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GENERAL
Nickname: Golden Wave
Colors: Blue/Gold
Coach: Ty Hardin
League: 7A Region 2 (moving from 6A Region 2)
Playoff Division: 7A
Playoff Division Rank: #1

D1 PROSPECTS
Tristan Jernigan 6'2" 220 Senior LB
Shamaar Darden 6'1" 160 Senior S

COLLEGE PROSPECT LOST TO GRADUATION
Zay Alexander 6'7" 315 Senior OT

RATINGS
2022 Final Power Rating: 56.4
2022 National Rank: #93
2022 State Rank: #2
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +3.3
Non-Senior D1 Talent Rating Bonus: +2.6
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +1.2
2023 Starting Power Rating: 46.8
2023 National Rank: #94
2023 State Rank: #1
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2022 Rating): 36.9
Dynasty National Rank: #478
2023 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 9.9
Dynasty Record: 40-20 (24-11 in league)

HISTORICAL
2022 Overall Record: 13-1
2022 League Record/Finish: 7-0 (1st)
2022 Points For Average: 35.1
2022 Points Against Average: 7.4
2022 Differential: +27.7
2022 Wins: #75 Starkville (24-17), #362 Madison Central (Madison) (28-7), #362 Madison Central (Madison) (34-0), #557 Clinton (35-7), #728 Oxford (35-0), #1216 Germantown (Madison) (40-3), #1770 Grenada (20-7), #2381 Lafayette (Oxford) (34-0), #3652 Corinth (42-10), #3773 Columbus (28-6), #4147 Lewisburg (Olive Branch) (42-0), #6483 Saltillo (55-0), #6883 Murrah [William B.] (Jackson) (42-6)
2022 Losses: #75 Starkville (41-32)
2022 Opponents W-L: 88-79
Recent League Championships: 2022 (6A Region 2), 2017 (6A Region 1), 2016 (6A Region 1)
Winning Streak Entering 2023 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2023 Schedule: 8/26 Whitehaven (Memphis, TN), 9/1 Southaven, 9/8 Hernando, 9/15 Oxford, 9/22 at Houston (Germantown, TN), 9/29 West Point, 10/6 Madison Central (Madison), 10/13 Germantown (Madison), 10/20 Clinton, 11/2 Starkville
Highest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Starkville (41.3), Madison Central (Madison) (27.7), West Point (27.1)
Lowest-Rated 2023 Regular Season Opponents: Whitehaven (Memphis, TN) (-8.5), Hernando (-7.4), Germantown (Madison) (7)
2022 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 22.3 (28.5 overall)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 14.9
2023 vs. 2022 Schedule Strength Comparison: -7.4
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #6
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #357
2023 Projected Regular Season Record: 9-1
2023 Projected League Finish: 1st
2023 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 46%



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