The Patriot League is a NCAA college athletic conference that is
located in the north-east of the USA.
The Patriot League first started as a
distinguished Division I-AA (now known as the Football Championship
Subdivision) football conference in 1986.
League members schools have also been successful on the playing field.
The Patriot League sponsors twenty three championship sports (12 for
women and 11 for men). Championship teams from fourteen sports are
guaranteed automatic advancement to the National Collegiate Athletic
Association post-season competition. These sports are: baseball, women and
men's basketball, football, field hockey, men's golf, women and men's
soccer, women and men's lacrosse, volleyball, women and men's tennis and
softball.
During the long history of the league more than two hundred and twenty
five teams have been chosen for post-season play in the NCAA, ECAC or
National Invitational tournaments.