Atlantic 10 Conference

Atlantic 10 Conference

Formerly	Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (1976–77) Eastern Athletic Association (1977–82) Eastern 8 (unofficial, 1976–82)
Association	NCAA
Founded	1976
Commissioner	Bernadette McGlade
Sports fielded	22 men's: 10 women's: 12
Division	Division I
Subdivision	non-football
No. of teams	15 (14 in 2025)
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Region	Eastern United States Midwestern United States
Official website	www.atlantic10.com
Locations

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located mostly on the East Coast and Midwest of the United States: Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership is made up of private, Catholic institutions. Despite the name, there are 15 full-time members in the conference; three affiliate members participate in women's field hockey and men's lacrosse.

The conference's commissioner since 2008 is Bernadette McGlade. In fall, 2023, the A-10 moved its headquarters from Newport News, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.

History

See also: 2010–2013 Atlantic 10 Conference realignment and 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment

Atlantic 10 Conference

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St. Bonaventure

Hobart

High Point

Loyola Chicago

Saint Louis

Dayton

Duquesne

Davidson

George Mason

GWU

Richmond

VCU

La Salle

Saint Joseph's

Lock Haven

Fordham

URI

UMass

  

Locations of A-10 members Full member Associate member Departing member

Early History

The Atlantic 10 Conference was founded in 1975 as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (ECBL) and began conference play in 1976. At that time, basketball was its only sport. After its first season, it added sports other than basketball and changed its name to the Eastern Athletic Association. However, despite its official names, it was popularly known as the Eastern 8, as it then had eight members (Villanova, Duquesne, Penn State, West Virginia, George Washington, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers).

After changes in membership that saw charter members Villanova and Pittsburgh leave (in 1980 and 1982, respectively) and new members St. Bonaventure (1979), Rhode Island (1980), Saint Joseph's (1982), and Temple (1982) enter, establishing the league with 10 members, the conference adopted the current Atlantic 10 name in 1982.

Expansion, Contraction, and Football

Further membership changes saw the league expand to its maximum of 16 members. From 1997 through 2006, the league also operated a football conference; during that period, more than 20 schools were participating in A-10 competition in at least one sport. This ended when the A-10 football programs all departed to join a new football conference sponsored by the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA; now known as the Coastal Athletic Association). In 2012, Butler joined the conference after leaving the Horizon League and VCU joined after leaving the CAA.

Conference Realignments and Expanding Media Presence

Conference realignment in 2013 saw the departure of Temple to the American Athletic Conference, Butler and Xavier to the reconfigured Big East, and Charlotte to Conference USA. George Mason joined from the CAA, and Davidson from the Southern Conference announced it would join in 2014.

The league headquarters is located in Washington, DC. In the Fall of 2023 they relocated the HQ from Newport News, Virginia where it had been located since fall 2009. ^[1] Prior to that, the headquarters was in Philadelphia, within a few miles of member schools Saint Joseph's and La Salle.

The conference currently has media deals with ESPN, CBS Sports Network, NBC Sports, and digital broadcasts with ESPN+.

On November 16, 2021, Loyola University Chicago announced that its athletic program - the Loyola Ramblers - would leave the Missouri Valley Conference and join the A-10 effective July 1, 2022. ^[2] On May 23, 2022, the addition of men's lacrosse was announced for the 2023 season. The four full members that sponsor the sport (Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, UMass) were joined by new affiliate members High Point and Hobart. ^[3]

On December 14, 2023, the conference announced a five-year media deal with its current affiliates, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. The deal would expand basketball coverage and revenue for the schools. The first year of the new contract is the 2024-2025 season and runs through the 2028-29 season. ^[4]

In late February 2024, it was announced that the 2024-25 season for UMass sports will be the last season as members of the Atlantic 10. The Minutemen will rejoin the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a full member beginning in 2025. ^{[5] [6]}

Member schools

Current members

Full members

The following is a list of the full members of the conference and the year they joined:

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (millions)	Nickname	Colors
Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	1837	2014	Private – Presbyterian (PCUSA)	1,843	$1,300	Wildcats
University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	1850	1995	Private – Catholic (Marianists)	11,241	$770	Flyers
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1878	1976; 1993 [a]	Private – Catholic (Spiritans)	9,274	$472.1	Dukes
Fordham University	Bronx, New York	1841	1995	Private – Catholic (Jesuit)	16,515	$972	Rams
George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia [b]	1957	2013	Public	35,047	$189.2	Patriots
George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	1821	1976	Private – Non-sectarian	28,172	$2,400	Revolutionaries
La Salle University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1863	1995	Private – Catholic (De La Salle Brothers)	5,191	$80	Explorers
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	1870	2022	Private – Catholic (Jesuit)	16,437 [7]	$1,072	Ramblers
University of Massachusetts Amherst [c]	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	1976	Public (University of Massachusetts)	30,593	$494	Minutemen and Minutewomen
University of Rhode Island [c]	Kingston, Rhode Island	1892	1980	Public	16,883	$203	Rams
University of Richmond [c]	Richmond, Virginia	1840	2001	Private – Non-sectarian	4,002	$3,100	Spiders
St. Bonaventure University	St. Bonaventure, New York	1858	1979	Private – Catholic (Franciscan)	2,381	$92.3	Bonnies
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	1982	Private – Catholic (Jesuit)	7,589	$378.8	Hawks
Saint Louis University	St. Louis, Missouri	1818	2005	Private – Catholic (Jesuit)	12,883	$1,700	Billikens
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	1838	2012	Public	31,076	$2,720	Rams

Notes

1. Duquesne left the A-10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now known as the Horizon League) only for the 1992–93 school year, but returned to the A-10 effective the 1993–94 school year.
2. While the main campus has a Fairfax mailing address, it is located in an area of unincorporated Fairfax County designated by the US Census Bureau as George Mason, Virginia.
3. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Richmond also played football within the A-10 from the 1997 to the 2006 fall seasons (1997–98 to 2006–07 school years) after the Yankee Conference was absorbed. However, Richmond's primary conference until the 2000-01 school year was the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Associate members

The "joined" column indicates the calendar year in which each school became an A-10 associate, which for spring sports such as lacrosse is the year before the first season of competition.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary conference	A-10 sport
High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	1924	2022	Private (Methodist)	4,545	Panthers	Big South	Men's lacrosse
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	1822	2022	Private – Nonsectarian	2,105	Statesmen	Liberty [a]	Men's lacrosse
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	1870	2010	Public (PASSHE)	3,425	Bald Eagles	PSAC [b]	Field hockey

Notes

1. Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
2. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

Future associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary conference	A-10 sport
University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	1743	2025 [8]	Public [a]	23,774 [9]	Blue Hens	CAA (CUSA in 2025)	Men's lacrosse
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863		Public (University of Massachusetts)	30,593	Minutemen and Minutewomen	A-10 (MAC in 2025)

Notes

1. Delaware is officially chartered as a "privately-governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's statutory colleges, most of which are housed at Cornell University, or institutions in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

Former members

Former full members

None of these institutions played football in the A-10 during their tenure as full members.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Subsequent conference	Current conference
Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	1855	Private	4,667	2012	2013	Bulldogs	Big East (current)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	1946	Public	26,232	2005	2013	49ers	CUSA	The American
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	1855	Public	45,351	1976; 1982	1979; 1991	Nittany Lions	Big Ten
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1787	Public	28,766	1976	1982	Panthers	Big East (original)	ACC
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	1766	Public	58,788	1976	1995	Scarlet Knights	Big East/The American [a]	Big Ten
Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	Public	38,648	1982	2013	Owls	The American
Villanova University	Villanova, Pennsylvania	1842	Private	10,482	1976	1980	Wildcats	Big East (original)	Big East (current)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, Virginia	1872	Public	31,087	1995	2000	Hokies	Big East (original)	ACC
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	Public	29,707	1976	1995	Mountaineers	Big East (original)	Big 12
Xavier University	Cincinnati, Ohio	1831	Private	6,650	1995	2013	Musketeers	Big East (current)

Notes

1. Rutgers spent one season in the renamed American Athletic Conference before joining the Big Ten in the 2014–15 school year.

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Primary conference	A-10 sport
Saint Francis University	Loretto, Pennsylvania	1847	Private - Catholic (Franciscan)	2,449	2013-14	2019-20	Red Flash	NEC	Field hockey
West Chester University	West Chester, Pennsylvania	1880	Public (PASSHE)	13,271 (full-time) 2,576 (part-time)	1996–97	2010–11	Golden Rams	PSAC [a]	field hockey

Notes

1. Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.

Former football-only members

After expansion in the Colonial Athletic Association brought that conference to 6 football-playing schools, it was agreed that the CAA would take over management of the Atlantic 10's football conference starting in the 2007–08 school year as the legally separate entity of CAA Football. All the schools on this list (except Boston U. and Connecticut) were in the A-10 football conference when it became CAA Football, but Hofstra and Northeastern discontinued their football programs after the 2009–10 school year. Membership dates include time in the Yankee Conference (which was an all-sports conference from the 1947–48 to 1975–76 seasons, and a football-only conference after that) which merged into the A-10 in the 1997–98 school year.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Nickname	Primary conference
Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	1839	Private	29,978	1973–74	1997–98 [a]	Terriers	Independent (1975–76 to 1978–79) America East (1979–80 to 2012–13) Patriot League (2013–14 to present)
University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	1881	Public	25,583	1947–48	1999–2000 [b]	Huskies	Independent (1975–76 to 1978–79) Big East (1979–80 to 2012–13) The American (2013–14 to 2019–20) Big East (2020–21 to present)
University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	1743	Public	19,391	1986–87	2006–07	Fightin' Blue Hens	East Coast (1986–87 to 1990–91) America East (1991–92 to 2000–01) CAA (2001–02 to present)
Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	1935	Private	12,400	2001–02	2006–07 [c]	Pride	CAA (2001–02 to present)
James Madison University	Harrisonburg, Virginia	1908	Public	19,927	1993–94	2006–07	Dukes	CAA (1979–80 to 2021–22) SBC (2022–23 to present)
University of Maine	Orono, Maine	1865	Public	10,901	1947–48	2006–07	Black Bears	Independent (1975–76 to 1978–79) America East (1979–80 to present)
University of New Hampshire	Durham, New Hampshire	1866	Public	11,942	1947–48	2006–07	Wildcats	Independent (1975–76 to 1978–79) America East (1979–80 to present)
Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	1898	Private	12,913	1993–94	2006–07 [d]	Huskies	America East (1979–80 to 2004–05) CAA (2005–06 to present)
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	1866	Public	21,950	2004–05	2006–07	Tigers	CAA (1979–80 to 1980–81; 2001–02 to present)
Villanova University [e]	Villanova, Pennsylvania	1842	Private	10,482	1988–89	2006–07	Wildcats	Big East (1980–81 to 2012–13) Big East (2013–14 to present)
The College of William & Mary	Williamsburg, Virginia	1693	Public	8,258	1993–94	2006–07	Tribe	CAA (1979–80 to present)

Notes

1. Boston University dropped football after the 1997 fall season (1997–98 school year).
2. UConn moved to FBS after the 1999 fall season (1999–2000 school year), and eventually joined the Big East for that sport in the 2004–05 season.
3. Hofstra dropped football after the 2009 fall season (2009–10 school year).
4. Northeastern dropped football after the 2009 fall season (2009–10 school year).
5. Villanova was originally a charter and full member of the A-10 from 1976–77 to 1979–80 in all sports except football.

Membership timeline

Full membersFull members (non-football)Associate members (football only)Assoc. member (list sports)
Notes
^* - Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling.

Atlantic 10 rivalries

There are a number of intense rivalries within the Atlantic 10,^{[ under discussion ]} with rivalries that carry over from the Big 5 which includes Saint Joseph's, La Salle, and Temple (now in the American Athletic Conference). URI and UMass also have a long-standing rivalry. St. Bonaventure and Duquesne also maintain a rivalry that predates their affiliation with the conference. UMass and Temple also had a basketball rivalry while John Chaney was coaching Temple but it has died down a bit since, and even more so now that Temple has left the conference. Due to both teams sharing the Ram mascot, the Fordham - URI rivalry has increased in recent years as the competitions are heralded as "The Battle of the Rams." The long-standing crosstown rivalry between Richmond and VCU, now known as the Capital City Classic, became a conference rivalry with VCU's arrival in the A10. Rivals St. Louis and Dayton play each year in basketball for the Arch-Baron Cup. George Washington and George Mason compete annually in the Revolutionary Rivalry across all sports.

Sports

In the 2021–22 academic year, the Atlantic 10 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with lacrosse becoming the 10th sponsored men's sport in 2022–23 and women's golf becoming the 13th sponsored women's sport in 2024–25. ^[10] In addition to the 15 full members, two Pennsylvania schools, Lock Haven and Saint Francis, are affiliate members in field hockey. High Point and Hobart became men's lacrosse affiliates in July 2022.

A-10 Conference teams

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	12	–
Basketball	15	15
Cross Country	15	15
Field Hockey	–	8
Golf	11	6
Lacrosse	6	10
Rowing	–	9
Soccer	14	15
Softball	–	10
Swimming & Diving	8	11
Tennis	10	13
Track and Field (Indoor)	10	14
Track and Field (Outdoor)	13	15
Volleyball	–	10

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total A-10 Sports
Davidson	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Dayton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	6
Duquesne	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	5
Fordham	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
George Mason	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
George Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	7
La Salle	No [a]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	7
Loyola Chicago	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	6
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [b]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	8
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	7
Richmond	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	6
St. Bonaventure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [c]	9
Saint Joseph's	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Saint Louis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
VCU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Associate Members
High Point					Yes						1
Hobart					Yes						1
Totals	12	15	15	11	4+2	14	8	10	10	12.5 [c]	113+2

Notes

1. La Salle will reinstate baseball beginning in the 2026 season (2025-26 academic year) ^[11]
2. UMass will remain as an A-10 associate in men's lacrosse after its departure for the MAC in 2025. ^[8]
3. St. Bonaventure sponsors an outdoor distance track program but does not participate in short distance or field events. ^[12]

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference which are played by A-10 schools

School	Football	Ice hockey	Rowing [a]	Sailing [b]	Squash [c]	Volleyball	Water polo	Wrestling
Davidson	Pioneer	No	No	No	No	No	No	SoCon
Dayton	Pioneer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Duquesne	Northeast	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fordham	Patriot	No	No	IRA	MAISA	No	CWPA N	No
George Mason	No	No	No	No	No	EIVA	No	MAC
George Washington	No	No	No	No	No	No	CWPA SE	No
La Salle	No	No	IRA	No	No	No	No	No
Loyola Chicago	No	No	No	No	No	MIVA	No	No
Massachusetts	FBS Independent	Hockey East	No	No	No	No	No	No
Rhode Island	CAA Football	No	No	NEISA	No	No	No	No
Richmond	CAA Football [d]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
St. Bonaventure	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Saint Joseph's	No	No	IRA	No	No	No	No	No

Notes

1. Men's rowing is sanctioned by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association, not by the NCAA.
2. Intercollegiate sailing is sanctioned by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association, not by the NCAA.
3. Squash is sanctioned by the College Squash Association (CSA), not by the NCAA.
4. Richmond will move their football program to the Patriot League in 2025.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Rowing	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total A-10 Sports
Davidson	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Dayton	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
Duquesne	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Fordham	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
George Mason	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
George Washington	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
La Salle	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	10
Loyola Chicago	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	7
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	11
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11
Richmond	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	10
St. Bonaventure	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [a]	No	8
Saint Joseph's	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	11
Saint Louis	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10
VCU	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9
Associate Members
Lock Haven			Yes											1
Totals	15	15	7+1	6	11	9	15	10	11	13	14	14.5 [a]	10	149+1

Notes

1. St. Bonaventure sponsors an outdoor distance track program but does not participate in short distance or field events.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference which are played by A-10 schools

School	Acrobatics & tumbling [a]	Bowling	Gymnastics	Rugby [a]	Sailing [b]	Squash [c]	Triathlon [a]	Water polo
Duquesne	Independent	Northeast	No	No	No	No	Independent	No
Fordham	No	No	No	No	MAISA	No	No	No
George Washington	No	No	EAGL	No	MAISA	CSA	No	No
La Salle	[d]	No	No	[d]	No	No	[d]	MAAC

Notes

1. Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
2. Intercollegiate sailing is sanctioned by the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association, not by the NCAA.
3. Squash is sanctioned by the College Squash Association (CSA), not by the NCAA.
4. La Salle will add acrobatics & tumbling, rugby, and triathlon in 2025–26.

Current tournament champions

Main articles: Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament and Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

The Atlantic 10 Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 12 women's NCAA sanctioned sport. ^[13]

Regular-season champions are indicated with "(RS)" and tournament champions with "(T)".

Season	Sport	Men's champion	Women's champion
Fall 2023	Cross Country	Loyola	Loyola
	Field Hockey		Saint Joseph's (RS & T)
	Soccer	VCU (RS) Dayton (T)	Saint Louis (RS & T)
	Volleyball		Dayton (RS & T)
Winter 2023–24	Basketball	Loyola & Richmond (RS) Duquesne (T)	Richmond (RS & T)
	Swimming & Diving	George Washington	George Washington
	Track & field (Indoor)	Rhode Island	VCU
Spring 2024	Golf	VCU
	Tennis	VCU	UMass
	Lacrosse	Saint Joseph's (RS & T)	UMass (RS) Richmond (T)
	Baseball	Saint Louis (RS) VCU (T)
	Softball		Dayton (RS & T)
	Rowing		George Washington (2023)
	Track & field (Outdoor)	Rhode Island	VCU

Football (1997–2006)

Origin

The A-10 began sponsoring football in 1997 when it absorbed the Yankee Conference, a Division I-AA (now known as Division I FCS) football-only conference. The move was triggered by a change in NCAA rules that reduced the influence of single-sport conferences over NCAA legislation. The following teams were in the Yankee Conference at the time of its demise:

• Boston University Terriers football
• Connecticut Huskies football
• Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
• James Madison Dukes football
• Maine Black Bears football
• UMass Minutemen football
• New Hampshire Wildcats football
• Northeastern Huskies football
• Rhode Island Rams football
• Richmond Spiders football
• Villanova Wildcats football
• William & Mary Tribe football

Boston University dropped football after the first season of A-10 football. After the 1999 season, UConn started a transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A football (now Division I FBS) that was completed in 2002. In 2004, UConn, already a member of the Big East for other sports, became a football member of that conference. The other schools all remained in the A-10 football conference until the management change after the 2006 season.

Football champions

Season	Regular Season Champion
1997	Villanova
1998	Richmond
1999	James Madison, Massachusetts
2000	Delaware, Richmond
2001	Hofstra, Maine, Villanova, William & Mary
2002	Maine, Northeastern
2003	Delaware, Massachusetts
2004	Delaware, James Madison, William & Mary
2005	New Hampshire, Richmond
2006	Massachusetts

Demise/"Rename"

The 2005 move of Northeastern University, a football-only member of the A-10, to the Colonial Athletic Association for basketball and Olympic sports began a chain of events that would lead to the demise of the A-10 football conference, at least under the A-10 banner.

At that time, the CAA did not sponsor football, but five of its members in the 2004–05 academic year (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Towson, and William & Mary) were football members of the A-10. The addition of Northeastern gave the CAA six schools with football programs, which under NCAA rules allows a conference to sponsor football. Northeastern agreed to join any future CAA football conference, which meant that the A-10 football conference would drop to six members once CAA football began operation.

With six football members in place, the CAA decided to start a football conference in 2007. The league then invited Richmond, a member of the CAA from 1983 to 2001, to rejoin for football only, because of UR's long-standing in-state rivalries with William & Mary and James Madison. UR accepted the invitation, taking the A-10 football conference below the NCAA minimum of six. Shortly after this, the A-10 football conference opted to disband, with all of its members becoming charter members of the CAA football conference. This league continues to operate under the administration of the multi-sports CAA, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association, as the legally separate entity of CAA Football (in full, the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference).

A-10 schools in DI-A/FBS

A-10 charter members Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, West Virginia, and Villanova played I-A football as independents while members of the A-10 in other sports. Villanova became a member of the Big East in 1980 with Pittsburgh following in 1982. Temple joined the A-10 that year. Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991 (effectively in 1993), and three A-10 members joined the Big East as football-only members: Rutgers, West Virginia, and Temple (only Rutgers and West Virginia would later join the Big East as full members in 1995).

Virginia Tech joined the A-10 in 1995 as a result of the merger that created Conference USA. They would then join the Big East as full members in 2000, following the football program which was already a member of the league. Temple remained a football-only member of the Big East until 2004; they would join the MAC for football in 2007 until 2012, and re-joined the Big East in football for the 2012 season. Temple planned to move the rest of its sports into the Big East in 2013, but the conference realigned into the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference and a new non-football Big East. Temple joined The American. Massachusetts joined them in FBS football with membership in the MAC beginning in the 2012 season and as an FBS independent beginning in 2016. Charlotte, which started a football program in 2013, left for Conference USA and eventually joined The American in 2023.

A-10 schools in DI-A/FBS
Schools Currently in the A-10	Schools formerly in the A-10
Massachusetts	Penn State
	Pittsburgh
	Rutgers
	Temple
	Virginia Tech
	West Virginia
	Charlotte

Facilities

School	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity
Davidson	John M. Belk Arena	5,223	T. Henry Wilson, Jr. Field	700	1992 Team Field at Alumni Stadium	2,000
Dayton	University of Dayton Arena	13,435	Woerner Field	500	Baujan Field	2,000
Duquesne	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse	3,500	Non-baseball school		Rooney Field	2,200
Fordham	Rose Hill Gymnasium	3,200	Houlihan Park	500	Coffey Field	7,000
George Mason	EagleBank Arena	10,000	Spuhler Field	900	George Mason Stadium	5,000
George Washington	Smith Center	4,338	Barcroft Park	1,000	Mount Vernon Athletic Fields	—
La Salle	Tom Gola Arena	3,400	Non-baseball school		McCarthy Stadium	7,500
Loyola Chicago	Joseph J. Gentile Arena	4,963	Non-baseball school		Loyola Soccer Park	1,000
UMass	Mullins Center	9,493	Earl Lorden Field	—	Rudd Field	2,000
Rhode Island	Ryan Center	8,000	Bill Beck Field	1,000	URI Soccer Complex	1,547
Richmond	Robins Center	7,201	Malcolm U. Pitt Field	600	Presidents Field	500
St. Bonaventure	Reilly Center	5,480	Fred Handler Park	—	Marra Athletics Field	—
Saint Joseph's	Hagan Arena	4,200	Smithson Field	400	Sweeney Field	3,000
Saint Louis	Chaifetz Arena	10,600	Billiken Sports Center	500	Hermann Stadium	6,050
VCU	Stuart C. Siegel Center	7,617	The Diamond	9,560	Sports Backers Stadium	3,250

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External links

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