Cibola (Albuquerque, NM)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Coach: Rod Williams
League: 6A District 1
Playoff Division: 6A
Playoff Division Rank: #14

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
2017 JV Record: 2-5
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes

TOP PLAYERS
Marcus Steele Senior QB
Nathaniel Manzanares Senior ATH
Elijah Davis Senior OLB

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Experience, Senior-Led
Team Weaknesses: Depth

RATINGS
2017 Final Power Rating: 5.3
2017 National Rank: #5675
2017 State Rank: #25
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.5
2018 Starting Power Rating: -11.7
2018 National Rank: #5946
2018 State Rank: #23
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 18.3
Dynasty National Rank: #3931
2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 30
Dynasty Record: 78-84 (27-26 in league)

HISTORICAL
2017 Overall Record: 2-8
2017 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th)
2017 Points For Average: 18.8
2017 Points Against Average: 37.7
2017 Differential: -18.9
2017 Wins: #1986 Eldorado (Albuquerque) (40-33), #3830 Volcano Vista (Albuquerque) (28-27)
2017 Losses: #180 Manzano (Albuquerque) (42-7), #409 La Cueva (Albuquerque) (42-8), #590 Cleveland [V. Sue] (Rio Rancho) (63-33), #675 Las Cruces (56-19), #1533 Rio Rancho (41-12), #4766 Piedra Vista (Farmington) (28-14), #5288 Sandia (Albuquerque) (24-7), #6288 Carlsbad (21-20)
2017 Opponents W-L: 78-37
Recent League Championships: 2007 (5A District 1), 2003 (AAAAA District 1)
Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2018 Schedule: 8/23 Sandia (Albuquerque), 9/1 at Onate (Las Cruces), 9/7 Highland (Albuquerque), 9/13 at La Cueva (Albuquerque), 9/22 at Los Lunas, 10/6 at Rio Rancho, 10/12 at Cleveland [V. Sue] (Rio Rancho), 10/18 West Mesa (Albuquerque), 10/26 Atrisco Heritage Academy (Albuquerque), 11/2 Volcano Vista (Albuquerque)
Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: La Cueva (Albuquerque) (38.6), Cleveland [V. Sue] (Rio Rancho) (18.7), Rio Rancho (7.9)
Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Highland (Albuquerque) (-35.5), Onate (Las Cruces) (-30.8), West Mesa (Albuquerque) (-10.1)
2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 31.1
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.8
2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -33.9
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3147
2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6
2018 Projected League Finish: 6th
2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%