West Central (Francesville, IN)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Trojans
Colors: Cardinal/Black
Coach: Marc Hall
League: Midwest (moving from Hoosier North)
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank: #54

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Weaknesses: Need OL To Come Together/Execute

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: -37.7
2016 National Rank: #13650
2016 State Rank: #309
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +4.5
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -9.7
2017 Starting Power Rating: -33.2
2017 National Rank: #13148
2017 State Rank: #302
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): -10.6
Dynasty National Rank: #11309
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 22.6
Dynasty Record: 77-80 (45-56 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 1-9
2016 League Record/Finish: 0-8 (9th)
2016 Points For Average: 9.6
2016 Points Against Average: 41.7
2016 Differential: -32.1
2016 Wins: #13822 Frontier (Chalmers) (38-24)
2016 Losses: #1897 Pioneer (Royal Center) (68-0), #4961 LaVille (Lakeville) (63-16), #7279 Knox (47-0), #7668 Winamac (49-14), #8536 Culver (41-8), #9965 North Judson-San Pierre (North Judson) (36-6), #10191 South Central (Union Mills) (28-0), #11395 Triton (Bourbon) (41-14), #12855 Caston (Fulton) (20-0)
2016 Opponents W-L: 66-51
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Caston (Fulton), 8/25 Knox, 9/1 at Tri-County (Wolcott), 9/8 Culver, 9/15 at North Newton (Morocco), 9/22 North Judson-San Pierre (North Judson), 9/29 Winamac, 10/6 at Frontier (Chalmers), 10/13 North White (Monon)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Knox (8.8), Culver (3.4), North Newton (Morocco) (2.2)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: North White (Monon) (-32.3), Frontier (Chalmers) (-29.6), Caston (Fulton) (-27.8)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.8 (-6.4 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -11.2
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -1.4
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #255
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #11353
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8
2017 Projected League Finish: 5th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%