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GENERAL
Nickname: Vikings
Colors: Purple/Gold
Coach: Joe Kirkendall
League: Blanchard Valley
Playoff Division: VII
Playoff Division Rank: #19

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 7-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Dylan Schroeder 6'3" 180 Junior QB
Cole Rieman 6'0" 160 Junior WR
Brayden Niese 5'8" 165 Senior OLB

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 1.4
2016 National Rank: #7053
2016 State Rank: #417
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: 7.9
2017 National Rank: #5497
2017 State Rank: #338
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 12.8
Dynasty National Rank: #4124
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 4.9
Dynasty Record: 88-64 (75-45 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-4
2016 League Record/Finish: 6-2 (tied for 2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 26.9
2016 Points Against Average: 20.5
2016 Differential: +6.4
2016 Wins: #6102 Liberty-Benton (Findlay) (35-28), #8058 Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom) (16-8), #9645 Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora) (21-17), #10344 North Baltimore (60-20), #11432 Cory-Rawson (Rawson) (47-7), #11639 Hardin Northern (Dola) (33-14), #13456 Vanlue (41-6)
2016 Losses: #1809 McComb (38-8), #5183 Hicksville (33-16), #5398 Arlington (28-6), #6781 Columbus Grove (27-13)
2016 Opponents W-L: 59-59
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2009
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Henry [Patrick] (Hamler), 9/1 at Columbus Grove, 9/8 Liberty-Benton (Findlay), 9/15 at Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom), 9/22 Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora), 9/29 at McComb, 10/6 at Vanlue, 10/13 North Baltimore, 10/20 at Cory-Rawson (Rawson), 10/27 Arlington
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Henry [Patrick] (Hamler) (30.4), McComb (21.3), Liberty-Benton (Findlay) (6.8)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Vanlue (-35.5), Cory-Rawson (Rawson) (-18.9), North Baltimore (-11.4)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -3.5 (-0.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #454
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7842
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%