Drake

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Pioneer · Drake Stadium · 14,557 · 3,350 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Davidson · our model 56% Drake · a number, not a pick

LastL 14–56 at Northern Iowa · Sat Sep 12 · Devyn Davis 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles

Nextat Davidson · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET · Richardson Stadium · series 9-3

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Drake · 2026 schedule & results0-3
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#184#370South Dakota MinesL 35–380-10-0
1Sep 5#184#93+35.5@MontanaL 10–450-20-0
2Sep 12#194#183+11.5@Northern IowaL 14–560-30-0
4Sep 26#233#266@Davidson
5Oct 3Dayton
6Oct 10@Valparaiso
7Oct 17Marist
8Oct 24Butler
9Oct 31@Morehead State
10Nov 7San Diego
11Nov 14@St. Thomas (MN)
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@Northern IowaL 14–56-0.05241.2%114.0%Defense's roughest night
Sep 5@MontanaL 10–45-0.12036.0%87.3%Season-low EPA/play
Aug 27South Dakota MinesL 35–38+0.25647.2%128.4%Season-high EPA/play
Season average (3 games)+0.02841.5%109.9%

Game Week

11 days

until kickoff · at Davidson · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Drake is the Des Moines powerhouse that won three straight Pioneer League titles and just crowned its champion — before its head coach resigned after one season for a Big Ten job, leaving the dynasty to rebuild.

Title DroughtSince 2024 · 2 yrs

Fans here believe drake's chip is the outsider's chip — a small Iowa school that built a dynasty the Big Ten ignored. The Woodley-to-Rutgers departure stings precisely because it suggests even Drake's…

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What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-4 · last season

Game feel43rock fightscombined pts / game11th highest-scoring of 11 in the Pioneer
Heart rate4-1white-knucklein one-score games (5 of 12)3rd most one-score games of 11 in the Pioneer
Margin+7.7competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 11 in the Pioneer
Big plays1.25some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)7th most explosive of 11 in the Pioneer
Home crowd3,222avg attendance5th biggest crowds of 11 in the Pioneer

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Drake has won one of its last five.

Cold. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last four.

Streak L4Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs Davidson · away

Outcome band · Drake · 2026

Drake's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base0-12Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling3-9Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Drake is the Des Moines powerhouse that won three straight Pioneer League titles and just crowned its champion — before its head coach resigned after one season for a Big Ten job, leaving the dynasty to rebuild.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

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