GENERAL
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Clarence Inscore
League: 4A CAP 7 (moving from 4A CAP-8)
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #26
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 6
Returning Defensive Starters: 6
2016 JV Record: 5-4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Joseph Boletepeli 6'5" 250 Senior DL/OL 4.9
Donovan Noel 6'4" 240 Senior OL/DL 4.7
Jayden Pauling 6'3" 220 Senior LB/TE 4.6
COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Larry Rountree III 5'11" 205 Senior RB
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Most Line Starters Return, Strong At DB
Team Weaknesses: Need RB/LB To Step Up
RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 19.5
2016 National Rank: #3242
2016 State Rank: #94
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -2.8
2017 Starting Power Rating: 25.4
2017 National Rank: #2220
2017 State Rank: #64
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 18.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2663
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.7
Dynasty Record: 102-73 [101-74 on the field] (51-37 in league)
HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-5
2016 League Record/Finish: 4-3 (tied for 3rd)
2016 Points For Average: 25.9
2016 Points Against Average: 22.8
2016 Differential: +3.1
2016 Wins: #953 Heritage (Wake Forest) (17-15), #2614 Wakefield (Raleigh) (30-28), #5823 Northern (Durham) (41-31), #7628 Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh) (38-7), #7668 Enloe [William G.] (Raleigh) (44-10), #9119 Knightdale (43-14), #10230 East Wake (Wendell) (38-14)
2016 Losses: #119 Wake Forest (37-0), #1491 Richmond (Rockingham) (28-14), #1888 Sanderson [Jesse O.] (Raleigh) (28-14), #2975 Leesville Road (Raleigh) (31-3), #4144 Fuquay-Varina (31-29)
2016 Opponents W-L: 79-69
Recent League Championships: 2004 (Cap-6)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Wake Forest, 8/25 at Wakefield (Raleigh), 9/5 at Heritage (Wake Forest), 9/8 Middle Creek (Apex), 9/15 Apex, 9/22 Southeast Raleigh (Raleigh), 9/29 at Enloe [William G.] (Raleigh), 10/6 Leesville Road (Raleigh), 10/13 at Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh), 10/20 Sanderson [Jesse O.] (Raleigh), 11/3 at Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Wake Forest (65.6), Heritage (Wake Forest) (49.9), Sanderson [Jesse O.] (Raleigh) (39.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Broughton [Needham B.] (Raleigh) (-5.8), Apex (-3.9), Enloe [William G.] (Raleigh) (7.3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.2 (19.7 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 24.5
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +12.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1080
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-5
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%