Dakota Valley (North Sioux City, SD)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Purple/Black/Silver
Coach: Jeff VanDenHul
League: Dakota 12
Playoff Division: 11A
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 4
Returning Defensive Starters: 3
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no

STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Line Depth
Team Weaknesses: Inexperience

RATINGS
2018 Final Power Rating: 6.3
2018 National Rank: #4975
2018 State Rank: #13
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -8
2019 Starting Power Rating: -17
2019 National Rank: #6735
2019 State Rank: #21
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 9.4
Dynasty National Rank: #6325
2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 26.4
Dynasty Record: 79-70 (34-44 in league)

HISTORICAL
2018 Overall Record: 9-2
2018 League Record/Finish: 5-1 (tied for 2nd)
2018 Points For Average: 39.5
2018 Points Against Average: 16.9
2018 Differential: +22.6
2018 Wins: #5693 Dell Rapids (49-32), #6129 West Central (Hartford) (29-27), #8135 Lennox (50-18), #8862 More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City) (46-30), #9430 Milbank (41-0), #10723 Vermillion (47-14), #10998 Tri-Valley (Colton) (25-7), #11947 Todd County (Mission) (57-6), #13303 Sisseton (55-0)
2018 Losses: #1667 Tea (27-14), #5693 Dell Rapids (25-22)
2018 Opponents W-L: 56-55
Recent League Championships: 2017 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2019 Schedule: 8/30 at Madison, 9/6 Yankton, 9/13 at Milbank, 9/20 Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls), 9/27 West Central (Hartford), 10/4 at Dell Rapids, 10/11 Lennox, 10/18 vs Vermillion, 10/25 at Tri-Valley (Colton)
Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls) (10.3), Madison (-4.6), West Central (Hartford) (-13.6)
Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Tri-Valley (Colton) (-42), Vermillion (-40), Yankton (-26.9)
2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -7.8 (-8.9 overall)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -19.7
2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.9
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #19
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7495
2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2019 Projected League Finish: 8th
2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%