The University at Albany football team was picked to finish fourth in the CAA in 2020 in the HERO Sports Preseason CAA Poll, announced Thursday.
Defending CAA regular-season champion and 2019-20 FCS national runner-up James Madison was picked as the favorite in the conference, followed by Villanova and Delaware in second and third, respectively. Behind UAlbany, New Hampshire rounds out the top five.
Six teams in the CAA won at least six games in 2019, while eight went at least .500 in conference play. Additionally, eight teams won between three and five games on their CAA schedules. The CAA sent three teams, UAlbany, James Madison, and Villanova, to the FCS Playoffs last season.
UAlbany finished 2019 with a 6-2 CAA record, good for second place in the regular-season behind James Madison. It was UAlbany's highest CAA finish since joining the conference in 2013.
