Davidson

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Pioneer · Richardson Stadium · 6,000 · 2,166 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Drake · our model 45% Davidson · a number, not a pick

LastW 27–24 vs VMI · Sat Sep 19 · Casey Bullock 288 pass yds, 2 TD, 104 rush yds

Nextvs Drake · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET · Richardson Stadium · series 3-9, last win 2022

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Davidson · 2026 schedule & results2-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#250#421ConcordL 35–410-10-0
1Sep 5#250#215+32.5ElonL 0–380-20-0
2Sep 12#261#527DickinsonW 28–141-20-0
3Sep 19#266#265+4VMIW 27–242-20-0
4Sep 26#266#232Drake
5Oct 3#266#183@San Diego
6Oct 10@Presbyterian
7Oct 17Morehead State
9Oct 31@St. Thomas (MN)
10Nov 7Stetson
11Nov 14@Dayton
12Nov 21Marist
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 19VMIW 27–24+0.17140.5%113.1%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 12DickinsonW 28–14-0.03543.2%107.4%Best success rate
Sep 5ElonL 0–38-0.14025.0%143.5%Season-low EPA/play
Aug 27ConcordL 35–41-0.00733.3%169.3%Most explosive
Season average (4 games)-0.00335.5%133.3%

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · vs Drake · Sat Sep 26 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Davidson is the ultra-selective North Carolina college that revived football in 1996 after a half-century gap — a team that exists because the school decided academics were the whole point, and football belonged inside that frame.

Standard GapA Patriot League school with Princeton-level admissions (2%…

Fans here believe davidson has no chip. The program was born in non-scholarship FCS and has no inferiority complex — it chose the Pioneer League because it matches the school's values.

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The season in chapters

Week 10-2, all at homeL 0–38 vs Elon · Sat Sep 5
Weeks 2–32-0, all at homeW 28–14 vs Dickinson · Sat Sep 12
Ahead
Sat Sep 26Next: Drakevs Drake · at home

What it is like to watch them2026 · 2-2

Game feel52rock fightscombined pts / game5th highest-scoring of 5 in the Pioneer
Heart rate1-1white-knucklein one-score games (2 of 4)1st most one-score games of 5 in the Pioneer
Margin-6.8competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 5 in the Pioneer
Big plays1.33highlight reelexplosiveness (IsoPPP)3rd most explosive of 11 in the Pioneer
Home crowd2,166avg attendance9th biggest crowds of 11 in the Pioneer

✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Davidson has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last two.

Streak W2Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 26

vs Drake · at home

Outcome band · Davidson · 2026

Davidson's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base2-10Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling5-7Conference 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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Davidson is the ultra-selective North Carolina college that revived football in 1996 after a half-century gap — a team that exists because the school decided academics were the whole point, and football belonged inside that frame.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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