Bloomington (IL) previews home GENERAL Nickname: Purple Raiders Colors: Purple/Gold Coach: Niall Mulcahy League: Big Twelve Playoff Division: 6A Playoff Division Rank*: #18 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 3 Returning Defensive Starters: 3 2024 JV Record: 4-5 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: yes Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Keyontae Hamilton 5'8" 145 Senior WR/DB Jordan Norton 5'9" 165 Senior WR/DB David Williams 6'3" 315 Senior OL/DL STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Veteran WRs Team Weaknesses: Only 6 Returning Starters RATINGS 2024 Final Power Rating: 18.6 2024 National Rank: #2145 2024 State Rank: #66 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment*: -9.5 2025 Starting Power Rating*: -2.8 2025 National Rank*: #3595 2025 State Rank*: #118 5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 1.2 5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #5116 2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 4 5-Year Dynasty Record: 21-22 (19-16 in league) Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 17.4 Dynasty National Rank: #3222 2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 20.2 Dynasty Record: 135-86 [134-87 on the field] (115-60 in league) HISTORICAL 2024 Overall Record: 8-3 2024 League Record/Finish: 6-2 (tied for 2nd) 2024 Points For Average: 36.7 2024 Points Against Average: 21.6 2024 Differential: +15.1 2024 Wins: #2302 University (Normal) (41-38), #2822 Normal West (Normal) (48-16), #3264 Lemont (31-20), #3654 Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria) (34-7), #5443 Centennial (Champaign) (35-20), #7584 Danville (41-14), #10110 Manual (Peoria) (41-8), #12770 Urbana (84-0) 2024 Losses: #869 Normal (44-14), #1174 Kankakee (27-7), #2023 Peoria (44-28) 2024 Opponents W-L: 67-50 Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st), 2008 (tied for 1st), 2005 (tied for 1st), 2004 (tied for 1st), 2003 Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none SCHEDULE 2025 Projected League Finish*: 5th schedule not yet available; please check back later in the summer to see analysis of schedule including toughest opponents, overall schedule strength, projected W-L record, probability of an undefeated season, etc. *temporary; not finalized until August 7th Late transfer? Player name spelled incorrectly? Not too late to change it-- please contact this specific preview's author (Please do not contact us about recruiting info; we do NOT originate that data, it is compiled from other sources, so we don't control it) |