2007 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Schedule

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Rankings

Season summary

• The Panthers moved into the top spot in The Sports Network's FCS Top 25 poll on October 15. It marked the first time the Panthers had been perched in the No. 1 spot in the nation since the Sports Network's poll on November 5, 1992.
• On November 19, UNI became the consensus No. 1-ranked team in the nation after taking over the top spot in the FCS Coaches poll.
• On November 8, Northern Iowa was ranked 30th in the nation in the Sagarin ratings. The Sagarin ratings take into account all members of Division I football.
• UNI became the first-ever Gateway Football Conference school to win all six of its regular season road contests in a single season.
• University of Northern Iowa (11–0) topped the bracket as the top seed after capturing the automatic qualifying berth from the Gateway Football Conference. The Panthers are making their 13th tournament appearance.
• For the first time in school history the University of Northern Iowa football team drew a seed for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
• In scoring its first win over Iowa State since 1994, UNI improved its record against teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) to 9–15 since 1985.
• On November 18, Northern Iowa received points in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. They received 1 point; that vote came from Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle. The Panthers became the second FCS school to receive votes in the poll, following Appalachian State who had received up to 19 votes earlier in the season.
• In 23 years of league play, UNI has now captured at least a share of the Gateway Football Conference title in 13 of those seasons with nine of those being outright championships.
• UNI completed the first-ever perfect regular season in the 23-year history of the Gateway Football Conference with a record of 11–0. UNI's 6–0 mark in Gateway play marked the ninth time in league history a team went undefeated against conference competition. It was the fifth time UNI has completed Gateway play with an unblemished record.
• OL Chad Rinehart was named to the Senior Bowl North team.

Coaching staff

Team players drafted into the NFL

References

References

1. "Sports Network's Final 2007 FCS College Football Poll".
2. "2007 FCS Coaches Poll".
3. (September 30, 2007). "Sweet September". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
4. (October 14, 2007). "Collared". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
5. (October 21, 2007). "Seventh heaven". [[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]].
6. (November 4, 2007). "Talkin' trophy; UNI wraps up Gateway Conference title early". The Courier.
7. . ["Northern Iowa Panthers Schedule 2007"](https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2460/season/2007). *[[ESPN]]*.
8. . ["2007 Football Schedule"](https://unipanthers.com/sports/football/schedule/2007). *[[University of Northern Iowa]]*.
9. (November 19, 2007). "#1 UNI to Take on No. 17 New Hampshire in NCAA FCS Playoffs". University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics.
10. "2008 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".