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GENERAL
Nickname: Blue Devils
Colors: Royal Blue/Gold
Coach: Tony Karsen
League: Southwestern - Lakeshore (moving from Southwestern - Central)
Playoff Division: none

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -7.2
2016 National Rank: #9123
2016 State Rank: #318
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -11.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: -18.7
2017 National Rank: #11270
2017 State Rank: #416
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -6.8
Dynasty National Rank: #10271
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 11.9
Dynasty Record: 80-57 (38-30 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 8-2
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 38
2016 Points Against Average: 16.1
2016 Differential: +21.9
2016 Wins: #7301 Gobles (31-21), #11502 Coloma (49-0), #11574 Decatur (35-22), #12514 Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg) (54-6), #13300 Marcellus (48-6), #13360 Hartford (57-0), #14085 Bloomingdale (39-0), #14454 Bangor (48-0)
2016 Losses: #3612 Schoolcraft (56-7), #7301 Gobles (50-12)
2016 Opponents W-L: 46-50
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; Southwestern - South), 2010 (Southwestern - South), 2006 (tied for 1st; Southwestern - South)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs Watervliet, 8/31 at Marcellus, 8/31 Kellogg (Delton), 9/8 at Hackett Catholic Prep (Kalamazoo), 9/15 Constantine, 9/22 at Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg), 9/29 Gobles, 10/6 at Fennville, 10/13 at Saugatuck, 10/20 Watervliet
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Saugatuck (9.1), Constantine (0.3), Watervliet (-5.1)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Galesburg-Augusta (Galesburg) (-28.2), Marcellus (-23.6), Fennville (-22.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -20.8 (-17.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +9.7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #374
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10870
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-7
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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