West Lafayette (IN) previews home 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% |