Central (Battle Creek, MI)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Bearcats
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Doug Bess
League: Southwestern Michigan - East
Playoff Division: none

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
KeOndre Glass 6'2" 175 Senior WR

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 5.1
2018 National Rank: #5254
2018 State Rank: #152
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -2.8
2019 Starting Power Rating: -13.6
2019 National Rank: #5913
2019 State Rank: #173
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 5.7
Dynasty National Rank: #7432
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 19.3
Dynasty Record: 63-89 (35-52 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 7-4
2018 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 29
2018 Points Against Average: 28.5
2018 Differential: +0.5
2018 Wins: #3959 Thornapple Kellogg (Middleville) (25-24), #5006 St. Joseph (34-27), #7732 Benton Harbor (27-26), #7973 Niles (24-21), #8974 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (30-15), #11331 Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (48-18), #11505 Gull Lake (Richland) (34-33)
2018 Losses: #2523 Portage Northern (Portage) (35-21), #3154 Western (Parma) (44-21), #4990 Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (26-20), #5103 Portage Central (Portage) (45-35)
2018 Opponents W-L: 53-55
Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st), 2008 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan - Central), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2004 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/29 at St. Joseph, 9/6 vs Gull Lake (Richland), 9/13 vs Lakeview (Battle Creek), 9/20 vs Portage Central (Portage), 9/27 vs Benton Harbor, 10/4 vs Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo), 10/11 vs Portage Northern (Portage), 10/18 vs Niles, 10/25 vs Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Portage Northern (Portage) (5.1), St. Joseph (-7.7), Portage Central (Portage) (-16.1)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Norrix [Loy] (Kalamazoo) (-46.1), Gull Lake (Richland) (-39.2), Benton Harbor (-24.6)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -2.2 (1.8 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -21.1
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -18.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #248
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8000
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-3
2019 Projected League Finish: 1st
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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