Des Moines — The Drake University football team has been picked to finish third in the 2021 Pioneer Football League standings in a preseason vote of the league’s head coaches, the league office announced Tuesday.
Drake received 67 points for a third-place nod behind Davidson (97) and San Diego (93).
The Pioneer League will feature 11 teams each playing an eight-game schedule to determine the league champion and recipient of the automatic bid to the NCAA FCS Championship.
The 2021 season gets underway Thursday, Sept. 2 when Drake hosts West Virginia Wesleyan and the rest of the league gets underway Saturday, Sept. 4.