), #1108 Allentown (52-14), #1538 Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly) (45-0), #1993 Burlington Township (Burlington) (35-7), #4826 Trenton Central (Trenton) (26-6), #6429 Nottingham (Hamilton) (28-22), #6914 Red Bank Regional (Little Silver) (13-12) 2016 Opponents W-L: 63-43 Recent Section Championships: 2013 (Central III) Recent League Championships: 2014 (West Jersey - Patriot), 2013 (tied for 1st; West Jersey - Valley), 2008 (Colonial Valley - Patriot), 2006 (tied for 1st; Colonial Valley - Patriot) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/8 Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly), 9/16 at Nottingham (Hamilton), 9/22 Notre Dame (Lawrenceville), 9/29 at Allentown, 10/6 at Burlington Township (Burlington), 10/14 at Steinert (Hamilton), 10/20 Lenape (Medford), 10/27 Northern Burlington (Columbus), 11/4 at Trenton Central (Trenton) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Lenape (Medford) (51.7), Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly) (41.4), Allentown (33.9) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Northern Burlington (Columbus) (-8.7), Notre Dame (Lawrenceville) (-7.7), Steinert (Hamilton) (8.6) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.8 (15.7 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 17.6 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +3.8 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #69 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2238 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2017 Projected League Finish: 5th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.