| Mexico (MO) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red/Gray Coach: Steve Haag League: North Central Missouri Playoff Division: 3 Playoff Division Rank: #23 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Skill Position Players Team Weaknesses: Lost Two Great Defensive Players, Defensive Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 8.4 2016 National Rank: #5446 2016 State Rank: #103 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 6.9 2017 National Rank: #5722 2017 State Rank: #110 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 1 Dynasty National Rank: #7878 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 5.9 Dynasty Record: 70-77 (34-47 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 7-3 2016 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (2nd) 2016 Points For Average: 30.4 2016 Points Against Average: 17 2016 Differential: +13.4 2016 Wins: #5612 Centralia (34-8), #7692 Moberly (39-29), #8630 Kirksville (25-6), #8630 Fulton (40-20), #9761 Boonville (28-7), #10272 California (39-10), #12335 Marshall (42-7) 2016 Losses: #829 Battle [Muriel] (Columbia) (35-13), #2954 Hannibal (20-19), #9914 Living Word Christian (O'Fallon) (28-25) 2016 Opponents W-L: 51-61 Recent League Championships: 2004 (tied for 1st) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Battle [Muriel] (Columbia), 8/25 California, 9/1 Marshall, 9/8 at Hannibal, 9/15 Boonville, 9/22 at Centralia, 9/29 at Kirksville, 10/6 Fulton, 10/13 at Moberly Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Battle [Muriel] (Columbia) (25.9), Hannibal (16.6), Centralia (4.2) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Boonville (-17), Marshall (-16.5), California (-16.2) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 3.6 (0.4 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.9 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -5.5 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #139 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8043 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3 2017 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |