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GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Maroon/White
Coach: Gary Waters
League: 3A District 3 (moving from 2A District 4)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #12

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 10.7
2020 National Rank: #3637
2020 State Rank: #67
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +2.8
2021 Starting Power Rating: 4.4
2021 National Rank: #2744
2021 State Rank: #57
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 3.5
Dynasty National Rank: #7793
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.9
Dynasty Record: 57-108 (31-83 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 6-2
2020 League Record/Finish: 3-0 (2nd)
2020 Points For Average: 32.4
2020 Points Against Average: 18
2020 Differential: +14.4
2020 Wins: #7396 North Fayette Valley (West Union) (46-34), #7765 Center Point-Urbana (Center Point) (34-7), #8304 Iowa Falls-Alden (Iowa Falls) (44-9), #8483 Oelwein (34-0), #8664 New Hampton (12-7), #10698 Roland-Story (Story City) (50-8)
2020 Losses: #1545 Camanche (42-18), #2616 Solon (37-21)
2020 Opponents W-L: 29-41
Recent League Championships: 2019
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 8/27 Maquoketa, 9/3 at Clear Creek-Amana (Tiffin), 9/10 West Liberty, 9/17 at Vinton-Shellsburg (Vinton), 9/24 at South Tama County (Tama), 10/1 Hampton-Dumont/CAL (Hampton), 10/8 at Charles City, 10/15 West Delaware (Manchester), 10/22 at Center Point-Urbana (Center Point)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: West Delaware (Manchester) (26.1), West Liberty (4.3), Maquoketa (-8.3)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Charles City (-36.3), Hampton-Dumont/CAL (Hampton) (-24.1), South Tama County (Tama) (-22.9)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.5 (-3.4 overall)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -12.2
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -11.7
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #110
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #5173
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2021 Projected League Finish: 1st
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 2%



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