Coastal Athletic
13 current members, three former. Our membership records under this name start in 2023; its titles go back further. 2025 champion: Rhode Island.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | Next | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–0 | 5–2 | 20 | 1399 | LWWWW | at Hampton Oct 24 | ||
| 3–0 | 6–1 | 18 | 1329 | LWWWW | at Maine Oct 24 | ||
| 3–0 | 5–2 | 1271 | WWWLW | vs. Stony Brook Oct 24 | |||
| 2–1 | 4–3 | 1327 | LWWWL | at Bryant Oct 24 | |||
| 2–1 | 4–3 | 1309 | WLLWW | at Rhode Island Oct 24 | |||
| 3–2 | 3–4 | 1254 | LWWLW | at Stony Brook Oct 31 | |||
| 2–2 | 4–4 | 1284 | WWLLL | at North Carolina A&T Oct 31 | |||
| 2–2 | 3–5 | 1161 | LWLWW | vs. Elon Oct 31 | |||
| 1–2 | 4–3 | 1405 | WLLWW | vs. UAlbany Oct 24 | |||
| 1–3 | 1–6 | 1210 | LLLLL | vs. Campbell Oct 24 | |||
| 1–4 | 2–6 | 1250 | LLWLL | at Merrimack Oct 24 | |||
| 0–3 | 1–6 | 1071 | LLLLL | vs. Monmouth Oct 24 | |||
| 0–4 | 0–8 | 1202 | LLLLL | vs. Hampton Oct 31 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll, week 7. Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2026
Coastal Athletic teams are 18–29 outside the conference so far.
- FBS teams0–15
- MEAC2–7
- Ivy League4–3
- NEC3–1
- Southern Conference2–2
- FCS Independents2–1
- Division II1–0
- Others1–0
- OVC1–0
- Patriot Conference1–0
- Pioneer Conference1–0
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Richmond | 6 | last 2024 |
| James Madison | 6 | last 2021 |
| Villanova | 4 | last 2023 |
| William & Mary | 3 | last 2022 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | last 2025 |
| Delaware | 2 | last 2020 |
| Maine | 2 | last 2018 |
| Towson | 2 | last 2012 |
| UAlbany | 1 | last 2023 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | last 2007 |
By year
| 2025 | Rhode Island |
| 2024 | Rhode Island, Richmond (shared) |
| 2023 | Richmond, UAlbany, Villanova (shared) |
| 2022 | William & Mary |
| 2021 | James Madison, Villanova (shared) |
| 2020 | Delaware |
| 2019 | James Madison |
| 2018 | Maine |
| 2017 | James Madison |
| 2016 | James Madison |
| 2015 | James Madison, Richmond, William & Mary (shared) |
| 2013 | Maine |
6 earlier seasons, back to 2007
| 2012 | Richmond, Towson, Villanova (shared) |
| 2011 | Towson |
| 2010 | Delaware, William & Mary (shared) |
| 2009 | Richmond, Villanova (shared) |
| 2008 | James Madison |
| 2007 | Massachusetts, Richmond (shared) |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Members
Every school and its years (16)
Members now
- Campbell 2023 on
- Elon 2023 on
- Hampton 2023 on
- Maine 2023 on
- Monmouth 2023 on
- New Hampshire 2023 on
- North Carolina A&T 2023 on
- Rhode Island 2023 on
- Stony Brook 2023 on
- Towson 2023 on
- UAlbany 2023 on
- Bryant 2024 on
- Sacred Heart 2026 on
Former members
- Villanova 2023–2025
- William & Mary 2023–2025
- Richmond 2023–2024
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2023; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sacred Heart | Joined (independent before) (football only) | July 22, 2025 | |
| 2026 | Villanova | Left for Patriot Conference (football only) | June 5, 2025 | |
| 2026 | William & Mary | Left for Patriot Conference (football only) | April 16, 2025 | |
| 2025 | Richmond | Left for Patriot Conference (football only) | May 14, 2024 | |
| 2024 | Bryant | Joined from Big South-OVC (football only) | August 10, 2023 | |
| 2023 | Campbell | Joined from Big South (football only) | August 3, 2022 | |
| 2023 | North Carolina A&T | Joined from Big South (football only) | February 22, 2022 |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 56 team-seasons from 2023. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 56 team-seasons from 2023. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
The money
The Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $2.0 million in revenue, $645,000 of it from flosports rights fees, and $1.5 million in expenses; it ended the year with $1.8 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Joseph D’antonio, was paid $112,000.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $2.0M | $1.5M | $1.8M | $112K |
| 2023-24 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $112K |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Joseph D’antonio, commissioner | $112,000 |
| Lynn Newton, COO | $28,000 |
From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in June; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 42-1719463).