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GENERAL
Nickname: Buffaloes
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Todd Rothermel
League: Mid-Penn - Capital
Playoff Division: AA
Playoff Division Rank*: #75

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: -40.7
2024 National Rank: #12038
2024 State Rank: #495
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: +1.3
2025 Starting Power Rating*: -49.6
2025 National Rank*: #11423
2025 State Rank*: #476
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): -31.5
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #11705
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 18.1
5-Year Dynasty Record: 12-33 (10-19 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): -8.1
Dynasty National Rank: #10312
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: worse by 41.5
Dynasty Record: 103-122 (81-89 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 3-7
2024 League Record/Finish: 2-6 (tied for 7th)
2024 Points For Average: 14.5
2024 Points Against Average: 29.9
2024 Differential: -15.4
2024 Wins: #5936 Steelton-Highspire (Steelton) (16-14), #7230 Milton Hershey (Hershey) (20-18), #13047 Halifax (42-7)
2024 Losses: #5054 Juniata (Mifflintown) (33-6), #6151 Line Mountain (Herndon) (40-0), #8618 Upper Dauphin Area (Elizabethville) (47-14), #8990 Camp Hill (43-14), #10738 Buchanan [James] (Mercersburg) (34-0), #11814 Juniata Valley (Alexandria) (34-7), #11988 Susquenita (Duncannon) (29-26)
2024 Opponents W-L: 52-59
Recent League Championships: 2016 (Tri-Valley), 2015 (Tri-Valley), 2014 (tied for 1st; Tri-Valley)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: 1
Streak List: 10/25/24 Steelton-Highspire (Steelton) (16-14)

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/22 at Juniata Valley (Alexandria), 8/29 at Line Mountain (Herndon), 9/5 at Buchanan [James] (Mercersburg), 9/12 at Camp Hill, 9/19 Susquenita (Duncannon), 9/26 at Milton Hershey (Hershey), 10/3 at Juniata (Mifflintown), 10/10 Halifax, 10/17 at Upper Dauphin Area (Elizabethville), 10/24 Steelton-Highspire (Steelton)
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Juniata (Mifflintown) (-12.5), Line Mountain (Herndon) (-16.1), Steelton-Highspire (Steelton) (-17.3)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Halifax (-70), Susquenita (Duncannon) (-51.8), Buchanan [James] (Mercersburg) (-49.6)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -22
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: -35.6
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -13.6
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #370
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #1841
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 3-7
2025 Projected League Finish*: 6th
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: less than 1%



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