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GENERAL
Nickname: Bruins
Colors: Columbia/Gold
Coach: Drew Marlowe
League: AAAA Region 5 (moving from AAAA Region 6)
Playoff Division: AAAA
Playoff Division Rank: #3

D1 PROSPECTS
Amare Adams 6'3.5" 290 Senior DL
Jayden Sellers 5'11" 165 Senior WR

RATINGS
2023 Final Power Rating: 46.4
2023 National Rank: #306
2023 State Rank: #5
D1 Talent (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: +7
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -4.1
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: -6.1
2024 Starting Power Rating: 31.1
2024 National Rank: #484
2024 State Rank: #11
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2018-2023 Rating): 26.2
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1271
2024 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 2.9
5-Year Dynasty Record: 42-18 (17-10 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2023 Rating): 22.7
Dynasty National Rank: #2213
2024 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 6.4
Dynasty Record: 129-116 (50-56 in league)

HISTORICAL
2023 Overall Record: 14-1
2023 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2023 Points For Average: 40.7
2023 Points Against Average: 13
2023 Differential: +27.7
2023 Wins: #343 Irmo (Columbia) (28-21), #877 South Pointe (Rock Hill) (22-19), #967 Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant) (28-6), #1601 Hartsville (49-21), #1653 Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach) (30-22), #2023 Myrtle Beach (42-0), #2241 Lancaster (42-22), #2769 Richland Northeast (Columbia) (50-20), #3661 Goose Creek (54-14), #3892 West Florence (Florence) (38-0), #5894 Wilson (Florence) (51-14), #6442 North Myrtle Beach (Little River) (41-2), #6685 Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff) (42-0), #6809 Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Orangeburg) (61-0)
2023 Losses: #207 Westside (Anderson) (34-32)
2023 Opponents W-L: 101-79
Recent State Championships: 2022
Recent League Championships: 2023 (AAAA Region 6), 2022 (AAAA Region 6), 2014 (AAAA Region VI), 2013 (AAAA Region VI), 2011 (tied for 1st; AAAA Region VI), 2010 (tied for 1st; AAAA Region VI)
Winning Streak Entering 2024 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2024 Schedule: 8/23 West Florence (Florence), 8/30 at Summerville, 9/6 at Northwestern (Rock Hill), 9/13 Fort Dorchester (North Charleston), 9/20 at Crestwood (Sumter), 10/4 Darlington, 10/11 at Lakewood (Sumter), 10/18 Wilson (Florence), 10/25 Lower Richland (Hopkins), 11/1 at Hartsville
Highest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents: Northwestern (Rock Hill) (43.3), Summerville (23.3), Fort Dorchester (North Charleston) (15.2)
Lowest-Rated 2024 Regular Season Opponents: Lakewood (Sumter) (-34.6), Lower Richland (Hopkins) (-26.8), Darlington (-24)
2023 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 18.8 (20.3 overall)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -0.5
2024 vs. 2023 Schedule Strength Comparison: -19.3
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #50
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2156
2024 Projected Regular Season Record: 8-2
2024 Projected League Finish: 1st
2024 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: 5%



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