Rancho Mirage (CA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Rattlers Colors: Maroon/Gray Coach: Larry Matthews League: Desert Empire Section: Southern Playoff Division: 10 Playoff Division Rank: #15 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 6 Returning Defensive Starters: 6 2018 JV Record: 2-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: yes Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Nelson Gonzalez 6'2" 280 Senior C/G 5.6 Jevin Dorsey 5'10" 170 Senior WR/FS 4.8 Richard Hernandez 5'11" 165 Senior C/FS 4.8 STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: OL/Secondary Return Intact Team Weaknesses: Skill Position Youth RATINGS 2018 Final Power Rating: 0.6 2018 National Rank: #6245 2018 State Rank: #442 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5 2019 Starting Power Rating: -18.2 2019 National Rank: #6990 2019 State Rank: #500 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2018 Rating): 3.1 Dynasty National Rank: #8212 2019 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 21.3 Dynasty Record: 33-26 (15-12 in league) HISTORICAL 2018 Overall Record: 3-7 2018 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th) 2018 Points For Average: 22.1 2018 Points Against Average: 22.8 2018 Differential: -0.7 2018 Wins: #6761 Colton (38-6), #7147 Coachella Valley (Thermal) (44-22), #10154 Twentynine Palms (47-7) 2018 Losses: #815 Citrus Hill (Perris) (36-7), #1314 Roosevelt [Eleanor] (Eastvale) (28-19), #2641 Palm Desert (29-10), #4488 Shadow Hills (Indio) (41-14), #4639 Palm Springs (21-12), #5956 La Quinta (21-17), #6366 Xavier Prep (Palm Desert) (17-13) 2018 Opponents W-L: 69-44 Recent League Championships: 2016 (De Anza) Winning Streak Entering 2019 Season: none SCHEDULE 2019 Schedule: 8/23 Twentynine Palms, 8/30 at Coachella Valley (Thermal), 9/6 at Colton, 9/13 Citrus Hill (Perris), 9/20 at Roosevelt [Eleanor] (Eastvale), 10/4 at La Quinta, 10/11 Xavier Prep (Palm Desert), 10/18 Palm Springs, 10/25 at Shadow Hills (Indio), 11/1 Palm Desert Highest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Roosevelt [Eleanor] (Eastvale) (25.1), Citrus Hill (Perris) (20), Shadow Hills (Indio) (1.6) Lowest-Rated 2019 Regular Season Opponents: Twentynine Palms (-37.3), Colton (-20.1), Coachella Valley (Thermal) (-15.7) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.2 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5 2019 vs. 2018 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.2 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #242 2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #3058 2019 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-8 2019 Projected League Finish: 6th 2019 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%