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Yankee

A former conference: 10 schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1947. 1996 champion: William & Mary.

1996 standings

TeamConf.OverallRankNotes
New England Division
New Hampshire6–⁠28–⁠318division champion
Maine5–⁠37–⁠4
UMass4–⁠46–⁠5
Connecticut3–⁠54–⁠6
Rhode Island2–⁠64–⁠6
Boston University0–⁠81–⁠10
Mid-Atlantic Division
William & Mary7–⁠110–⁠37champion, division champion, playoff
Villanova6–⁠28–⁠414playoff
Delaware6–⁠28–⁠411playoff
James Madison5–⁠37–⁠423
Northeastern3–⁠56–⁠5
Richmond1–⁠72–⁠9

In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Rank: The Sports Network poll. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 1996 Yankee Conference football standings (license).

Against other conferences, 1996

Yankee teams are 0–⁠3 outside the conference.

  • FBS teams0–⁠3

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from the FBS count together.

Champions

Most titles

Massachusetts17last 1990
UConn15last 1989
Maine9last 1989
Rhode Island7last 1985
Delaware5last 1995
Villanova2last 1991
William & Mary1last 1996
Richmond1last 1987

By year

1996William & Mary
1995Delaware
1992Delaware
1991Delaware, Villanova (shared)
1990Massachusetts
1989Maine, UConn, Villanova (shared)
1988Delaware, Massachusetts (shared)
1987Maine, Richmond (shared)
1986Delaware, Massachusetts, UConn (shared)
1985Rhode Island
1984Rhode Island
1983UConn
28 earlier seasons, back to 1949
1982Maine, Massachusetts, UConn (shared)
1981Massachusetts, Rhode Island (shared)
1979Massachusetts
1978Massachusetts
1977Massachusetts
1974Maine, Massachusetts (shared)
1973UConn
1972Massachusetts
1971Massachusetts, UConn (shared)
1970UConn
1969Massachusetts
1968UConn
1967Massachusetts
1966Massachusetts
1965Maine
1964Massachusetts
1963Massachusetts
1961Maine
1960Massachusetts, UConn (shared)
1959UConn
1958UConn
1957Rhode Island, UConn (shared)
1956UConn
1955Rhode Island
1953Rhode Island
1952Maine, Rhode Island, UConn (shared)
1951Maine
1949Maine, UConn (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.

Schools

  1. Massachusetts
  2. UConn
  3. Maine
  4. New Hampshire
  5. Rhode Island
  6. Delaware
  7. Richmond
  8. Villanova
  9. James Madison
  10. William & Mary
Every school and its years (10)

Members

Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1947; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.

Who came and went

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
1997 †Boston UniversityLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997DelawareLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997James MadisonLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997MaineLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997MassachusettsLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997New HampshireLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997 †NortheasternLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997Rhode IslandLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997RichmondLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997UConnLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997VillanovaLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1997William & MaryLeft for Atlantic 10 (football only)Source
1988VillanovaJoined (independent before) (football only)Source

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. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 196 team-seasons from 1947. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.

Honors while members

NFL first-round picks 2

Massachusetts2

Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1947); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.