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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Gary Swenson
League: 5A Group 1 (moving from 4A Group 3)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #10

D1 PROSPECT
Eli Raridon 6'6" 225 Senior TE

COLLEGE PROSPECTS LOST TO GRADUATION
Jake Rubley 6'3" 205 Senior QB
Jayden Williams 6'1" 195 Senior WR
Nasir Washington 6'3" 230 Senior Edge

RATINGS
2020 Final Power Rating: 29.1
2020 National Rank: #1278
2020 State Rank: #19
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -0.9
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -43.9
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -5.9
2021 Starting Power Rating: 8
2021 National Rank: #2245
2021 State Rank: #40
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2020 Rating): 49.7
Dynasty National Rank: #117
2021 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 41.7
Dynasty Record: 183-33 (79-7 in league)

HISTORICAL
2020 Overall Record: 4-4
2020 League Record/Finish: 0-1 (5th)
2020 Points For Average: 24.6
2020 Points Against Average: 19.8
2020 Differential: +4.8
2020 Wins: #2624 Urbandale (41-0), #2860 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny) (27-10), #4981 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (40-20), #6836 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (44-6)
2020 Losses: #133 Ankeny (35-10), #324 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (34-7), #708 Waukee (31-28), #955 Dowling (West Des Moines) (22-0)
2020 Opponents W-L: 49-19
Recent State Championships: 2011 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2003 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2019 (4A District 7), 2018 (4A District 7), 2017 (4A District 4), 2016 (4A District 4), 2014 (4A District 3), 2013 (4A Division 1), 2012 (4A Division 1), 2011 (4A Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2008 (Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2007 (Central Iowa Metro - Iowa), 2006 (Iowa), 2005 (Iowa), 2004 (Iowa), 2003 (Iowa)
Winning Streak Entering 2021 Season: 3
Streak List: 10/9/20 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny) (27-10), 10/23/20 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (44-6), 10/30/20 Urbandale (41-0)

SCHEDULE
2021 Schedule: 8/27 Northwest (Waukee), 9/3 at Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill), 9/10 at Urbandale, 9/17 Waukee, 9/24 at Marshalltown, 10/1 Ankeny, 10/8 at Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines), 10/15 Dowling (West Des Moines), 10/22 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines)
Highest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (35.3), Ankeny (31.8), Waukee (23.4)
Lowest-Rated 2021 Regular Season Opponents: Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (-23.4), Marshalltown (-20.5), Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (-3.2)
2020 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 27.2 (21.2 overall)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.2
2021 vs. 2020 Schedule Strength Comparison: -20
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #1
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1137
2021 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2021 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2021 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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