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GENERAL
Nickname: Hornets
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Joe Palka
League: Southeastern - Red
Playoff Division: none

D1 PROSPECTS
Dimitri Douglas 6'4" 280 Senior OT
C.J. Gildersleeve 6'2" 205 Senior OLB

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Bryce Wolma 6'4" 235 Senior TE

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 51.1
2016 National Rank: #231
2016 State Rank: #5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +1
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -13
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +4.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: 56.6
2017 National Rank: #163
2017 State Rank: #4
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 26.4
Dynasty National Rank: #1314
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 30.2
Dynasty Record: 104-45 (51-23 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 11-1
2016 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2016 Points For Average: 39.1
2016 Points Against Average: 14.4
2016 Differential: +24.7
2016 Wins: #695 Groves [Wylie E.] (Beverly Hills) (38-3), #716 Rockford (2-0), #861 Canton (37-31), #1308 Bedford (Temperance) (26-24), #2431 Belleville (38-7), #3866 Skyline (Ann Arbor) (24-21), #4880 Pioneer (Ann Arbor) (20-9), Holy Names (Windsor, Ontario) (69-13), #5459 Monroe (56-8), #7668 Tecumseh (63-14), #11772 Huron (Ann Arbor) (54-0)
2016 Losses: #26 Cass Tech (Detroit) (43-42)
2016 Opponents W-L: 69-47
Recent League Championships: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 (tied for 1st), 2006 (tied for 1st; Southeastern)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/24 Rockford, 9/1 Mumford (Detroit), 9/8 at Bedford (Temperance), 9/15 Huron (Ann Arbor), 9/22 at Skyline (Ann Arbor), 9/29 at Monroe, 10/6 Pioneer (Ann Arbor), 10/13 Ypsilanti
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Rockford (43.3), Bedford (Temperance) (37.1), Mumford (Detroit) (15.7)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Huron (Ann Arbor) (-20.8), Monroe (4.4), Ypsilanti (7.8)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.5 (30.3 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1.7
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #57
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3050
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 80%



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