The Pioneer Football League is a College Athletic Conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States; it has member schools ranging from North Carolina and Florida in the east to California in the west. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA as a football-only conference. Unlike most other Division I-AA conferences, the Pioneer League consists of institutions which choose not to award athletic scholarships ("grants-in-aid") to football players; these institutions are sometimes (somewhat unofficially) referred to as "I-AAA" schools.

There are nine member schools, split into two Divisions:

North Division

• Butler University
• University of Dayton
• Drake University
• University of San Diego
• Valparaiso University

South Division

• Austin Peay State University
• Davidson College
• Jacksonville University
• Morehead State University

On April 8, 2005, Austin Peay State announced that it would be leaving the Pioneer Football League after the 2005 season and returning to scholarship-granting competition.

Football Champions

Beginnning in the 2001 season, the Pioneer League Championship was determined by a postseason game between the teams with the best record from each Division.

Championship Games

External link

• Official Internet home of the Pioneer Football League