St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Green/Gold
Coach: Joe Wright
League: 2A District 1 (moving from Freelance)
Playoff Division: 2A
Playoff Division Rank: #7

RETURNERS
Returning Offensive Starters: 5
Returning Defensive Starters: 5
Starting Quarterback Returning: no
Top Running Back Returning: yes
Top Receiver Returning: no
Top OL Returning: yes
Top Defender Returning: no

TOP PLAYERS
Luke Watson 6'5" 250 Junior OL/DE
Jack Burns 6'0" 190 Senior SS/WR
Luke DeKay 6'3" 200 Junior OLB/TE

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 3.3
2020 National Rank: #5068
2020 State Rank: #14
Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -3.5
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -13.3
2021 Starting Power Rating: -14.4
2021 National Rank: #6153
2021 State Rank: #18
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 21.3
Dynasty National Rank: #2776
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 35.7
Dynasty Record: 126-66

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 6-1
2020 League Record/Finish:  
2020 Points For Average: 17
2020 Points Against Average: 7
2020 Differential: +10
2020 Wins: #7166 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (7-0), #8919 Wilmington Friends (Wilmington) (2-0), #8912 Lake Forest (Felton) (20-19), #9111 Tower Hill (Wilmington) (16-3), #9590 Conrad Science (Wilmington) (36-6), #11191 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (28-7)
2020 Losses: #3649 Archmere Academy (Claymont) (14-10)
2020 Opponents W-L: 23-21
Recent State Championships: 2010 (I)
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: 3
Streak List: 11/21/20 Tower Hill (Wilmington) (16-3), 11/27/20 St. Elizabeth (Wilmington) (28-7), 12/4/20 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington) (7-0)

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 9/3 DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington), 9/11 at Red Lion Christian Academy (Bear), 9/17 Woodbridge (Bridgeville), 9/24 Newark, 10/1 Conrad Science (Wilmington), 10/9 at Archmere Academy (Claymont), 10/16 at Concord (Wilmington), 10/22 Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington), 10/30 at Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington), 11/5 at McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Archmere Academy (Claymont) (4.3), Woodbridge (Bridgeville) (0), Red Lion Christian Academy (Bear) (-7.7)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: McKean [Thomas] (Wilmington) (-49.9), DuPont [Alexis I.] (Wilmington) (-44), Delcastle Vo-Tech (Wilmington) (-37.8)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -8.8
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -22.1
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -13.3
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #23
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #8315
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 6-4
2021 Projected League Finish: 1st
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%