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GENERAL
Nickname: Polar Bears
Colors: Pink/Green
League: 4A District 5
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank*: #33

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: -31.1
2024 National Rank: #10782
2024 State Rank: #228
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -10.4
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -3.8
2025 Starting Power Rating*: -49.5
2025 National Rank*: #11402
2025 State Rank*: #229
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): -27
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #11016
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 22.5
5-Year Dynasty Record: 7-29 (2-16 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): -15.8
Dynasty National Rank: #12110
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 33.7
Dynasty Record: 19-170 (10-93 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 0-9
2024 League Record/Finish: 0-5 (6th)
2024 Points For Average: 11.1
2024 Points Against Average: 42.4
2024 Differential: -31.3
2024 Wins: none
2024 Losses: #345 North Polk (Alleman) (48-12), #1243 A-D-M (Adel) (56-14), #1941 Ballard (Huxley) (56-8), #2032 Indianola (69-18), #4049 Boone (40-0), #5565 Jefferson [Thomas] (Cedar Rapids) (53-6), #8346 Waterloo East (Waterloo) (19-12), #8750 Des Moines East (Des Moines) (20-16), #10532 Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (21-14)
2024 Opponents W-L: 46-42
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/29 at Des Moines East (Des Moines), 9/5 at Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines), 9/12 Saydel (Des Moines), 9/19 Perry, 9/26 at Carlisle, 10/3 Ballard (Huxley), 10/10 at North Polk (Alleman), 10/17 at Gilbert, 10/24 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: North Polk (Alleman) (26.8), Gilbert (19.2), Ballard (Huxley) (11.1)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Perry (-51.9), Saydel (Des Moines) (-47.3), Lincoln [Abraham] (Des Moines) (-43.1)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 5.6
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -15.5
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -21.1
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #129
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #1002
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 2-7
2025 Projected League Finish*: 6th
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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