Hamilton, N.Y. -- Dan Hunt has earned a reward for making the Colgate football team one of the best at the FCS level this season.

The school has announced it's signed Hunt to a five-year contract extension, extending through 2023. Hunt, in his fifth season, took Colgate to a 9-1 regular season and the Patriot League title this year.

He is 35-22 overall at the school but 30-12 in the last 42 games. Against Patriot League competition, Hunt and the Raiders are 24-6 and have won three Patriot League titles in the last four years.

Colgate tied an FCS record with five shutouts, matching South Carolina State in 1978. The Raiders pace the nation in run defense (77.1 yards per game), pass efficiency defense (82.02), total defense (201 yards per game) and scoring defense (5.7 points per game). Colgate has outscored FCS opponents 67-0 in the first quarter and 195-9 in the first half.

The Raiders host James Madison in a second-round NCAA playoff game 1 p.m. Saturday. The winner of this game advances to a quarterfinal contest next week against the winner of the game between top-seeded North Dakota State and Montana State.