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GENERAL
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Trevor Von Bruenchenhein
League: Central State Eight (moving from Corn Belt)
Playoff Division: none

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -9.6
2016 National Rank: #9632
2016 State Rank: #400
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +9.7
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 0.1
2017 National Rank: #7330
2017 State Rank: #315
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 7.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5836
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.2
Dynasty Record: 79-60 (59-46 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 3-6
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 5th)
2016 Points For Average: 19.3
2016 Points Against Average: 26.2
2016 Differential: -6.9
2016 Wins: #7798 Moline (24-18), #8553 Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe) (32-21), #13352 Olympia (Stanford) (46-0)
2016 Losses: #1248 Washington (49-13), #4894 Central Catholic (Bloomington) (31-6), #6359 Quincy Notre Dame (Quincy) (35-7), #6982 Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet) (25-20), #8693 Pontiac (33-19), #9891 Prairie Central (Fairbury) (24-7)
2016 Opponents W-L: 39-48
Recent League Championships: 2014 (Corn Belt), 2013 (Corn Belt), 2012 (Corn Belt), 2011 (tied for 1st; Corn Belt)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: 1
Streak List: 10/21/16 Moline (24-18)

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/25 at Springfield, 9/1 Eisenhower (Decatur), 9/8 at Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield), 9/15 Rochester, 9/22 at MacArthur [Douglas] (Decatur), 9/29 Jacksonville, 10/6 at Lanphier (Springfield), 10/13 at Southeast (Springfield), 10/20 Glenwood (Chatham)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (58.8), Rochester (58.2), Glenwood (Chatham) (27.6)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: MacArthur [Douglas] (Decatur) (-1.4), Lanphier (Springfield) (-0.9), Southeast (Springfield) (5.7)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 23.4
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +22.1
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #86
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1223
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2017 Projected League Finish: 8th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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