The Stony Brook Seawolves football program competing in CAA Football. In 1995, the team rose to Division II. The team ascended to Division I in 1999, joining the Northeast Conference, where they won a share of the conference championship title for the first time in 2005. The Seawolves joined the Big South Conference in 2008 as a football-only member. Stony Brook won four straight Big South titles from 2009 to 2012, and made their first appearance in the FCS Playoffs in 2011. In August 2012, Stony Brook accepted an offer to join CAA Football. The team struggled initially, failing to put up a winning record during their first four seasons in the conference. However, the Seawolves finished 10–3 and second place in 2017. In 2018, the Seawolves made the FCS Playoffs for a second straight year. The Seawolves have appeared in the NCAA Division I Football Championship (FCS) playoffs four times.