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GENERAL
Nickname: Cardinals
Colors: Cardinal/White
Coach: Jon Konold
League: North Central - White (moving from North Central - Red)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RATINGS
2016 Final Power Rating: 12.3
2016 National Rank: #4628
2016 State Rank: #77
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +3.1
2017 Starting Power Rating: 15.4
2017 National Rank: #3929
2017 State Rank: #69
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2016 Rating): 6.1
Dynasty National Rank: #6222
2017 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.3
Dynasty Record: 55-76 (41-51 in league)

HISTORICAL
2016 Overall Record: 4-7
2016 League Record/Finish: 2-5 (7th)
2016 Points For Average: 20.4
2016 Points Against Average: 29
2016 Differential: -8.6
2016 Wins: #4618 Fergus Falls (35-34), #6553 Apollo (St. Cloud) (21-7), #6934 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (39-22), #10672 Thief River Falls (42-0)
2016 Losses: #643 Alexandria (56-12), #1185 St. Cloud Tech (St. Cloud) (28-14), #1651 Moorhead (49-7), #2417 Rocori (Cold Spring) (41-21), #2417 Rocori (Cold Spring) (14-6), #3488 Brainerd (21-7), #4126 Buffalo (47-20)
2016 Opponents W-L: 63-49
Recent League Championships: 2013 (tied for 1st; Central Lakes - South)
Winning Streak Entering 2017 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2017 Schedule: 9/1 Fergus Falls, 9/8 at Hutchinson, 9/15 Princeton, 9/22 Big Lake, 9/29 at Moorhead, 10/6 Apollo (St. Cloud), 10/13 at Becker, 10/18 at Rocori (Cold Spring)
Highest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Moorhead (38.5), Rocori (Cold Spring) (30), Hutchinson (23.8)
Lowest-Rated 2017 Regular Season Opponents: Princeton (-1.7), Apollo (St. Cloud) (1), Fergus Falls (7.8)
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 19.7 (16.8 overall)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.7
2017 vs. 2016 Schedule Strength Comparison: -3
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2426
2017 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-4
2017 Projected League Finish: 4th
2017 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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