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GENERAL
Nickname: Mustangs
Colors: Red/White
Coach: Scott Heitland
League: 5A District 2 (moving from 4A District 6)
Playoff Division: 5A
Playoff Division Rank*: #32

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: -0.6
2024 National Rank: #5320
2024 State Rank: #118
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -12.9
2025 Starting Power Rating*: -26.5
2025 National Rank*: #7851
2025 State Rank*: #168
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 4.7
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #4375
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 31.2
5-Year Dynasty Record: 18-25 (14-10 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 15.7
Dynasty National Rank: #3637
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 42.2
Dynasty Record: 122-91 (88-46 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 2-7
2024 League Record/Finish: 2-3 (tied for 3rd)
2024 Points For Average: 18.2
2024 Points Against Average: 26.3
2024 Differential: -8.1
2024 Wins: #3541 Winterset (18-16), #9546 Jefferson [Thomas] (Council Bluffs) (55-0)
2024 Losses: #1081 Lewis Central (Council Bluffs) (49-8), #1420 Gilbert (35-28), #1941 Ballard (Huxley) (31-14), #2297 Newton (28-7), #2719 Norwalk (38-0), #3586 Fort Dodge (20-17), #5356 Glenwood (20-17)
2024 Opponents W-L: 52-37
Recent League Championships: 2020 (3A District 8), 2019 (3A District 2), 2017 (3A District 2), 2015 (tied for 1st; 3A District 8), 2014 (3A District 8), 2013 (3A District 4), 2010 (tied for 1st; 3A District 8), 2003 (tied for 1st; 3A District 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/29 at Urbandale, 9/5 Ottumwa, 9/12 Dowling (West Des Moines), 9/19 at Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines), 9/26 Waukee, 10/3 at Waterloo West (Waterloo), 10/10 at Marshalltown, 10/17 Ames, 10/24 at Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Dowling (West Des Moines) (29), Waukee (19.5), Kennedy [John F.] (Cedar Rapids) (-4.2)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Roosevelt [Theodore] (Des Moines) (-23.4), Marshalltown (-17.1), Ames (-11.6)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.2
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -3.1
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -14.3
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #57
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #457
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 1-8
2025 Projected League Finish*: 6th
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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