Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, NE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Silver Hawk
Colors: Forest Green/Silver
Coach: Andrew Sherman
League: A District 2
Playoff Division: A
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2016 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Collin Shefke 6'5" 275 Senior DL/G 5.3
Anthony Banderas 6'1" 215 Senior LB/RB 4.85
Caden McCormack 6'2" 210 Junior LB/RB 4.95

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Most Depth In School History, Many Experienced Players Return, Players Like Each Other
Team Weaknesses: Must Replace All-State Caliber P/K, Backfield/Special Teams Graduation Losses

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 3
2016 National Rank: #6693
2016 State Rank: #71
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -8.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 6.5
2017 National Rank: #5798
2017 State Rank: #67
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 16.9
Dynasty National Rank: #3047
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 10.4
Dynasty Record: 86-60 (50-23 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 4-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (5th)
2016 Points For Average: 19.8
2016 Points Against Average: 26.8
2016 Differential: -7
2016 Wins: #6841 North Star (Lincoln) (42-35), #6914 Papillion-LaVista (Papillion) (16-7), #9645 North Platte (27-6), #13482 Bryan (Omaha) (49-0)
2016 Losses: #722 Omaha North (Omaha) (57-10), #1501 Millard West (Omaha) (49-0), #3234 Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln) (41-24), #4283 Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion) (27-7), #5479 Lincoln (27-9), #7897 Omaha Central (Omaha) (19-14)
2016 Opponents W-L: 50-49
Recent League Championships: 2011, 2010 (tied for 1st), 2008 (tied for 1st), 2006, 2005
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/24 Papillion-LaVista (Papillion), 9/1 at Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln), 9/8 Millard West (Omaha), 9/15 at Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion), 9/22 at Bryan (Omaha), 9/29 North Platte, 10/6 at Omaha Central (Omaha), 10/13 Lincoln, 10/20 at North Star (Lincoln)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Millard West (Omaha) (22.5), Lincoln Southeast (Lincoln) (18.9), Lincoln (16.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Bryan (Omaha) (-28.1), Omaha Central (Omaha) (-9.3), North Platte (-9.2)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.1 (12.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -0.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #81
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6869
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%