ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Pioneer Football League’s announced its 2025 conference slate, Thursday, featuring 44 games between the league’s 11 members.

The 2025 season marks the 33rd year for the Pioneer Football League – the nation’s only non-scholarship, football-only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision conference. Each league member plays an eight-game schedule to determine the league champion and recipient of the PFL’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

Once again, the 2025 Division I FCS slate begins the week of August 30. The 2025 PFL schedule begins with four games in Week 5 (Saturday, September 27). Defending champion Drake, under new head coach Joe Woodley, begins its title defense in Week 6 when it hosts Valparaiso.
 
About the Pioneer Football League
The Pioneer Football League is the only non-scholarship, football-only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision conference. The PFL is a truly national conference with members on each coast and throughout the nation’s heartland. Butler University, the University of Dayton, Drake University, and Valparaiso University were among the league’s founding members in 1993, with Davidson College, Marist College, Morehead State University, Presbyterian College, the University of San Diego, the University of St. Thomas, and Stetson University joining to form the current 11-team league.\

2025 PFL Conference Schedule

Week 5: Saturday, Sept. 27

Marist at Butler
Stetson at Dayton
Morehead State at Presbyterian
St. Thomas at San Diego

Week 6: Saturday, Oct. 4

Butler at St. Thomas
Davidson at Stetson
Dayton at Morehead State
Valparaiso at Drake
San Diego at Marist

Week 7: Saturday, Oct. 11

Presbyterian at Butler
St. Thomas at Davidson
Dayton at Valparaiso
Drake at San Diego
Morehead State at Stetson

Week 8: Saturday, Oct. 18

Butler at Dayton
Davidson at Drake
Marist at Morehead State
Stetson at Presbyterian
Valparaiso at St. Thomas

Week 9: Saturday, Oct. 25

San Diego at Davidson
Presbyterian at Dayton
Drake at Marist
Morehead State at Valparaiso
St. Thomas at Stetson

Week 10: Saturday, Nov. 1

Drake at Butler
Davidson at Morehead State
Dayton at San Diego
Marist at St. Thomas
Valparaiso at Presbyterian

Week 11: Saturday, Nov. 8

Butler at Morehead State
Presbyterian at Davidson
St. Thomas at Drake
Stetson at Marist
San Diego at Valparaiso  

Week 12: Saturday, Nov. 15

Butler at San Diego
Davidson at Marist
Drake at Dayton
Presbyterian at St. Thomas
Stetson at Valparaiso

Week 13: Saturday, Nov. 22

Valparaiso at Butler
Dayton at Davidson
Morehead State at Drake
Marist at Presbyterian
San Diego at Stetson