GENERAL
Nickname: Cougars
Colors: Blue/Silver
Coach: Arlen Harris
League: AAA - Small
Playoff Division: 2
Playoff Division Rank*: #2
RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 10
Returning Defensive Starters: 9
2019 JV Record: 3-2
Starting Quarterback Returning: yes
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: yes
Top OL Returning: no
Top Defender Returning: yes
TOP PLAYERS
Gabriel Rubio 6'5" 300 DL
Arlen Harris 5'11" 190 Junior RB
Asitin Rustemeyer 6'2" 285 DL
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Team Strengths: Offensive Balance, Speed, Physicality
Team Weaknesses: Youth, Only 3 Starting Seniors
RATINGS
2019 Final Power Rating: 19.4
2019 National Rank: #2710
2019 State Rank: #65
General Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +11.5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: +3.8
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus*: +3.5
2020 Starting Power Rating*: 20.2
2020 National Rank*: #1277
2020 State Rank*: #33
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2019 Rating): -7.4
Dynasty National Rank: #10986
2020 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 27.6
Dynasty Record: 82-89 (19-37 in league)
HISTORICAL
2019 Overall Record: 10-3
2019 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2019 Points For Average: 43.5
2019 Points Against Average: 9.3
2019 Differential: +34.2
2019 Wins: #4763 Duchesne (St. Charles) (51-0), #4824 Living Word Christian (O'Fallon) (34-7), #6192 Mexico (42-14), #6312 Moberly (41-0), #8000 Jennings (53-0), #9907 Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia) (61-12), #9975 St. Charles (54-0), #10178 Bishop DuBourg/Hancock (St. Louis) (62-0), #10516 Orchard Farm (St. Charles) (78-0), #12274 West Hancock co-op [Hamilton/Warsaw] (Hamilton, IL) (75-0)
2019 Losses: #1573 Trinity Catholic (St. Louis) (34-14), #1573 Trinity Catholic (St. Louis) (26-0), #3644 St. Clair (28-0)
2019 Opponents W-L: 69-73
Winning Streak Entering 2020 Season: none
SCHEDULE
2020 Schedule: 8/28 at Helias (Jefferson City), 9/4 Fort Zumwalt West (O'Fallon), 9/11 at Duchesne (St. Charles), 9/18 at Hermann, 9/25 vs Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia), 10/23 Troy-Buchanan (Troy), 11/6 Cuba, 11/13 Duchesne (St. Charles)
Highest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Fort Zumwalt West (O'Fallon) (20.9), Troy-Buchanan (Troy) (10.3), Helias (Jefferson City) (4.1)
Lowest-Rated 2020 Regular Season Opponents*: Cuba (-26.5), Father Tolton [Augustine] (Columbia) (-25.3), Hermann (-19)
2019 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.5 (-0.2 overall)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -3.3
2020 vs. 2019 Schedule Strength Comparison*: +2.2
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #105
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #3836
2020 Projected Regular Season Record*: 7-1
2020 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2020 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 35%
*temporary; not finalized until August 6th
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