Salem (AR) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Greyhounds Colors: Black/Gold Coach: Clay Wiggins League: 2A Region 3 Playoff Division: 2A Playoff Division Rank: #17 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2017 JV Record: 6-2 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jordan Turner 5'8.5" 180 Senior RB/OLB 4.65 Gabe Miller 6'1" 195 Junior C/DE 5.21 Peyton Barker 5'11" 170 Junior RB/OLB 4.89 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: RB Experience Team Weaknesses: Size RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: -1.9 2017 National Rank: #7362 2017 State Rank: #133 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -6.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -23.9 2018 National Rank: #8781 2018 State Rank: #150 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): -9.9 Dynasty National Rank: #11822 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 14 Dynasty Record: 71-89 [69-91 on the field] (46-60 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 8-5 2017 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th) 2017 Points For Average: 25.5 2017 Points Against Average: 25.2 2017 Differential: +0.3 2017 Wins: #3149 Earle (forfeit), #3149 Earle (forfeit), #7396 Hector (41-35), #8885 Palestine-Wheatley (Palestine) (37-25), #9409 Mountain View (40-18), #9674 Yellville-Summit (Yellville) (22-18), #11867 Rector (28-12), #12719 Midland (Pleasant Plains) (30-12) 2017 Losses: #2057 Foreman (41-7), #5519 Melbourne (36-21), #5952 Marked Tree (34-20), #7477 East Poinsett County (Lepanto) (26-20), #8600 Cross County (Cherry Valley) (20-14) 2017 Opponents W-L: 73-70 Recent League Championships: 2012 Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/31 Mountain View, 9/7 at Yellville-Summit (Yellville), 9/14 Walnut Ridge, 9/28 at Rector, 10/5 Midland (Pleasant Plains), 10/12 at Marked Tree, 10/19 at McCrory, 10/26 East Poinsett County (Lepanto), 11/2 at Cross County (Cherry Valley) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Marked Tree (-10.2), Walnut Ridge (-12.7), Cross County (Cherry Valley) (-14.9) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Midland (Pleasant Plains) (-51.4), Rector (-42.9), Yellville-Summit (Yellville) (-35) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.6 (4.7 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -25.8 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -18.2 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #178 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #10227 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5 2018 Projected League Finish: 5th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |