FRC Team

Team 8608 — Alpha Bots

Battle Creek, Michigan

Top-tier · 1,671 EPA

About this team

Official name:
Jones and Sons Excavating/Woods Pools Inc./Neuropower Solutions/JML Benefits/Comcast Urethane/Safari Circuits/Swyft Robotics/Battle Creek Optimists/Michigan Kitchen Distributors/Lowes&Calhoun Christian School

Team 8608 is a registered FIRST Robotics Competition team based in Battle Creek, Michigan. Data on this page is synced from The Blue Alliance, the public record for FRC teams worldwide.

Team 8608 ranks #37 of 853 EPA-rated FRC teams in Michigan. Their current EPA of 1,671 places them in the top 3% globally (#248 of 7,519 rated teams worldwide). They compete in the FIRST in Michigan district alongside 816 other teams. Across 242 career matches they hold a 69.4% win rate.

Team performance

1,671
Current EPA
1,734
Peak EPA
168–74
Lifetime W–L
69.4%
Win rate

EPA (Expected Points Added) measures how many extra points a team adds per match relative to an average alliance — normalized so the league mean is 1500. Sourced from Statbotics, which builds on Blue Alliance data.

Events near this team

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Mos Eisley Invitational

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Apr 18, 2026

FIRST in Michigan State Championship

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FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Foundation Division

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FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Hemlock Semiconductor Division

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FIRST in Michigan State Championship - Aptiv Foundation Division

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