A Northeast Conference (NEC) occurs as college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Section We personally-AA for footbtons & Section I for all more sports.

There are baker's dozen unfair or even good-whale member schools:

University at Albany [football-only member] Central Connecticut State University Fairleigh Dickinson University [no football program] Long Island University [no football program] Monmouth University Mount St. Mary's University [no football program] Quinnipiac University [no football program] Robert Morris University Sacred Heart University Saint Francis College (NY) [no football program] Saint Francis University (PA) Stony Brook University [football-only member] Wagner College