(05-15-2022 04:20 PM)GoBison Wrote: The Pioneer Football League serves a purpose in FCS Football... if you don't understand what that is, google the "Dayton Rule"
Eight of the 28 schools impacted by the Dayton Rule ended up in the Pioneer.
Alabama-Birmingham: I-AA Independent >> I-A Independent >> Conference USA >> AAC (2023)
Buffalo: I-AA Independent >> MAC
Butler: Pioneer
Cal–Davis: American West >> Big Sky
Cal Poly: American West >> Big Sky
Cal State-Northridge: American West > Big Sky, dropped 2001
Canisius: MAAC, dropped 2002
Central Connecticut: I-AA Independent >> Northeast
Charleston Southern: D-III Independent >> Big South
Davidson: I-AA Independent >> Pioneer
Dayton: Pioneer
Drake: Pioneer
Duquesne: I-AA Independent >> MAAC >> Northeast
Evansville: Pioneer, dropped 1997
Georgetown: MAAC >>> Patriot
Iona: MAAC, dropped 2008
Marist: I-AA Independent >> MAAC >> Pioneer
Sacramento State: American West >> Big Sky
St. Francis (PA): I-AA Independent >> Northeast
St. John's: MAAC >> Northeast >> MAAC, dropped 2003
St. Mary's (CA): I-AA Independent, dropped 2004
St. Peter's MAAC, dropped 2007
San Diego: Pioneer
Siena: MAAC, dropped 2004
Southern Utah American West >> Big Sky
Valparaiso: Pioneer
Wagner: I-AA Independent >> Northeast