GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Cardinal/Gold
Coach: Ben Burk
League: Metro - South (moving from AAAAAA Section 3)
Playoff Division: AAAAAA
Playoff Division Rank*: #1
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 8
Returning Defensive Starters: 4
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: no
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Riley Mahlman Senior
Reid Patterson Senior
Cade Ahrenholz Senior
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Consistency, Experience, Physicality
Team Weaknesses: Difficult League, Defensive Inexperience
RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 37.1
2019 National Rank: #781
2019 State Rank: #9
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +2.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +3
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 31.9
2020 National Rank*: #525
2020 State Rank*: #4
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): 31.2
Dynasty National Rank: #1245
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 0.7
Dynasty Record: 94-66 (64-43 in league)
HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 10-2
2019 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (1st)
2019 Points For Average: 33.7
2019 Points Against Average: 13.8
2019 Differential: +19.9
2019 Wins: #914 Lakeville North (Lakeville) (34-19), #2064 Totino-Grace (Fridley) (13-10), #2112 Prior Lake (35-17), #2502 Mounds View (Arden Hills) (38-14), #2765 Maple Grove (41-14), #3705 Farmington (61-6), #4725 Eastview (Apple Valley) (14-7), #7353 Burnsville (35-7), #8945 Roseville (55-13), #9394 Eagan (50-14)
2019 Losses: #374 Wayzata (Plymouth) (28-14), #1696 Rosemount (17-14)
2019 Opponents W-L: 64-58
Recent League Championships: 2019 (AAAAAA Section 3), 2006 (tied for 1st; Lake)
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 10/9 Burnsville, 10/15 at Eastview (Apple Valley), 10/23 at Prior Lake, 10/30 Lakeville North (Lakeville), 11/6 at Farmington, 11/12 Eagan, 11/17 Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul), 11/20 St. Michael-Albertville (Albertville)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Lakeville North (Lakeville) (21.8), Prior Lake (9.9), Farmington (9.8)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Eagan (-28.4), Burnsville (-15.1), Eastview (Apple Valley) (-2.2)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 12.8 (16.6 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -0.2
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -13
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #44
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #3122
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 8-0
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 78%
*temporary; not finalized until August 6th
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