Central (Battle Creek, MI) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Doug Bess League: Southwestern Michigan - East Playoff Division: none RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -2.6 2017 National Rank: #7512 2017 State Rank: #293 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -8.6 2018 Starting Power Rating: -26.7 2018 National Rank: #9333 2018 State Rank: #361 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 5.8 Dynasty National Rank: #7604 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 32.5 Dynasty Record: 56-85 (32-51 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 3-6 2017 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (tied for 2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 26.1 2017 Points Against Average: 31.6 2017 Differential: -5.5 2017 Wins: #7121 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (32-13), #9440 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (42-36), #9579 Niles (26-7) 2017 Losses: #2433 Lakeshore (Stevensville) (37-14), #3210 Portage Central (Portage) (26-14), #4061 St. Johns (70-52), #4906 Mattawan (42-33), #6644 Gull Lake (Richland) (18-8), #7876 Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (35-14) 2017 Opponents W-L: 41-44 Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st), 2008 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan - Central), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2004 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: 1 Streak List: 10/20/17 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (42-36) SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/24 vs St. Joseph, 8/30 Gull Lake (Richland), 9/7 at Lakeview (Battle Creek), 9/14 Portage Central (Portage), 9/21 at Benton Harbor, 9/28 at Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo), 10/5 Portage Northern (Portage), 10/12 at Niles, 10/19 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Portage Central (Portage) (10.9), St. Joseph (-1.7), Benton Harbor (-5.5) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (-27.4), Gull Lake (Richland) (-24.9), Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (-20.2) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -13.6 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -21.6 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #223 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #6311 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2018 Projected League Finish: 4th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info. |