Portage Northern (Portage, MI)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Huskies Colors: Brown/White Coach: Pete Schermerhorn League: Southwestern Michigan - West Playoff Division: none RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -3.1 2017 National Rank: #7634 2017 State Rank: #298 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.7 2018 Starting Power Rating: -19.3 2018 National Rank: #7724 2018 State Rank: #300 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 18 Dynasty National Rank: #4001 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 37.3 Dynasty Record: 86-60 (49-32 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 2-7 2017 League Record/Finish: 1-3 (4th) 2017 Points For Average: 16.2 2017 Points Against Average: 25 2017 Differential: -8.8 2017 Wins: #7876 Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (21-6), #9579 Niles (22-19) 2017 Losses: #454 DeWitt (49-14), #2433 Lakeshore (Stevensville) (30-27), #3210 Portage Central (Portage) (28-3), #3581 St. Joseph (20-15), #4906 Mattawan (35-21), #6644 Gull Lake (Richland) (10-9), #7121 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (28-14) 2017 Opponents W-L: 51-38 Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2004 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2003 (Southwestern Michigan Central) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/24 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo), 8/30 at Lakeshore (Stevensville), 9/7 Portage Central (Portage), 9/14 East Lansing, 9/21 at Mattawan, 9/28 Niles, 10/5 at Central (Battle Creek), 10/12 Gull Lake (Richland), 10/19 at St. Joseph Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Portage Central (Portage) (10.9), Lakeshore (Stevensville) (5.8), East Lansing (4.3) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (-27.4), Central (Battle Creek) (-26.7), Gull Lake (Richland) (-24.9) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.5 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.3 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -23.8 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #161 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4885 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6 2018 Projected League Finish: 6th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.