ST. LOUIS – The Drake University football team is picked third in the Pioneer Football League standings in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches, the PFL office announced Tuesday, July 30.
Drake, which is set to begin its first season under new head coach Todd Stepsis, received 64 points and one first place vote. The Bulldogs were just one point behind Dayton, which earned 65 points and two first place votes. Defending champion, San Diego, is picked to win the conference for the ninth-straight season as the Toreros claimed 79 points and seven first place votes.