ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Drake University football team was picked to finish fourth in the Pioneer Football League standings in a preseason vote of the league's coaches.
The Bulldogs, set to begin their fourth season under head coach Rick Fox, return nine All-PFL honorees and 18 student-athletes that started in 2016.
Drake earned 67 total points in the poll. San Diego, which won the 2016 title, again received the coaches' nod to win the 2017 PFL title, earning 99 points with nine first-place votes. Dayton earned 92 points with two first-place votes, while Marist was picked third with 69 points.