Editing Patriot League (section)

===Membership timeline===
<timeline>

PlotArea    = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph,  use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<#

ImageSize   = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20

DateFormat  = yyyy

Period =  from:1986 till:2035

TimeAxis    = orientation:horizontal

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          id:line     value:black

          id:bg       value:white
          id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
          id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
          id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
          id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote)
          id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
          id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two
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 bar:1  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1989 text:[[Davidson College|Davidson]] (1986–1989)

 bar:2  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1990 text:[[Bucknell University|Bucknell]] (1986–present)
 bar:2  color:Full from:1990 till:end

 bar:3  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1990 text:[[Colgate University|Colgate]] (1986–present)
 bar:3  color:Full from:1990 till:end

 bar:4  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1990 text:[[College of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] (1986–present)
 bar:4  color:Full from:1990 till:end

 bar:5  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1990 text:[[Lafayette College|Lafayette]] (1986–present)
 bar:5  color:Full from:1990 till:end

 bar:6  color:AssocF from:1986 till:1990 text:[[Lehigh University|Lehigh]] (1986–present)
 bar:6  color:Full from:1990 till:end

 bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:1989 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
 bar:7  color:AssocF from:1989 till:1990
 bar:7  color:Full from:1990 till:1995 text:[[Fordham University|Fordham]] (1990–1995, all sports; [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] 1995–present, PL football-only)
 bar:7  color:AssocF from:1995 till:end

 bar:8  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:1990 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
 bar:8  color:FullXF from:1990 till:end text:[[United States Military Academy|Army]] (1990–present)

 bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:1991 text:[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:9  color:FullXF from:1991 till:end text:[[United States Naval Academy|Navy]] (1991–present)

 bar:11  color:AssocF from:1997 till:2004 text:[[Towson University|Towson]] (1997–2004)

 bar:12  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:2001 text:[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
 bar:12  color:FullXF from:2001 till:end text:[[American University|American]] (2001–present)

 bar:13  color:AssocF from:2001 till:end text:[[Georgetown University|Georgetown]] (2001–present)

 bar:14  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:1988 text:[[America East Conference|ECAC-N]]
 bar:14  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1996 text:[[America East Conference|NAC]]
 bar:14  shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2013 text:[[America East Conference|America East]]
 bar:14  color:FullXF from:2013 till:end text:[[Boston University]] (2013–present)

 bar:15  color:OtherC1 from:1986 till:1988 text:[[Northeast Conference|ECAC-M]]
 bar:15  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1989 text:[[Northeast Conference|NEC]]
 bar:15  shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:2013 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
 bar:15  color:FullXF from:2013 till:end text:[[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola (Md.)]] (2013–present)

 bar:16  color:AssocOS from:2014 till:2024 text:[[University of Richmond|Richmond]] (women's golf, 2014–2024; football, 2025–present)
 bar:16  color:AssocF from:2025 till:end

 bar:17 color:AssocF from:2026 till:end text:[[College of William &amp; Mary|William & Mary]] (2026–future)

 bar:N color:red from:1986 till:1990 text:Colonial League
 bar:N color:blue from:1990 till:end text:Patriot League

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    textcolor:black
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    text:^"Patriot League membership history"
# > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)}} {{Font  color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Assoc. member (list sports)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other  Conference}} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other  Conference}} <#  </timeline>

{{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Associate member(some sports)&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other&nbsp;Conference&nbsp;}}
{{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other&nbsp;Conference&nbsp;}}