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GENERAL
Nickname: Vikings
Colors: Green/Vegas Gold
Coach: Ryan Gieselman
League: 2A Eastern Carolina
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #35

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Jarquez Bizzell 6'2" 180 Senior S

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -1.3
2016 National Rank: #7731
2016 State Rank: #216
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.4
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +8.4
2017 Starting Power Rating: 6.7
2017 National Rank: #5760
2017 State Rank: #163
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 11.3
Dynasty National Rank: #4566
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.6
Dynasty Record: 111-70 (52-28 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (4th)
2016 Points For Average: 25.5
2016 Points Against Average: 20.8
2016 Differential: +4.7
2016 Wins: #7668 Greene Central (Snow Hill) (33-22), #8872 Washington (12-0), #10545 White Oak (Jacksonville) (48-18), #11283 South Lenoir (Deep Run) (27-13), #11590 North Pitt (Bethel) (13-6), #11743 Southern Wayne (Dudley) (48-12), #12995 Goldsboro (49-22)
2016 Losses: #2183 Holmes [John A.] (Edenton) (51-33), #5725 Ayden-Grifton (Ayden) (34-28), #6025 Fike [Ralph L.] (Wilson) (21-20), #7668 Greene Central (Snow Hill) (19-0), #8900 Farmville Central (Farmville) (30-13), #9272 North Lenoir (LaGrange) (23-8)
2016 Opponents W-L: 69-85
Recent League Championships: 2015, 2011 (2A Eastern Plains), 2008 (Eastern Carolina)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Farmville Central (Farmville), 8/25 North Pitt (Bethel), 8/31 at Fike [Ralph L.] (Wilson), 9/8 Jones (Trenton), 9/15 at Southern Wayne (Dudley), 9/22 at South Lenoir (Deep Run), 9/29 Greene Central (Snow Hill), 10/13 at Ayden-Grifton (Ayden), 10/20 West Craven (Vanceboro), 10/27 at Washington, 11/3 North Lenoir (LaGrange)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: West Craven (Vanceboro) (31.8), Fike [Ralph L.] (Wilson) (7.2), Greene Central (Snow Hill) (5.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: North Pitt (Bethel) (-26.6), South Lenoir (Deep Run) (-25.7), Southern Wayne (Dudley) (-22.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.6 (-1.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #276
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9273
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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