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GENERAL
Nickname: Red Devils
Colors: Scarlet/Gray
Coach: Shane Fry
League: Hoosier - West
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #3

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 7
Returning Defensive Starters: 7
2016 JV Record: 8-1
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Luke Staton 6'3" 195 Senior OLB 5.0
George Karlaftis 6'5" 240 Junior DE 4.8
Sage Hood 6'0" 210 Junior RB 4.7

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Lines, Skill Position Players
Team Weaknesses: Overall Depth, Secondary

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 28.2
2016 National Rank: #1893
2016 State Rank: #37
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +2.5
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.5
2017 Starting Power Rating: 33.3
2017 National Rank: #1277
2017 State Rank: #28
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 20.9
Dynasty National Rank: #2211
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 12.4
Dynasty Record: 116-52 (57-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 10-3
2016 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2016 Points For Average: 44.2
2016 Points Against Average: 22.2
2016 Differential: +22
2016 Wins: #766 Crete-Monee (Crete, IL) (14-13), #1714 Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton) (55-27), #6004 Western Boone (Thorntown) (43-12), #6287 Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer) (48-16), #6456 Northwestern (Kokomo) (51-22), #7122 Twin Lakes (Monticello) (56-36), #7122 Twin Lakes (Monticello) (56-24), #7279 Tipton (48-7), #10250 Western (Russiaville) (62-7), #12011 Benton Central (Oxford) (62-0)
2016 Losses: #471 Concordia Lutheran (Fort Wayne) (62-27), #1450 McCutcheon (Lafayette) (35-28), #2009 Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette) (28-25)
2016 Opponents W-L: 86-61
Recent State Championships: 2009
Recent League Championships: 2009 (Hoosier), 2008 (Hoosier)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 8/18 at Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton), 8/25 McCutcheon (Lafayette), 9/1 at Western (Russiaville), 9/8 Crete-Monee (Crete, IL), 9/15 Rensselaer Central (Rensselaer), 9/22 at Benton Central (Oxford), 9/29 at Lafayette Central Catholic (Lafayette), 10/6 Twin Lakes (Monticello)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Crete-Monee (Crete, IL) (46.6), McCutcheon (Lafayette) (39.6), Tri-West Hendricks (Lizton) (24.4)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Benton Central (Oxford) (-14.1), Western (Russiaville) (-10.7), Twin Lakes (Monticello) (-3)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 13.9 (14.1 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.1
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: +0.2
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #61
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3083
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-2
2017 Projected League Finish: 1st
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%