GENERAL
Nickname: Lions
Colors: Maroon/Black
Coach: Tim Thornton
League: Big Twelve
Playoff Division: none
D1 PROSPECTS
Coran Taylor 6'3" 195 Senior QB
Marques Cox 6'5" 290 Senior OT
Geno Hess 5'10" 180 Senior RB
COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Kendrick Green 6'4" 270 Senior DT
Jamir Whitelow 6'3" 200 Senior WR
RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 47.7
2016 National Rank: #348
2016 State Rank: #30
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.7
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -4.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 44.6
2017 National Rank: #491
2017 State Rank: #30
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 3.3
Dynasty National Rank: #7123
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 41.3
Dynasty Record: 65-73 (36-38 in league)
HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 13-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 8-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 57.5
2016 Points Against Average: 31.9
2016 Differential: +25.6
2016 Wins: #829 Morris (43-35), #1090 Vernon Hills (62-48), #1248 Washington (68-46), #1569 Danville (42-40), #1773 Eisenhower (Decatur) (96-40), #2516 Dunlap (21-9), #2577 Normal West (Normal) (70-63), #2775 Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria) (44-36), #3883 Bloomington (68-34), #4244 Central (Champaign) (74-49), #6668 Richwoods (Peoria) (42-6), #8726 Urbana (79-0), #9761 Manual (Peoria) (68-6)
2016 Losses: #1415 Galesburg (35-28)
2016 Opponents W-L: 81-66
Recent State Championships: 2016 (5A)
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 5
Streak List: 10/28/16 Dunlap (21-9), 11/4/16 Eisenhower (Decatur) (96-40), 11/12/16 Washington (68-46), 11/19/16 Morris (43-35), 11/26/16 Vernon Hills (62-48)
SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 Normal West (Normal), 9/1 at Richwoods (Peoria), 9/8 at Urbana, 9/15 Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria), 9/22 Bloomington, 9/30 at Manual (Peoria), 10/6 at Danville, 10/14 Central (Champaign), 10/20 Galesburg
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Danville (27.9), Normal West (Normal) (27), Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria) (25.3)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Manual (Peoria) (-12.1), Urbana (-0.6), Richwoods (Peoria) (10.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.7 (26.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.8
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.1
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #178
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2896
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-0
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 78%
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