Taft (Watertown, CT)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Big Red
Colors: Red/Blue
Coach: Tyler Whitley
League: Founders (moving from Erickson)
State (Plays In): Prep Schools
Playoff Division: NEPSAC A
Playoff Division Rank: #10

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Skyler Bell 6'1" 185 Senior WR
Jacob Rooks 5'10" 170 Senior CB

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 12.7
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.3
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -35.6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -0.1
2021 Starting Power Rating: -0.3
2021 National Rank: #3492
2021 State Rank: #27 (in CT)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 11.9
Dynasty National Rank: #5272
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 12.2
Dynasty Record: 54-82 (41-63 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 0-0
2020 Wins: none
2020 Losses: none
2020 Opponents W-L: 0-0
Recent League Championships: 2018 (tied for 1st; Erickson), 2011 (tied for 1st; Erickson)
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: 2
Streak List: 10/26/19 Kent School (Kent) (49-14), 11/9/19 Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (25-20)

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 9/18 Lawrence Academy (Groton, MA), 9/25 Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH), 10/2 Trinity-Pawling (Pawling, NY), 10/9 Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), 10/16 at Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford), 10/23 at Avon Old Farms (Avon), 10/30 Kent School (Kent), 11/6 Loomis Chaffee (Windsor), 11/13 at Hotchkiss (Lakeville)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Avon Old Farms (Avon) (19.8), Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford) (14.8), Hotchkiss (Lakeville) (-7.6)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Kent School (Kent) (-28.8), Lawrence Academy (Groton, MA) (-24.8), Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) (-22)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -9.7
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #47
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4485
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 7-2
2021 Projected League Finish: 3rd
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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