NEC
Eight current members, seven former. Our membership records under this name start in 1996. 2025 champion: Central Connecticut.
2011 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–1 | 9–2 | 1403 | WWWWW | |||
| 7–1 | 8–4 | 1419 | WLWWL | |||
| 5–3 | 7–4 | 1319 | LWWWL | |||
| 4–4 | 5–6 | 1264 | WLWLL | |||
| 4–4 | 4–7 | 1247 | LLWWW | |||
| 3–5 | 5–6 | 1213 | LWLLL | |||
| 3–5 | 4–7 | 1261 | LLLWW | |||
| 2–6 | 2–9 | 1174 | LLLLL | |||
| Saint Francis | 1–7 | 2–9 | 1085 | LLWLL |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. Poll: the FCS coaches’ poll (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.
Against other conferences, 2011
NEC teams are 10–18 outside the conference.
- CAA1–5
- Patriot Conference0–5
- Pioneer Conference3–2
- Ivy League3–1
- Big South0–2
- MVFC0–2
- Others2–0
- Division II1–0
- MEAC0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Central Connecticut | 8 | last 2025 |
| Duquesne | 7 | last 2024 |
| Sacred Heart | 6 | last 2021 |
| UAlbany | 6 | last 2012 |
| Robert Morris | 6 | last 2010 |
| Monmouth | 5 | last 2006 |
| Wagner | 2 | last 2014 |
| Stony Brook | 1 | last 2005 |
By year
| 2025 | Central Connecticut |
| 2024 | Central Connecticut, Duquesne (shared) |
| 2023 | Duquesne |
| 2021 | Sacred Heart |
| 2020 | Sacred Heart |
| 2019 | Central Connecticut |
| 2018 | Duquesne, Sacred Heart (shared) |
| 2017 | Central Connecticut |
| 2016 | Duquesne |
| 2015 | Duquesne |
| 2014 | Sacred Heart, Wagner (shared) |
| 2013 | Duquesne, Sacred Heart (shared) |
17 earlier seasons, back to 1996
| 2012 | UAlbany, Wagner (shared) |
| 2011 | Duquesne, UAlbany (shared) |
| 2010 | Central Connecticut, Robert Morris (shared) |
| 2009 | Central Connecticut |
| 2008 | UAlbany |
| 2007 | UAlbany |
| 2006 | Monmouth |
| 2005 | Central Connecticut, Stony Brook (shared) |
| 2004 | Central Connecticut, Monmouth (shared) |
| 2003 | Monmouth, UAlbany (shared) |
| 2002 | UAlbany |
| 2001 | Sacred Heart |
| 2000 | Robert Morris |
| 1999 | Robert Morris |
| 1998 | Monmouth, Robert Morris (shared) |
| 1997 | Robert Morris |
| 1996 | Monmouth, Robert Morris (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 (15)
Members now
- Central Connecticut 1996–2019, 2021 on
- Robert Morris 1996–2019, 2024 on
- Wagner 1996 on
- Duquesne 2008 on
- Long Island University 2019 on
- Stonehill 2022 on
- Mercyhurst 2024 on
- New Haven 2025 on
Former members
- Saint Francis 2003–2025
- Merrimack 2019–2023
- Sacred Heart 1998–2023
- Bryant 2008–2021
- Monmouth 1996–2012
- UAlbany 1999–2012
- Stony Brook 1999–2006
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1996; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Haven | Joined from NE-10 (NCAA D-II) | May 6, 2025 | |
| 2024 | Mercyhurst | Joined from Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | April 4, 2024 | |
| 2024 | Merrimack | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 2024 | Robert Morris | Joined from Big South-OVC (football only) | November 28, 2023 | |
| 2024 | Sacred Heart | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source | |
| 2022 | Bryant | Left for Big South (football only) | March 29, 2022 | |
| 2022 | Stonehill | Joined from NE-10 (NCAA D-II) | April 5, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Robert Morris | Left for Big South (football only) | June 15, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Long Island University | Joined from NE10 (Division II) (football only) | October 3, 2018 | |
| 2019 | Merrimack | Joined from NE10 (Division II) | September 10, 2018 | |
| 2013 | Monmouth | Left to play as an independent (football only) | February 14, 2013 | |
| 2013 | UAlbany | Left for CAA (football only) | August 7, 2012 | |
| 2008 | Bryant | Joined (independent before) | Source | |
| 2008 | Duquesne | Joined from Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (football only) | Source | |
| 2002 † | Saint John’s (MN) | Left to play as an independent (football only) | Source |
1 earlier moves
| 2000 † | Saint John’s (MN) | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source |
Full members that play football elsewhere: Chicago State (independent).
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. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. Full members from the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in 232 of 233 team-seasons from 1996. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in 44 of 47 team-seasons from 1999. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
The money
The Northeast Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $13.5 million in revenue, $2.9 million of it from NCAA basketball revenues, and $13.2 million in expenses; it ended the year with $8.5 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner/secretary/treas. Noreen Morris, was paid $489,000.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $13.5M | $13.2M | $8.5M | $489K |
| 2023-24 | $10.6M | $10.1M | $9.3M | $486K |
| 2022-23 | $8.7M | $8.5M | $8.0M | $431K |
| 2021-22 | $10.6M | $8.4M | $7.1M | $387K |
| 2020-21 | $7.9M | $7.1M | $4.4M | $346K |
| 2019-20 | $6.7M | $5.8M | $3.5M | $360K |
| 2018-19 | $3.8M | $3.4M | $2.5M | $314K |
| 2017-18 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $5.4M | $357K |
| 2016-17 | $2.9M | $3.4M | $4.0M | |
| 2015-16 | $3.0M | $3.2M | $2.8M | |
| 2014-15 | $2.8M | $3.3M | $3.0M | |
| 2013-14 | $3.0M | $3.0M | $3.4M | |
| 2012-13 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $3.4M | |
| 2011-12 | $2.8M | $2.8M | $3.1M | |
| 2010-11 | $2.8M | $2.3M | $3.2M |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Noreen Morris, commissioner/secretary/treas. | $489,000 |
| Ron Ratner, associate commissioner | $156,000 |
| Andrew Alia, associate commissioner | $126,000 |
| Lisa Archbald, associate commissioner | $114,000 |
| Ben Shove, associate commissioner | $111,000 |
Grants it lists, 2024-25
| Long Island University | sports sponsorship grant | $3.0 million |
| Wagner | sports sponsorship grant | $1.7 million |
| Saint Francis University | sports sponsorship grant | $1.2 million |
| Central Connecticut | sports sponsorship grant | $841,000 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | sports sponsorship grant | $802,000 |
| Chicago State University | sports sponsorship grant | $469,000 |
| Sacred Heart | sports sponsorship grant | $73,000 |
| Robert Morris | sports sponsorship grant | $50,000 |
3 more
| Merrimack | sports sponsorship grant | $43,000 |
| Duquesne | sports sponsorship grant | $43,000 |
| Le Moyne College | sports sponsorship grant | $30,000 |
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 22-2954605).