[NU Sports] An old foe

[Michael Vance]

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> Did anyone notice that New Hampshire lost again today?  Last week it 
> was Hofstra; this week it was Massachusetts.
Not quite.  UNH beat Hofstra last week, although by the anemic score of 
10-6.  But their loss to UMass today was their third of the year, the 
previous two being to Northeastern and James Madison, two and three 
weeks ago, respectively.

Despite the two earlier losses, UNH was ranked #8 in I-AA going into 
today's game, with UMass ranked #3, so it wasn't an upset, unless you 
maybe take home field into account.  JMU is also ranked higher now, 
although they weren't when they played.  (UNH was still #1 and JMU was 
#12.)  Interestingly, there are no undefeated teams in I-AA, but the 
only losses in the top five are to I-A teams.  UNH was the 
highest-ranked I-AA team whose only losses were to other I-AA schools.  
That may change after today.

-Michael