Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Eagles Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Rich Fisher League: Trinity Section: Southern Playoff Division: 1 Playoff Division Rank: #12 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2017 JV Record: 7-3 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Jake Thomas 5'10" 190 Senior RB 4.5 Jake Ebach 6'0" 180 Senior WR 4.5 Logan Schwenke 6'3" 235 Junior DE 4.8 ADDITIONAL D1 PROSPECTS Mark Ard Jr. 6-0 165 Junior CB Donovan Orellana 6'3" 285 Senior OC COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION Malone Mataele 5'11" 170 Senior APB John McCartan 6'5" 225 Senior TE Jake Peters 6'5" 225 Senior TE Chad Magyar 6'1" 195 Senior RB Josiah Norwood 5'11" 165 Senior WR STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: QB/WR/RB, LB, DL Team Weaknesses: Unproven DBs/TE RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 64.2 2017 National Rank: #49 2017 State Rank: #10 General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -4.5 D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -2.9 Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6 2018 Starting Power Rating: 43.8 2018 National Rank: #154 2018 State Rank: #23 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 51.2 Dynasty National Rank: #109 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 7.4 Dynasty Record: 98-71 (31-43 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 7-4 2017 League Record/Finish: 3-2 (3rd) 2017 Points For Average: 43.5 2017 Points Against Average: 27.4 2017 Differential: +16.1 2017 Wins: #88 JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) (36-35), #98 Lutheran (Orange) (38-31), #136 Servite (Anaheim) (51-28), #489 Downey (56-0), #514 Loyola (Los Angeles) (35-0), #846 Alemany (Mission Hills) (61-7), #1634 Mayfair (Lakewood) (49-3) 2017 Losses: #1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (70-35), #3 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) (40-38), #17 Mission Viejo (28-23), #109 Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) (59-56) 2017 Opponents W-L: 96-39 Recent Section/State Championships: 2011 (Pac-5 (I)), 2011 (Bowl I) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/16 vs Downey, 8/24 at Mission Viejo, 8/31 Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, CO), 9/7 vs Mayfair (Lakewood), 9/15 Orem (UT), 9/28 vs Lutheran (Orange), 10/5 vs Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 10/11 vs Servite (Anaheim), 10/19 vs St. John Bosco (Bellflower), 10/26 vs JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: St. John Bosco (Bellflower) (123.7), Mater Dei (Santa Ana) (115.3), Lutheran (Orange) (81.9) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Mayfair (Lakewood) (25.5), Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, CO) (27), Downey (28.7) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 58.2 (61.9 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 62.6 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: +4.4 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-6 2018 Projected League Finish: 6th 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |