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GENERAL
Nickname: Comets
Colors: Black/Red/Silver
Coach: Mike John
League: 4A District 5
Playoff Division: 4A
Playoff Division Rank*: #1

RATINGS
2024 Final Power Rating: 44.1
2024 National Rank: #345
2024 State Rank: #4
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment*: -2.8
Season Scaling/Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment*: -11
2025 Starting Power Rating*: 26.8
2025 National Rank*: #679
2025 State Rank*: #9
5-Year Dynasty Rating (Average 2019-2024 Rating): 19.2
5-Year Dynasty National Rank: #1988
2025 Rating vs. 5-Year Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 7.6
5-Year Dynasty Record: 34-19 (15-10 in league)
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2024 Rating): 9.3
Dynasty National Rank: #5307
2025 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison*: better by 17.5
Dynasty Record: 127-96 (79-56 in league)

HISTORICAL
2024 Overall Record: 13-0
2024 League Record/Finish: 5-0 (1st)
2024 Points For Average: 34.9
2024 Points Against Average: 15.1
2024 Differential: +19.8
2024 Wins: #782 Humboldt (26-17), #877 Pella (24-14), #1243 A-D-M (Adel) (27-14), #1277 North Scott (Eldridge) (35-7), #1536 Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (35-14), #1941 Ballard (Huxley) (29-8), #2032 Indianola (22-21), #3586 Fort Dodge (36-6), #3907 Webster City (41-8), #4049 Boone (48-7), #4174 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (42-41), #5003 Carlisle (41-27), #10782 Des Moines North (Des Moines) (48-12)
2024 Losses: none
2024 Opponents W-L: 74-60
Recent State Championships: 2024
Recent League Championships: 2024, 2023 (tied for 1st), 2022 (tied for 1st; 3A District 2), 2013 (tied for 1st; 2A District 7), 2007 (tied for 1st; 1A District 7), 2005 (tied for 1st; 2A District 7)
Winning Streak Entering 2025 Season: 13
Streak List: 8/30/24 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (42-41), 9/6/24 Carlisle (41-27), 9/13/24 Webster City (41-8), 9/20/24 Humboldt (26-17), 9/26/24 Des Moines North (Des Moines) (48-12), 10/4/24 Ballard (Huxley) (29-8), 10/11/24 Indianola (22-21), 10/18/24 Boone (48-7), 10/25/24 A-D-M (Adel) (27-14), 11/1/24 Fort Dodge (36-6), 11/8/24 Xavier (Cedar Rapids) (35-14), 11/14/24 North Scott (Eldridge) (35-7), 11/21/24 Pella (24-14)

SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule: 8/29 at Lewis Central (Council Bluffs), 9/5 Newton, 9/12 A-D-M (Adel), 9/19 at Pella, 9/26 Ballard (Huxley), 10/3 at Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant), 10/10 Des Moines North (Des Moines), 10/17 Carlisle, 10/24 at Gilbert
Highest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Pella (26.1), Lewis Central (Council Bluffs) (24.6), Gilbert (19.2)
Lowest-Rated 2025 Regular Season Opponents*: Des Moines North (Des Moines) (-49.5), Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (-13.3), Carlisle (-5.2)
2024 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.8 (17.1 overall)
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength*: 4.4
2025 vs. 2024 Schedule Strength Comparison*: -7.4
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank*: #16
2025 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank*: #263
2025 Projected Regular Season Record*: 7-2
2025 Projected League Finish*: 1st
2025 Undefeated Regular Season Probability*: 8%



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