| Elk River (MN) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Elks Colors: Red/White/Black Coach: Steve Hamilton League: AAAAA Section 6 (moving from North Central - Blue) Playoff Division: AAAAA Playoff Division Rank: #3 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 5 Returning Defensive Starters: 8 2018 JV Record: 6-1 Starting Quarterback Returning: yes Top Running Back Returning: yes Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: yes TOP PLAYERS Carter Otto 6'0" 195 Junior RB/LB 4.5 Eli Bicek 6'2" 215 Senior ILB/TE 4.9 Seth Hopkins 6'0" 280 Senior NG/T 5.2 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Improved Speed, Have Several Explosive Athletes Team Weaknesses: Depth RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 27.4 2018 National Rank: #1576 2018 State Rank: #13 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +6.5 2019 Starting Power Rating: 18.5 2019 National Rank: #1032 2019 State Rank: #8 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 23.5 Dynasty National Rank: #2526 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 5 Dynasty Record: 64-52 (40-41 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 10-2 2018 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (1st) 2018 Points For Average: 40.2 2018 Points Against Average: 32.7 2018 Differential: +7.5 2018 Wins: #2327 Buffalo (80-70), #3127 Monticello (40-28), #3127 Monticello (54-35), #3163 Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids) (52-28), #3185 Spring Lake Park (23-21), #3462 St. Francis (35-22), #4194 Andover (28-26), #5401 Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom) (28-21), #5755 Moorhead (40-20), #6197 Rogers (50-34) 2018 Losses: #322 Owatonna (39-8), #3431 Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge) (48-44) 2018 Opponents W-L: 67-56 Recent State Championships: 2016 Recent League Championships: 2018 (North Central - Blue), 2017 (tied for 1st; North Central - Blue), 2016 (North Central - Blue) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/29 Brainerd, 9/6 at Buffalo, 9/13 St. Francis, 9/20 at Andover, 9/27 Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom), 10/4 at Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge), 10/11 Monticello, 10/16 at Rogers Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Buffalo (10.7), St. Francis (0.1), Brainerd (-0.2) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Rogers (-16.4), Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge) (-12.9), Chisago Lakes Area (Lindstrom) (-10.8) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.3 (17.3 overall) 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.2 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -23.5 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3114 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-0 2019 Projected League Finish: 1st 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 71% |