Iowa’s Only Division II Football Program in Fayette, IA continues to build the Peacock football program and raise their profile inside the state of Iowa.
Head coach Jason Hoskins enters his sixth season, recording his best campaign in Fayette with a 7-4 overall record and 6-2 in league mark in 2024. That is the best season of Peacock Football since the school moved to Division II level in 2003.
The program is on the rise and one of the exciting things about the rise of the Peacocks in Northeast, Iowa is they have focused on building their program with Iowa high school athletes.
They have 50 former Iowa High School players on the football roster this fall. That commitment of their staff to work the state of Iowa in recruiting and as the foundation of the program is clear, and it is paying dividends.
The 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) football preseason poll has picked Upper Iowa to finish 3rd for the fall season.
Upper Iowa 14 starters and 56 letterwinners come back for 2025 and they are picked #3 in the preseason Poll for 2025.
Source: 2025 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) August 1, 2025 Kickoff Conference
The University of Indianapolis was voted in the preseason coaches’ poll as the unanimous choice to win the 2025 GLVC football title, the league office announced on Friday.
The preseason poll is selected by the league’s nine head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own team, per GLVC bylaws.
Upper Iowa Peacock Football 2025 Outlook
The outlook for Upper Iowa is bright for 2025 as they come off their best year since jumping to the Division II level in 2003. The move to the GLVC (in 2023) has been a good move for the Peacock Football program, as I think it helps the coaching staff build a fence around Iowa for the only DII program in the state. Previously, Upper Iowa competed in the Northern Sun Conference, packed with teams from right across the border in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Augustana (Quad Cities on the Illinois side) that had strong football traditions and had a history getting of the top Iowa players who were DII stars to play for those programs.
The Peacock offense has eight returning players, highlighted by All-GLVC Second Team selections Mante Morrow (WR) and Klay Seehase (OL) from Sumner, Iowa Sumner-Fredericksburg HS.
On the defensive side Upper Iowa returns defensive players this season who earned All-GLVC honors last season, including three second-team honorees – Trevor Thompson (LB) from Ellsworth, Iowa South Hamilton HS, Michael Mulherin (LB) from Cedar Rapids Kennedy HS, Eddie Latanauskas (DL) – and honorable-mention selections Avery Dixon (DB) and Braden Powers (DL) from Denver, Iowa Denver HS.
Having a DII football team with 50 Iowa High School players that is having success building a program in Iowa will be fun to cheer for this fall. I think the Peacocks are ranked too low this year and are a climbing program in the GLVC and D2 Football.
The Peacocks open the season at Drake in Des Moines on Thursday Night, August 28th, and I am looking forward to seeing that game in person.
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