Ames (IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Little Cyclones Colors: Orange/Black Coach: Bruce Vertanen League: 5A Group 4 (moving from 5A Group 2) Playoff Division: 5A Playoff Division Rank: #24 RATINGS 2022 Final Power Rating: 10.1 2022 National Rank: #3685 2022 State Rank: #69 Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -15.5 2023 Starting Power Rating: -23.3 2023 National Rank: #6464 2023 State Rank: #141 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): -1.2 Dynasty National Rank: #6215 2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 22.1 Dynasty Record: 20-24 (10-9 in league) HISTORICAL 2022 Overall Record: 6-4 2022 League Record/Finish: 2-2 (tied for 3rd) 2022 Points For Average: 32 2022 Points Against Average: 28.9 2022 Differential: +3.1 2022 Wins: #5137 Sioux City North (Sioux City) (57-28), #5845 Marshalltown (33-17), #6776 Fort Dodge (36-32), #8733 Lincoln [Abraham] (Council Bluffs) (42-13), #10009 Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (60-13), #11110 Des Moines East (Des Moines) (54-0) 2022 Losses: #232 Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill) (49-3), #421 Dowling (West Des Moines) (51-7), #1303 Johnston (31-9), #2744 Iowa City (55-19) 2022 Opponents W-L: 55-46 Recent League Championships: 2013 (4A Division 2) Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none SCHEDULE 2023 Schedule: 8/25 at Waukee, 9/1 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny), 9/8 Iowa City, 9/15 at Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines), 9/22 at Valley (West Des Moines), 9/29 Ottumwa, 10/6 at Marshalltown, 10/13 Sioux City East (Sioux City), 10/20 Northwest (Waukee) Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Valley (West Des Moines) (9.8), Sioux City East (Sioux City) (7), Northwest (Waukee) (5.6) Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Ottumwa (-38), Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (-29), Marshalltown (-16.1) 2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.5 (10.9 overall) 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -5.7 2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -8.2 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #20 2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2262 2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 2-7 2023 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1% We were unable to contact coach to obtain preview info.