UNH ends up at No. 7
The University of New Hampshire football team was ranked No. 7 in the nation in each of the three major FCS Top 25 polls: The Sports Network Poll, The FCS Coaches' Poll, and The Any Given Saturday Poll.
The Wildcats advanced to the NCAA Division I FCS Championships for the sixth straight season in 2009 and advanced to the quarterfinal round for the fifth time during that six-year span.
UNH, which completed the 2009 campaign with a 10-3 overall record, won the Colonial Athletic Association North Division for the second time in as many years. The CAA sent four teams to the NCAA playoffs and five CAA teams were ranked in the three season-ending top 25 polls.
UNH coach Sean McDonnell owns an 80-52-0 career record with the Wildcats and over the past six years he has led the team to a 57-20 record. He led the 2005 team to a school-record 11 victories in a season and since 2004 his teams have put together four seasons with 10 or more victories (2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009).
