(NEC) is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the
to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football (formerly Division I-AA) and to Division I Sports for all other sports.
-Metro Conference, member schools changed the conference name beginning in 1989. Participating schools come from the
The Northeast Conference has expanded seven times since 1981. The expansions were in 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2008. The additions from the original charter members were Monmouth, Mount Saint Mary's, Central Connecticut State, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart and Bryant.
The Northeast Conference has a total of twelve members in 22 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s bowling, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. Men's lacrosse will become the league’s 23rd sport by the 2011 season. There are also eight affiliate members that compete in football, field hockey, and women's bowling. The Northeast Conference's ranks increased to 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University. Although Bryant is already in the conference it will not be a core member, a member with voting rights, until the 2012 season.
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Location |
Founded |
Affiliation |
Enrollment |
Joined |
Nickname |
Bryant UniversityBryant University is a private four-year university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College... † |
Smithfield, RI Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the historic villages of Esmond, Georgiaville, Mountaindale, Hanton City and Greenville. The population was 20,613 at the 2000 census.-History:...
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1863 |
Private |
5,082 |
2008 |
Bulldogs The Bryant Bulldogs are the athletic teams representing Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. The Bulldogs participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Northeast Conference. Bryant's largest rivalry during its Division II years was Bentley College, both founders of the...
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Central Connecticut State UniversityCentral Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. It is the oldest public university in Connecticut and ranks third oldest of all universities in Connecticut, having been founded in 1849.-History:...
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New Britain, CTNew Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 71,254....
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1849 |
Public |
12,233 |
1997 |
Blue Devils |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American private university founded in 1942. It is the largest private university in New Jersey and is the only college or university to physically offer instruction in all 21 counties in New Jersey...
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Teaneck, NJTeaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 39,260, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County...
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1942 |
Private |
12,158 |
1981 |
Knights |
Long Island UniversityLong Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the state of New York in the United States .-History:...
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Brooklyn, NY |
1926 |
Private |
24,170 |
1981 |
Blackbirds |
Monmouth UniversityMonmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....
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West Long Branch, NJ West Long Branch is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,258. It is the home of Monmouth University....
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1933 |
Private |
7,440 |
1985 |
Hawks |
Mount St. Mary's UniversityMount St. Mary's University is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States...
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Emmitsburg, MDEmmitsburg was founded in 1785 and is in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania.Emmitsburg's population was 2,290 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Mount St. Mary's University...
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1808 |
Catholic |
2,373 |
1989 |
Mountaineers |
Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of...
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Hamden, CTHamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
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1929 |
Private |
8,520 |
1998 |
Bobcats |
Robert Morris UniversityThis article is about the university in Pennsylvania. For the university in Illinois, see Robert Morris University .Robert Morris University is a private, coeducational university...
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Moon Township, PA Moon Township is a township along the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The origin of its name is unknown for certain, although it has been suggested that it derives from a crescent-shaped bend in the river. Moon is a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area as it is located ...
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1921 |
Private |
5,464 |
1981 |
Colonials |
Sacred Heart UniversitySacred Heart University is a Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, near the border with Bridgeport. Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 by Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT. SHU was the first Catholic university in the United States to be...
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Fairfield, CTFairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Fairfield is a town of many neighborhoods, two of which—Southport and Greenfield Hill—are notably affluent. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of...
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1963 |
Catholic |
6,938 |
1999 |
Pioneers |
| Saint Francis College |
Brooklyn, NY |
1858 |
Catholic |
2,953 |
1981 |
Terriers |
| Saint Francis University Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...
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Loretto, PALoretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Loretto is located at ....
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1847 |
Catholic |
2,618 |
1981 |
Red Flash |
| Wagner College Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,350 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...
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Staten Island, NY |
1883 |
Lutheran |
2,775 |
1981 |
Seahawks |
† - Bryant University becomes a core-member in 2012. They were granted voting rights in 2009, and began eligibility for certain conference championships in 2009.
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Mascot |
Location |
Conference |
Affiliation |
Enrollment |
Sport |
Adelphi UniversityAdelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York. A nationally accredited school, it is the oldest institution of higher learning on Long Island. In 2005 and 2006, the Princeton Review listed Adelphi as one of the Northeast's best...
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Panthers |
Garden City, New YorkGarden City is a village in the Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, from mid-town Manhattan, and just south of the Town of...
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Northeast 10The Northeast Ten Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont....
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Private |
8,530 |
Women's Bowling |
University at AlbanyThe State University of New York at Albany, commonly known as the University at Albany, SUNY Albany, and UAlbany, is a public university located in the capital of New York State, and is the senior campus of the State University of New York system...
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Great Danes -History:University at Albany intercollegiate athletics date back to the late 1890s, but its development was hampered for several decades by inadequate facilities, by uncertain financial support, and the relatively small number of male students in an institution designed to develop elementary...
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Albany, New YorkAlbany is a city in the United States of America; it is the capital of the state of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany is roughly 136 miles north of the city of New York, and slightly south of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. The city sits on the Hudson River and...
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America EastThe America East Conference is a mid-major college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. It was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester...
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Public |
17,040 |
Football |
Duquesne UniversityDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40...
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DukesDuquesne Dukes is the name of the athletic teams of Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Duquesne has played men's basketball only in NCAA Division I and has played football as a club team from 1891-1894, 1896-1903, 1913-1914, and 1920-1928, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl...
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Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the second largest city in the state. Its population was 334,563 at the 2000 census; by 2006, it was estimated to have fallen to 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is...
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Atlantic 10 |
Catholic |
10,184 |
Football |
Lock Haven UniversityLock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, in central Pennsylvania located along the Susquehanna River, and is roughly from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. Lock Haven University is one of the fourteen members of the...
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Bald Eagles |
Lock Haven, PennsylvaniaLock Haven is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of and is included in the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, micropolitan statistical area, part...
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PSACThe Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The conference is composed of 16 full-time members within Pennsylvania and one associate member in New York...
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Public |
5,500 |
Field Hockey |
Kutztown UniversityKutztown University of Pennsylvania , is an American public university located in rural Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania and is one of fourteen schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary...
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Golden BearsKutztown University of Pennsylvania sports eight men's and 13 women's intercollegiate sports. The university provides a large array of intramural and club sports programs for the student body...
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania Kutztown is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, west southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2000 census, the borough has a total population of 5,067. It is the site of Kutztown University.- History :...
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PSACThe Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The conference is composed of 16 full-time members within Pennsylvania and one associate member in New York...
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Public |
10,193 |
Women's Bowling |
Rider UniversityRider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...
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Broncs The Rider Broncs are a MAAC team. They are the only member which is not a catholic institution.The school competes in the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s...
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Lawrenceville, New Jersey Lawrenceville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,081...
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MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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Private |
5,039 |
Field Hockey |
| Saint Peter's College |
Peacocks |
Jersey City, New JerseyJersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's second-largest city, behind Newark. As of the Census Bureau's 2007 estimate, the population had grown to 242,389...
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MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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Catholic |
3,700 |
Women's Bowling |
| Siena College Siena College is an independent Catholic Liberal Arts College in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937...
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Saints |
Loudonville, New York Loudonville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, in Albany County, New York, United States. Loudonville was a census-designated place in the 1990 census but not in the 2000 census.The area is not precisely defined...
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MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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Catholic |
3,705 |
Field Hockey |
| Institution |
Affiliation |
Years |
New Conference |
Classification |
Towson UniversityTowson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is an American public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA...
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Charter Member |
1981–1982 |
CAAThe Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in...
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NCAA Division I |
| Siena College Siena College is an independent Catholic Liberal Arts College in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937...
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Charter Member |
1981–1984 |
MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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NCAA Division I |
Loyola CollegeLoyola University Maryland is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit private university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit...
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Charter Member |
1981–1989 |
MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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NCAA Division I |
Marist CollegeMarist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres , located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9...
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Charter Member |
1981–1997 |
MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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NCAA Division I |
Rider UniversityRider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...
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Full Member |
1992–1997 |
MAACThe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
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NCAA Division I |
| UMBC |
Full Member |
1998–2003 |
America EastThe America East Conference is a mid-major college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. It was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester...
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NCAA Division I |
| School |
# of Tournament Championships |
Last Tournament Championship |
Robert MorrisThis article is about the university in Pennsylvania. For the university in Illinois, see Robert Morris University .Robert Morris University is a private, coeducational university...
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6 |
2009 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American private university founded in 1942. It is the largest private university in New Jersey and is the only college or university to physically offer instruction in all 21 counties in New Jersey...
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4 |
2005 |
MonmouthMonmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....
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4 |
2006 |
| Mount St. Mary's |
3 |
2008 |
Central Connecticut St.Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. It is the oldest public university in Connecticut and ranks third oldest of all universities in Connecticut, having been founded in 1849.-History:...
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3 |
2007 |
Long IslandLong Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the state of New York in the United States .-History:...
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2 |
1997 |
MaristMarist College plays NCAA Division I athletics, in the MAAC Conference. Other schools in this conference include Siena College, Iona College, Niagara University, Manhattan College, Fairfield University, Loyola College in Maryland, Canisius College, Rider University, and Saint Peter's... † |
2 |
1987 |
| Rider The Rider Broncs are a MAAC team. They are the only member which is not a catholic institution.The school competes in the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s... † |
2 |
1994 |
| St. Francis (PA) Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...
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1 |
1991 |
| Wagner Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,350 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...
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1 |
2003 |