| Santa Maria (CA) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Saints Colors: Red/White Coach: Dan Ellington League: Ocean (moving from Northern) Section: Central Playoff Division: 3 Playoff Division Rank: #7 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 4 Returning Defensive Starters: 2 2017 JV Record: 3-7 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Sebastian Saiz 5'9" 160 Senior QB 5.1 Jason Sanchez 5'11" 210 Junior DT 5.3 Jesus Joaquin 6'2" 230 Senior T 5.5 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Toughness, Determination Team Weaknesses: Inexperience RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 13.2 2017 National Rank: #4018 2017 State Rank: #304 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -9.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -11.8 2018 National Rank: #5967 2018 State Rank: #434 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): -6 Dynasty National Rank: #10907 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5.8 Dynasty Record: 34-119 [32-121 on the field] (10-75 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 9-5 2017 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (1st) 2017 Points For Average: 36.3 2017 Points Against Average: 26.9 2017 Differential: +9.4 2017 Wins: #4375 Schurr (Montebello) (42-21), #4806 South El Monte (35-14), #5858 Nipomo (41-25), #8999 Carpinteria (56-28), #9556 San Luis Obispo (45-10), #10289 Cabrillo (Lompoc) (46-24), #10659 Viewpoint (Calabasas) (49-14), #10743 Templeton (52-21), #11190 Morro Bay (40-19) 2017 Losses: #1899 Santa Ynez (49-12), #2538 Big Bear (Big Bear City) (37-23), #3529 Santa Barbara (47-26), #3717 Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria) (35-13), #5790 Pioneer Valley (Santa Maria) (32-28) 2017 Opponents W-L: 74-78 Recent League Championships: 2017 (Northern) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/17 at Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria), 8/24 at San Marcos (Santa Barbara), 8/31 Santa Ynez, 9/7 at Golden Valley (Bakersfield), 9/14 Mt. Whitney (Visalia), 9/28 Nipomo, 10/5 at San Luis Obispo, 10/12 Templeton, 10/19 at Morro Bay, 10/26 Pioneer Valley (Santa Maria) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Righetti [Ernest] (Santa Maria) (11), Santa Ynez (3.4), Mt. Whitney (Visalia) (-4.2) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Morro Bay (-39.7), Templeton (-36.1), San Marcos (Santa Barbara) (-33.3) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -4.7 (7.1 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -16.2 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.5 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #486 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7185 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 2nd 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% |