Patriot
10 current members, one former. Our membership records under this name start in 1990; its titles go back further. 2025 champion: Lehigh.
2010 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Poll | Elo | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | 10–3 | 1437 | WWWWL | |||
| 4–2 | 7–4 | 1399 | LLWWW | |||
| 4–2 | 6–5 | 1344 | LWLWW | |||
| 3–3 | 5–6 | 1269 | LWWWL | |||
| 2–4 | 4–7 | 1138 | LLLLW | |||
| 1–5 | 2–9 | 1239 | LWLLL | |||
| 1–5 | 1–10 | 1069 | LLLLL |
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, 2010
Patriot teams are 14–23 outside the conference.
- Ivy League6–11
- CAA1–4
- NEC1–4
- Pioneer Conference3–1
- Big South1–0
- FBS teams0–1
- MEAC1–0
- MVFC1–0
- Others0–1
- Southern Conference0–1
The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.
Champions
Most titles
| Lehigh | 14 | last 2025 |
| Holy Cross | 12 | last 2024 |
| Colgate | 10 | last 2018 |
| Lafayette | 8 | last 2023 |
| Fordham | 3 | last 2014 |
| Bucknell | 1 | last 1996 |
By year
| 2025 | Lehigh |
| 2024 | Holy Cross, Lehigh (shared) |
| 2023 | Holy Cross, Lafayette (shared) |
| 2022 | Holy Cross |
| 2021 | Holy Cross |
| 2020 | Holy Cross |
| 2019 | Holy Cross |
| 2018 | Colgate |
| 2017 | Colgate, Lehigh (shared) |
| 2016 | Lehigh |
| 2015 | Colgate |
| 2014 | Fordham |
28 earlier seasons, back to 1986
| 2013 | Lafayette |
| 2012 | Colgate |
| 2011 | Lehigh |
| 2010 | Lehigh |
| 2009 | Holy Cross |
| 2008 | Colgate |
| 2007 | Fordham |
| 2006 | Lafayette, Lehigh (shared) |
| 2005 | Colgate, Lafayette (shared) |
| 2004 | Lafayette, Lehigh (shared) |
| 2003 | Colgate |
| 2002 | Colgate, Fordham (shared) |
| 2001 | Lehigh |
| 2000 | Lehigh |
| 1999 | Colgate, Lehigh (shared) |
| 1998 | Lehigh |
| 1997 | Colgate |
| 1996 | Bucknell |
| 1995 | Lehigh |
| 1994 | Lafayette |
| 1993 | Lehigh |
| 1992 | Lafayette |
| 1991 | Holy Cross |
| 1990 | Holy Cross |
| 1989 | Holy Cross |
| 1988 | Lafayette |
| 1987 | Holy Cross |
| 1986 | Holy Cross |
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 (11)
Members now
- Bucknell 1990 on
- Colgate 1990 on
- Fordham 1990 on
- Holy Cross 1990 on
- Lafayette 1990 on
- Lehigh 1990 on
- Georgetown 2001–2019, 2021 on
- Richmond 2025 on
- Villanova 2026 on
- William & Mary 2026 on
Former members
- Towson 1997–2003
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1990; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Villanova | Joined from Coastal Athletic Conference (football only) | June 5, 2025 | |
| 2026 | William & Mary | Joined from Coastal Athletic Conference (football only) | April 16, 2025 | |
| 2025 | Richmond | Joined from Coastal Athletic Conference (football only) | May 14, 2024 | |
| 2004 | Towson | Left for Atlantic 10 (football only) | Source | |
| 2001 | Georgetown | Joined (independent before) (football only) | Source | |
| 1990 † | Bucknell | Joined from East Coast Conference | Source |
Full members that play football elsewhere: Army (American Athletic), Navy (American Athletic).
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 all 258 team-seasons from 1990. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in 68 of 69 team-seasons from 1995. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.
The money
The Patriot League is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to June 2025 reports $5.1 million in revenue, $2.3 million of it from NCAA, and $5.3 million in expenses; it ended the year with $9.8 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Jennifer Heppel, was paid $515,000.
By year
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Top pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $5.1M | $5.3M | $9.8M | $515K |
| 2023-24 | $5.1M | $5.3M | $10.5M | $500K |
| 2022-23 | $5.0M | $5.2M | $10.4M | $422K |
| 2021-22 | $5.2M | $4.8M | $9.4M | |
| 2020-21 | $4.6M | $3.9M | $8.9M | $383K |
| 2019-20 | $3.7M | $3.9M | $6.8M | |
| 2018-19 | $4.2M | $4.3M | $4.4M | $365K |
| 2017-18 | $4.2M | $4.0M | $4.4M | |
| 2016-17 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $7.5M | |
| 2015-16 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $3.7M | |
| 2014-15 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $4.9M | |
| 2013-14 | $2.7M | $3.0M | $5.0M | |
| 2012-13 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $4.9M | |
| 2011-12 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $4.8M | |
| 2010-11 | $2.7M | $2.1M | $4.5M |
Best paid, 2024-25
| Jennifer Heppel, commissioner | $515,000 |
| Richard Wanninger, sr. associat | $142,000 |
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 23-2570860).