Marquette Catholic (Alton, IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Explorers Colors: Royal Blue/White Coach: Darrell Angleton League: Prairie State Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Davion Peebles 5'7" 160 RB/SS 4.8 Trevor Swinger 6'0" 170 RB/CB 4.75 James Malone 5'11" 250 Senior T/DT 5.2 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Have A Few OL Returners, Both RBs Are Back, DL Controls Line Of Scrimmage Team Weaknesses: Must Improve Short Passing Game, Must Decrease Offensive Penalties, Can't Allow Passing Yards Deep RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: -0.6 2016 National Rank: #7533 2016 State Rank: #323 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -10.3 2017 Starting Power Rating: -0.1 2017 National Rank: #7388 2017 State Rank: #319 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -7.2 Dynasty National Rank: #10393 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 7.1 Dynasty Record: 75-63 (60-29 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 7-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st) 2016 Points For Average: 30.7 2016 Points Against Average: 17.2 2016 Differential: +13.5 2016 Wins: #9214 Pawnee (33-28), #10066 East Alton-Wood River (Wood River) (31-8), #10515 South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville (Kincaid) (16-6), #12723 Mt. Olive (45-6), #13147 Nokomis (44-15), #13784 Bunker Hill (52-12), #14231 Metro-East Lutheran/Madison (Edwardsville) (48-0) 2016 Losses: #2874 Mater Dei (Breese) (35-14), #4283 Taylorville (32-24), #4440 Civic Memorial (Bethalto) (30-0) 2016 Opponents W-L: 46-52 Recent League Championships: 2016, 2013, 2012, 2008 (tied for 1st; South Central - West) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 Civic Memorial (Bethalto), 9/1 at Mater Dei (Breese), 9/8 at Nokomis, 9/15 East Alton-Wood River (Wood River), 9/22 at Pawnee/Lincolnwood (Pawnee), 9/23 at Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis, MO), 9/29 at Taylorville, 10/7 Dupo, 10/13 at Bunker Hill/Mt. Olive (Bunker Hill), 10/20 South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville (Kincaid) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Taylorville (16.7), Mater Dei (Breese) (11.4), Civic Memorial (Bethalto) (4.6) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Dupo (-32.4), Nokomis (-22.3), South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville (Kincaid) (-18.6) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -18.8 (-8.4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.6 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +14.2 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #416 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8953 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 1st 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |