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The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for all sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; still often referred to by its former designation of Division I-AA). There are eight "full" member schools, whose teams participate in all league sports, except football. American does not compete in football, while Army and Navy are Independents in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Associate members include Fordham (football), Georgetown (football), and Villanova (women's lacrosse). The league was founded in 1984 as the Colonial League (not to be confused with the Colonial Athletic Association), but competition did not start till 1986. It changed its name in 1990 when it expanded to include other sports besides football. - Source: Wikipedia