St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Wolfpack
Colors: Maroon/Gold
Coach: John O'Connor
League: Chicago Catholic - White
Playoff Division: none

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 3
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2016 JV Record: 2-7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Defensive Front 7
Team Weaknesses: Offensive Inexperience

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 18.8
2016 National Rank: #3354
2016 State Rank: #174
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.6
2017 Starting Power Rating: 15.3
2017 National Rank: #3949
2017 State Rank: #190
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 4.1
Dynasty National Rank: #6881
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 11.2
Dynasty Record: 41-75 (21-35 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 7-4
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-1 (tied for 1st)
2016 Points For Average: 22.8
2016 Points Against Average: 19.2
2016 Differential: +3.6
2016 Wins: #503 St. Laurence (Burbank) (16-9), #5439 Bremen (Midlothian) (12-6), #6102 St. Joseph (Westchester) (20-14), #6695 Aurora Christian (Aurora) (34-24), #7219 St. Francis (Wheaton) (28-6), #9214 DePaul College Prep (Chicago) (51-0), #9665 Young [Whitney] (Chicago) (48-0)
2016 Losses: #335 Brother Rice (Chicago) (49-13), #602 Montini Catholic (Lombard) (41-8), #829 Providence Catholic (New Lenox) (48-14), #3003 Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) (14-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 51-58
Recent League Championships: 2016 (tied for 1st), 2012 (tied for 1st; Chicago Catholic - Red)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 vs King [Rufus] (Milwaukee, WI), 9/1 at Young [Whitney] (Chicago), 9/8 at DePaul College Prep (Chicago), 9/15 at Providence Catholic (New Lenox), 9/22 St. Joseph (Westchester), 9/29 at St. Francis (Wheaton), 10/6 at Aurora Christian (Aurora), 10/13 Bishop McNamara (Kankakee), 10/20 St. Laurence (Burbank)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Providence Catholic (New Lenox) (39.7), St. Laurence (Burbank) (37.9), Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) (18.5)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: DePaul College Prep (Chicago) (-16.6), Young [Whitney] (Chicago) (-13.3), St. Francis (Wheaton) (-0.5)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 9.9 (24.5 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.6
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #232
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4637
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2017 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%