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GENERAL
Nickname: Gators
Colors: Green/Orange
Coach: Luke Barker
League: 1A/2A Waccamaw
Playoff Division: 1A
Playoff Division Rank*: #57

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: -47.8
2023 National Rank: #12948
2023 State Rank: #385
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -1.6
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -1.1
2024 Starting Power Rating*: -64.9
2024 National Rank*: #12885
2024 State Rank*: #381
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): -43.5
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #13250
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 21.4
5-Year Dynasty Record: 9-33 (2-21 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): -19.8
Dynasty National Rank: #12917
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 45.1
Dynasty Record: 63-167 (30-96 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 2-8
2023 League Record/Finish: 1-5 (tied for 5th)
2023 Points For Average: 13
2023 Points Against Average: 39.2
2023 Differential: -26.2
2023 Wins: #11519 South Columbus (Tabor City) (22-21), #13939 Jones (Trenton) (62-0)
2023 Losses: #3508 Whiteville (71-0), #5719 West Columbus (Cerro Gordo) (55-0), #6878 Wilson Prep Academy (Wilson) (50-0), #7236 East Bladen (Elizabethtown) (46-8), #10125 Trask [Heide] (Rocky Point) (26-18), #10333 Perquimans (Hertford) (40-6), #10883 Pender (Burgaw) (36-0), #11453 West Bladen (Bladenboro) (47-14)
2023 Opponents W-L: 65-53
Recent League Championships: 2009 (tied for 1st; 2A/1A Three Rivers)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 8/23 Latta (SC), 9/6 Hobbton (Newton Grove), 9/13 West Bladen (Bladenboro), 9/20 Pender (Burgaw), 9/27 East Bladen (Elizabethtown), 10/4 South Columbus (Tabor City), 10/11 Whiteville, 10/18 American Leadership Academy-Johnston (Clayton), 10/25 Trask [Heide] (Rocky Point), 11/1 West Columbus (Cerro Gordo)
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: Whiteville (-7.4), West Columbus (Cerro Gordo) (-17.1), East Bladen (Elizabethtown) (-23.6)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents*: American Leadership Academy-Johnston (Clayton) (-78.9), South Columbus (Tabor City) (-53), West Bladen (Bladenboro) (-52.2)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -25.2 (-22.9 overall)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -38.8
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -13.6
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #322
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #6404
2024 Projected Regular Season Record*: 2-8
2024 Projected League Finish*: 7th
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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