The path to a fortified Patriot League football wing began in the University of Richmond’s Robins Center offices during 2023. Ultimately, those meetings involving UR personnel led to a 2026 PL ...

Holy Cross football will have a new Patriot League foe in 2026. Villanova will join the PL as an associate member for football beginning in the 2026 season. “It’s super exciting,” Holy Cross ...

The No. 2 Boston University Terriers softball team (39-19, 14-4 Patriot League) defeated the No. 1 Army West Point Black Knights (35-22, 16-2 PL) on May 11 to clinch its third consecutive and eighth ...

Before adding Richmond, William & Mary and Villanova, Georgetown was the last program to join the Patriot League in 2001. The league has never had more than eight football-playing institutions ...

Villanova announced plans to join the Patriot League as an associate member following the 2025 season. ... Georgetown, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Richmond, and William & Mary.

Villanova will join Patriot League charter members Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh, along with associate members Fordham, Georgetown, Richmond and William & Mary.

The Patriot League had been a league comprised entirely of private schools in the Northeast -- Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland/DC -- plus Olympic sports members Army and Navy.

Richmond will compete in the Patriot League this coming season; William & Mary and Villanova will join in 2026, making it a 10-team league along with Bucknell, Colgate, Fordham, Georgetown ...

The Villanova Wildcats football team will join the Patriot League in 2026, the school announced ... Fordham, Georgetown, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Richmond, and future member William ...