Delano (MN)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Tigers Colors: Orange/Black Coach: Merrill Pavlovich League: East Central - South Playoff Division: AAAA Playoff Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 7 Returning Defensive Starters: 5 2017 JV Record: 7-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Sam Kern Senior HB Caden Link Senior FB Spencer Poll DE STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: 4 OL Starters Return, Skill Positions, Strong Defensive Nucleus Team Weaknesses: Kicking Game, Depth RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 7.4 2017 National Rank: #5208 2017 State Rank: #92 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +0.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -7.6 2018 National Rank: #5001 2018 State Rank: #88 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 24.7 Dynasty National Rank: #2423 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 32.3 Dynasty Record: 102-58 (62-37 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 7-2 2017 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st) 2017 Points For Average: 31.9 2017 Points Against Average: 18.7 2017 Differential: +13.2 2017 Wins: #5553 Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe) (21-9), #6483 Dassel-Cokato (Cokato) (41-36), #8249 Annandale (34-20), #9448 Holy Family Catholic (Victoria) (26-7), #10335 Little Falls (37-6), #10575 Litchfield (50-20), #12102 Watertown-Mayer (Watertown) (26-6) 2017 Losses: #3127 Becker (36-28), #5291 Zimmerman (28-24) 2017 Opponents W-L: 45-44 Recent League Championships: 2017, 2010 (Wright County) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/30 at Zimmerman, 9/7 Little Falls, 9/14 Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe), 9/21 at Holy Family Catholic (Victoria), 9/28 Dassel-Cokato (Cokato), 10/5 at Annandale, 10/12 Litchfield, 10/17 at Watertown-Mayer (Watertown) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Dassel-Cokato (Cokato) (-11.9), Glencoe-Silver Lake (Glencoe) (-14.3), Holy Family Catholic (Victoria) (-18.5) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Watertown-Mayer (Watertown) (-46.7), Little Falls (-33.4), Litchfield (-28.2) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5 (1.9 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -24.3 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.3 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #182 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #9771 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-1 2018 Projected League Finish: 1st 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 42%