St. Francis (MN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Fighting Saints Colors: Navy/White Coach: Tate Hermann League: North Central - Blue Playoff Division: AAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #22 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2016 JV Record: 2-6 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Zach Gust 6'2" 220 Senior DE 4.7 Wyatt Schroeder 6'5" 180 Sophomore 4.8 Brandt Becker 6'0" 185 Junior 4.8 RATINGS 2016 Final Power Rating: 16.5 2016 National Rank: #3766 2016 State Rank: #61 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 2017 Starting Power Rating: 13 2017 National Rank: #4404 2017 State Rank: #78 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 3.7 Dynasty National Rank: #6997 2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.3 Dynasty Record: 55-75 (41-60 in league) HISTORICAL 2016 Overall Record: 5-5 2016 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th) 2016 Points For Average: 18.4 2016 Points Against Average: 14.4 2016 Differential: +4 2016 Wins: #5860 Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom) (24-0), #6118 Bemidji (16-13), #7219 Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge) (42-12), #9709 Duluth East (Duluth) (20-13), #10849 North Branch (24-0) 2016 Losses: #52 Elk River (36-13), #481 St. Michael-Albertville (Albertville) (7-6), #1557 Rogers (21-0), #2681 Andover (20-18), #4126 Buffalo (22-21) 2016 Opponents W-L: 44-54 Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none SCHEDULE 2017 Schedule: 9/1 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids), 9/8 at Buffalo, 9/15 Monticello, 9/22 at Rogers, 9/29 at Elk River, 10/6 Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom), 10/13 Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge), 10/18 at Andover Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Elk River (57.6), Rogers (31.4), Monticello (26.9) Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge) (-2.6), Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom) (6.6), Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (10.3) 2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7 (15.6 overall) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.1 2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +5.4 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #23 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1413 2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-5 2017 Projected League Finish: 6th 2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%