<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> ivyleaguesports.com </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Locations </Th> </Tr> <P> The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private universities in the Northeastern United States . The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group beyond the sports context . The eight members are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University . The term Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism . </P> <P> While the term was in use as early as 1933, it became official only after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954 . Seven of the eight schools were founded during the United States colonial period; Cornell was founded in 1865 . Ivy League institutions account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution; the other two are Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary . </P>

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