Patriot League

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The Patriot League is a Division I^[1] college and university athletic conference, regulated by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA)^[2], that operates in the northeastern U.S. states. The sports played include American football, basketball, field hockey and lacrosse.

The Patriot League is the subject of a 2001 book, The Last Amateurs, by John Feinstein.^[3]

The participating colleges are:

• American University – Washington, D.C.
• Bucknell Univeristy – Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
• Colgate University – Hamilton, New York
• College of the Holy Cross – Worcester, Massachusetts
• Lafayette College – Easton, Pennsylvania
• Lehigh University – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• United States Military Academy (Army) – West Point, New York
• United States Naval Academy – Annapolis, Maryland

The associate colleges are:

• Fordham University – New York City, New York
• Georgetown University – Georgetown, Washington (U.S. state), District of Columbia
• Villanova University – Radnor Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fordham and Georgetown play only football, while Villanova plays only women's lacrosse.

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