Central (Battle Creek, MI)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Blue/Gold Coach: Doug Bess League: Southwestern Michigan Playoff Division: 3 Playoff Division Rank: #47 RATINGS 2020 Final Power Rating: -11.7 2020 National Rank: #8348 2020 State Rank: #323 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.3 2021 Starting Power Rating: -26.8 2021 National Rank: #8727 2021 State Rank: #310 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 4.1 Dynasty National Rank: #7615 2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 30.9 Dynasty Record: 68-100 (39-58 in league) HISTORICAL 2020 Overall Record: 2-5 2020 League Record/Finish: 2-4 (tied for 6th) 2020 Points For Average: 16.6 2020 Points Against Average: 31.6 2020 Differential: -15 2020 Wins: #9227 Mattawan (2-0), #9920 Gull Lake (Richland) (40-24) 2020 Losses: #1858 Lakeshore (Stevensville) (37-12), #2245 Portage Northern (Portage) (64-24), #3743 Lakeview (Battle Creek) (34-18), #5301 Portage Central (Portage) (27-0), #7010 Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo) (35-20) 2020 Opponents W-L: 25-30 Recent League Championships: 2015 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan - East), 2008 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan - Central), 2005 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central), 2004 (tied for 1st; Southwestern Michigan Central) Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: none SCHEDULE 2021 Schedule: 8/26 at Portage Northern (Portage), 9/2 St. Joseph, 9/10 at Everett (Lansing), 9/17 Lakeview (Battle Creek), 9/24 Gull Lake (Richland), 10/1 at Lakeshore (Stevensville), 10/8 at Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo), 10/15 Portage Central (Portage), 10/22 at Mattawan Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: St. Joseph (3.7), Lakeshore (Stevensville) (2.3), Portage Northern (Portage) (1.3) Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Gull Lake (Richland) (-31.2), Mattawan (-24.5), Everett (Lansing) (-12.4) 2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.1 (7.3 overall) 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.4 2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9.3 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #129 2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4406 2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 1-8 2021 Projected League Finish: 5th 2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.