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GENERAL
Nickname: Tigers
Colors: Orange/Black
Coach: Gary Swenson
League: 5A Group 1
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank: #6

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Eli Raridon 6'6" 225 Senior TE

RATINGS
2021 Final Power Rating: 31.3
2021 National Rank: #1017
2021 State Rank: #12
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -1.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -8
2022 Starting Power Rating: 9.1
2022 National Rank: #1820
2022 State Rank: #30
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2021 Rating): 48.7
Dynasty National Rank: #124
2022 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 39.6
Dynasty Record: 192-36 (83-7 in league)

HISTORICAL
2021 Overall Record: 9-3
2021 League Record/Finish: 4-0 (1st)
2021 Points For Average: 33.8
2021 Points Against Average: 23
2021 Differential: +10.8
2021 Wins: #394 Ankeny (38-35), #2179 Northwest (Waukee) (42-41), #2204 Pleasant Valley (40-14), #2699 Urbandale (21-14), #2973 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny) (35-21), #5553 Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (42-7), #6007 Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (49-20), #6707 Waukee (35-6), #7428 Marshalltown (42-12)
2021 Losses: #257 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (40-21), #394 Ankeny (35-13), #936 Dowling (West Des Moines) (31-27)
2021 Opponents W-L: 79-48
Recent State Championships: 2011 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2005 (4A), 2003 (4A)
Recent League Championships: 2021, 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 2022 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2022 Schedule: 8/26 at Northwest (Waukee), 9/2 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill), 9/9 Urbandale, 9/16 at Waukee, 9/23 Marshalltown, 9/30 at Ankeny, 10/7 Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines), 10/14 at Dowling (West Des Moines), 10/21 at Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines)
Highest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Ankeny (36.5), Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (29.8), Dowling (West Des Moines) (22.1)
Lowest-Rated 2022 Regular Season Opponents: Waukee (-27.6), Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (-19.8), Marshalltown (-19.2)
2021 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 16.3 (20.1 overall)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.2
2022 vs. 2021 Schedule Strength Comparison: -14.1
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #2
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #1440
2022 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4
2022 Projected League Finish: 2nd
2022 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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