SAINT LOUIS – All 11 PFL teams are in action during Week 6, starting with Marist hosting Ivy League foe Columbia in a Friday night tilt.

Saturday's league slate is highlighted by a San Diego trip to Butler, pitting the preseason favorite Toreros against a 4-1 Bulldogs squad.  Drake looks to stay atop the standings during its trip to Valparaiso, with both teams coming off Week 5 wins. St. Thomas returns home looking for a bounce-back win as Stetson makes the trip north seeking a league win. The league's Ohio Valley battle returns as Morehead State ventures north of the Ohio River to meet Dayton, with both teams seeking positive momentum after Week 5 losses. The Week 6 slate starts with the rescheduled Carolina Border Clash as Davidson heads south to meet Presbyterian.

This Week's Schedule

FRIDAY, OCT. 9	Kickoff	Series	Streak	Last Meeting
Columbia at Marist	7 PM	CU, 7-0	CU, W7	Columbia def. Marist, 16-0 (10/7/2023)
SATURDAY, OCT. 10
Davidson at Presbyterian	12 PM	DC, 6-3	DC, W6	Davidson def. Presbyterian, 14-13 (11/8/2025)
Morehead State at Dayton	12 PM	UD, 21-9	UD, W1	Dayton def. Morehead State, 35-28 (10/4/2025)
San Diego at Butler	1 PM	USD, 22-6	USD, W1	San Diego def. Butler, 29-7 (11/15/2025)
Stetson at St. Thomas	2 PM	UST, 5-0	UST, W5	St. Thomas def. Stetson 52-10 (10/25/2025)
Drake at Valparaiso	2 PM	DU, 20-2	DU, W4	Drake def. Valparaiso, 41-0 (10/4/2025)

PFL Notes

• The PFL impressed in its final full weekend of nonconference play, picking up five key FCS wins. San Diego and St. Thomas downed a pair of Big Sky Conference opponents (Cal Poly and Southern Utah, respectively), Dayton upset a United Athletic Conference foe (Eastern Kentucky), Davidson rallied to upend a Southern Conference member (VMI), and Butler picked off an FCS independent (Chicago State).
• Butler University senior quarterback Reagan Andrew, Marist University graduate student and offensive lineman Will Aaronson, and Valparaiso University redshirt quarterback Rowa Keefe represent the Pioneer Football League as two of a record 206 semifinalists for the 2026 William V. Campbell Trophy®, presented by the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Football Hall of Fame. 
• The PFL welcomes two new head coaches in 2026: Drake's Matt Walker and Presbyterian's Matt Rahl. The league has seen 9 of its 11 head coaches join the league in the past three seasons. St. Thomas head coach Glenn Caruso becomes the dean of PFL head coaches as he begins his sixth PFL season and 17th at St. Thomas. Dayton head coach Trevor Andrews starts his fourth season, making him the league's second-longest-tenured head coach. 
• San Diego is the PFL preseason favorite by a narrow margin in the league's preseason coaches' poll. The Toreros received five first-place votes and 90 points. Drake was picked second with five first-place votes and 88 points. St. Thomas earned the third-place nod with 87 points, as the only team to earn a spot in the Top 3 on all 10 possible ballots. 
• Dayton, which was picked fourth in the league's preseason coaches' poll, had the PFL's representatives on the Walter Payton and Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch Lists, presented by Stats Perform. All-purpose back Gavin Lochow and defensive lineman Mirko Jaksic, both returning First Team All-Pioneer Football League selections, earned the preseason recognition. 
• Lochow and Jaksic are two of just seven returning First Team All-PFL selections. The other five returning first-teamers are San Diego running back Adam Criter, St. Thomas fullback Luke Schuler, Butler offensive lineman Charles Mackley, San Diego offensive lineman Maicah Talavou, and San Diego punter Emiliano Salazar.
• Salazar, the reigning PFL Special Teams Player of the Year, was one of 14 selections to the 2026 FCS Punter of the Year Watch List and one of 15 FCS placekickers named to the 18th annual Fred Mitchell Award Watch List.