FCS Conference Belt The Pioneer Belt

The Pioneer Belt

A companion lineage restricted to Pioneer: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Pioneer members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Pioneer at the time. Caught it by beating Morehead State on November 22, 2025.

41Reigns
151Belt Games
11Programs
Longest Reign
San Diego — 2 yrs, 12 days
October 15, 2005 – October 27, 2007
Most Defenses, One Reign
Drake — 15
starting November 12, 2022
Most Reigns, All-Time
Dayton — 8 separate reigns
11 Pioneer programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Dayton September 17, 2005 – October 15, 2005 28 days 3 Established it (first game on record) lost to San Diego
2 San Diego October 15, 2005 – October 27, 2007 2 yrs, 12 days 14 beat Dayton lost to Dayton
3 Dayton October 27, 2007 – November 15, 2008 1 yr, 19 days 8 beat San Diego lost to Morehead State
4 Morehead State November 15, 2008 – September 26, 2009 315 days 1 beat Dayton lost to Butler
5 Butler September 26, 2009 – November 14, 2009 49 days 4 beat Morehead State lost to Jacksonville
6 Jacksonville November 14, 2009 – November 5, 2011 1 yr, 356 days 14 beat Butler lost to Drake
7 Drake November 5, 2011 – November 3, 2012 364 days 6 beat Jacksonville lost to Dayton
8 Dayton November 3, 2012 – September 28, 2013 329 days 1 beat Drake lost to Marist
9 Marist September 28, 2013 – October 12, 2013 14 days 1 beat Dayton lost to San Diego
10 San Diego October 12, 2013 – October 19, 2013 7 days 0 beat Marist lost to Dayton
11 Dayton October 19, 2013 – November 2, 2013 14 days 1 beat San Diego lost to Butler
12 Butler November 2, 2013 – September 27, 2014 329 days 2 beat Dayton lost to Jacksonville
13 Jacksonville September 27, 2014 – November 1, 2014 35 days 2 beat Butler lost to Marist
14 Marist November 1, 2014 – November 8, 2014 7 days 0 beat Jacksonville lost to Stetson
15 Stetson November 8, 2014 – November 15, 2014 7 days 0 beat Marist lost to Morehead State
16 Morehead State November 15, 2014 – October 3, 2015 322 days 1 beat Stetson lost to Jacksonville
17 Jacksonville October 3, 2015 – October 24, 2015 21 days 1 beat Morehead State lost to Drake
18 Drake October 24, 2015 – October 31, 2015 7 days 0 beat Jacksonville lost to Morehead State
19 Morehead State October 31, 2015 – November 7, 2015 7 days 0 beat Drake lost to Dayton
20 Dayton November 7, 2015 – November 21, 2015 14 days 1 beat Morehead State lost to Drake
21 Drake November 21, 2015 – October 1, 2016 315 days 1 beat Dayton lost to Dayton
22 Dayton October 1, 2016 – September 23, 2017 357 days 6 beat Drake lost to Morehead State
23 Morehead State September 23, 2017 – September 30, 2017 7 days 0 beat Dayton lost to Campbell
24 Campbell September 30, 2017 – October 21, 2017 21 days 2 beat Morehead State lost to Butler
25 Butler October 21, 2017 – October 28, 2017 7 days 0 beat Campbell lost to Dayton
26 Dayton October 28, 2017 – November 18, 2017 21 days 1 beat Butler lost to Valparaiso
27 Valparaiso November 18, 2017 – September 29, 2018 315 days 0 beat Dayton lost to Davidson
28 Davidson September 29, 2018 – October 13, 2018 14 days 1 beat Valparaiso lost to Morehead State
29 Morehead State October 13, 2018 – October 27, 2018 14 days 1 beat Davidson lost to Marist
30 Marist October 27, 2018 – November 10, 2018 14 days 1 beat Morehead State lost to Drake
31 Drake November 10, 2018 – November 2, 2019 357 days 5 beat Marist lost to San Diego
32 San Diego November 2, 2019 – September 25, 2021 1 yr, 327 days 3 beat Drake lost to Davidson
33 Davidson September 25, 2021 – November 13, 2021 49 days 5 beat San Diego lost to Dayton
34 Dayton November 13, 2021 – October 8, 2022 329 days 1 beat Davidson lost to Butler
35 Butler October 8, 2022 – November 12, 2022 35 days 4 beat Dayton lost to Drake
36 Drake November 12, 2022 – November 16, 2024 2 yrs, 4 days 15 beat Butler lost to Morehead State
37 Morehead State November 16, 2024 – November 23, 2024 7 days 0 beat Drake lost to San Diego
38 San Diego November 23, 2024 – October 4, 2025 315 days 1 beat Morehead State lost to Marist
39 Marist October 4, 2025 – October 18, 2025 14 days 0 beat San Diego lost to Morehead State
40 Morehead State October 18, 2025 – November 22, 2025 35 days 3 beat Marist lost to Drake
41 Drake November 22, 2025 – Present 298 days 0 beat Morehead State — present —

No reigns match “.”

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