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GENERAL
Nickname: Cherokees
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Justin Ridge
League: 1A Region 2
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank*: #5
COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Derrell Bailey Jr. 6'6" 255 Senior SDE
Holden Willis 6'4" 205 Senior WR
RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 17.8
2019 National Rank: #2994
2019 State Rank: #74
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -1.5
Player Statistics-Based (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -12.9
2020 Starting Power Rating*: -7.2
2020 National Rank*: #5750
2020 State Rank*: #136
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 7.3
Dynasty National Rank: #6793
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 14.5
Dynasty Record: 145-64 (70-26 in league)
HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 12-3
2019 League Record/Finish: 6-0 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 40.1
2019 Points Against Average: 15.1
2019 Differential: +25
2019 Wins: #3769 South Pittsburg (27-26), #5398 Oneida (21-7), #6415 Oliver Springs (35-0), #6415 Oliver Springs (50-0), #8493 Coalfield (56-16), #8493 Coalfield (45-20), #10365 Lenoir City (51-7), #11114 Midway (Kingston) (33-0), #12462 Harriman (42-6), #13705 Sunbright (61-20), #13720 Unaka (Elizabethton) (51-6), #14073 Oakdale (66-0)
2019 Losses: #1325 Loudon (54-20), #1855 Lake County (Tiptonville) (38-23), #2087 Meigs County (Decatur) (27-20)
2019 Opponents W-L: 112-71
Recent State Championships: 2017
Recent League Championships: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 (tied for 1st; A District 3), 2003 (tied for 1st)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/21 at Loudon, 8/28 Meigs County (Decatur), 9/4 at Sunbright, 9/11 at Oneida, 9/18 at Oliver Springs, 9/25 Lenoir City, 10/9 vs Coalfield, 10/16 Harriman, 10/23 at Midway (Kingston), 10/30 Oakdale, 11/6 at Unaka (Elizabethton), 11/13 at Coalfield
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Loudon (15.3), Meigs County (Decatur) (4.4), Oneida (-14.1)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Oakdale (-74.7), Sunbright (-58.8), Harriman (-55.7)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.5 (-8 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -29.2
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -16.7
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #297
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #10155
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 9-3
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%
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