| More [St. Thomas] (Champaign, IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Sabers Colors: Burgundy/Hunter Green Coach: Nathan Watson League: Illini Prairie (moving from Okaw Valley) Playoff Division: none RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 0-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Bryson Lee 6'2" 150 Junior ATH/DB 4.8 Max Russo 5'11" 240 Senior OL/DL 5.2 Trevor Hummel 5'9" 155 Junior WR/DB 4.9 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Character/Intelligence, Young/Talented Lines, Athletic QB Team Weaknesses: Depth, Inexperience RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 11.6 2016 National Rank: #4784 2016 State Rank: #228 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 2.1 2017 National Rank: #6853 2017 State Rank: #305 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -1.1 Dynasty National Rank: #8571 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 3.2 Dynasty Record: 70-70 (32-42 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 8-4 2016 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (3rd) 2016 Points For Average: 24.2 2016 Points Against Average: 19.8 2016 Differential: +4.4 2016 Wins: #4747 St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph) (27-26), #4961 West Hancock co-op [Hamilton/Warsaw] (Hamilton) (44-38), #5162 Bismarck-Henning (Bismarck) (43-35), #9891 Prairie Central (Fairbury) (20-14), #10737 Rantoul (43-0), #13352 Olympia (Stanford) (22-0), #13417 Guerin College Prep (River Grove) (35-6), #14158 Crossroads Christian (Big Rock) (2-0) 2016 Losses: #883 Monticello (39-14), #2398 Unity (Tolono) (26-12), #3450 Shelbyville (24-0), #5162 Bismarck-Henning (Bismarck) (29-28) 2016 Opponents W-L: 66-57 Recent League Championships: 2009 (Sangamon Valley) Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 8/25 at St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph), 9/1 Olympia/Delavan (Stanford), 9/8 at Monticello, 9/15 at Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe), 9/22 Rantoul, 9/29 at Central Catholic (Bloomington), 10/6 Unity (Tolono), 10/13 at Pontiac, 10/20 Prairie Central (Fairbury) Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Monticello (44.4), Unity (Tolono) (21.5), Central Catholic (Bloomington) (13.6) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rantoul (-15.2), Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe) (-11.2), Pontiac (-3.3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.3 (3.7 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.3 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +16.6 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #280 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5744 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2017 Projected League Finish: 4th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |