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No. American and Navy both left the CAA in the mid 90s? I don’t remember any serious thoughts of W&M involved with the PL after the original formation of the Colonial League in 1982. It was after that W&M, UR, ECU, George Mason, JMU and Navy formed the CAA and variations went from there.
Navy was a "founding member" of the Patriot League when it became a full DI conference in 1991. From 1986-1990 it was a football league only. Original league was 8 teams -- Army, Navy, Fordham, Colgate, Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Lafayette. Fordham left for the A-10 in '95 I believe. American left the CAA and joined the Patriot in 2001 or 2002 to get back to 8 members. Loyola and Boston U were added in 2012.