St. Joseph (South Bend, IN)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Indians
Colors: Columbia Blue/White
Coach: Bryon Whitten
League: Northern Indiana - North
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank: #37

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Leadership
Team Weaknesses: Must Create More Turnovers Defensively

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -2.7
2016 National Rank: #8127
2016 State Rank: #177
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -3.2
2017 Starting Power Rating: 1.3
2017 National Rank: #7022
2017 State Rank: #149
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 20.4
Dynasty National Rank: #2302
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.1
Dynasty Record: 106-64 [107-63 on the field] (48-32 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 2-8
2016 League Record/Finish: 1-4 (5th)
2016 Points For Average: 16.6
2016 Points Against Average: 31.8
2016 Differential: -15.2
2016 Wins: #5367 Culver Academies (Culver) (22-6), #12664 Clay (South Bend) (44-6)
2016 Losses: #225 Penn (Mishawaka) (53-15), #1006 Mishawaka (36-3), #2398 Marian (Mishawaka) (42-0), #2516 Brebeuf Jesuit Prep (Indianapolis) (31-0), #3085 Concord (Elkhart) (43-18), #4030 Adams [John] (South Bend) (33-23), #5951 Andrean (Merrillville) (30-13), #7602 Elkhart Central (Elkhart) (38-28)
2016 Opponents W-L: 63-48
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 Concord (Elkhart), 8/25 at Northridge (Middlebury), 9/1 at Marian (Mishawaka), 9/8 at Clay (South Bend), 9/15 Elkhart Central (Elkhart), 9/22 Penn (Mishawaka), 9/29 Mishawaka, 10/6 at Culver Academies (Culver), 10/13 at Adams [John] (South Bend)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Penn (Mishawaka) (45.4), Concord (Elkhart) (27.1), Mishawaka (25)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Clay (South Bend) (-22.4), Elkhart Central (Elkhart) (-11.1), Adams [John] (South Bend) (6.1)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.8 (16.7 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.3
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -6.5
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #65
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3273
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%