Lincoln (Shinnston, WV)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Cougars Colors: Brown/Gold Coach: Rob Hawkins League: Big Ten Playoff Division: AA Playoff Division Rank: #8 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 6.2 2016 National Rank: #5976 2016 State Rank: #23 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -4 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -6.9 2017 Starting Power Rating: 2.2 2017 National Rank: #6821 2017 State Rank: #29 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -12.9 Dynasty National Rank: #11838 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 15.1 Dynasty Record: 64-80 (36-44 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 9-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 7-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 34.4 2016 Points Against Average: 20.2 2016 Differential: +14.2 2016 Wins: #7506 North Marion (Farmington) (56-49), #8674 Independence (Coal City) (35-12), #8900 Liberty (Clarksburg) (55-13), #8919 Roane County (Spencer) (32-13), #9272 Byrd [Robert C.] (Clarksburg) (49-21), #10210 Lewis County (Weston) (35-17), #11547 East Fairmont (Fairmont) (48-0), #12026 Grafton (33-6), #13545 Barbour [Philip] (Philippi) (29-6) 2016 Losses: #2861 Bridgeport (45-14), #2861 Bridgeport (24-0), #10981 Braxton County (Sutton) (36-27) 2016 Opponents W-L: 71-59 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Braxton County (Sutton), 9/1 at Byrd [Robert C.] (Clarksburg), 9/8 Liberty (Clarksburg), 9/15 at Buckhannon-Upshur (Buckhannon), 9/29 East Fairmont (Fairmont), 10/6 Grafton, 10/13 at Roane County (Spencer), 10/20 Elkins, 10/27 at Barbour [Philip] (Philippi), 11/3 at Bridgeport Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Bridgeport (14.2), Buckhannon-Upshur (Buckhannon) (-0.2), Liberty (Clarksburg) (-2.7) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Barbour [Philip] (Philippi) (-36.5), Grafton (-25), Elkins (-18.7) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -10.3 (-3 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.6 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.3 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #62 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11009 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2 2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 3% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.