The America East Conference made history during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on March 16, 2018, when No.

[11] At the time, Hartford was the only private university in the conference; this status transferred to Bryant when it joined in July 2022.

On July 20, 2022, the conference announced that Merrimack College would join as a men's lacrosse member for the 2022–23 season.

Pacific dropped its America East sport following the 2018–19 academic year due to budget cuts.

[23] Merrimack College dropped its America East sport following the 2023–24 academic year when the school joined the MAAC.

[24] Both Stanford and Cal moved their America East sports into the ACC following the 2023–24 academic year when both of the schools joined the conference.

[26] The most recent changes to the roster of America East sports were announced in 2016, with the dropping of women's tennis after the 2015–16 season due to a lack of sponsoring teams and the revival of men's swimming and diving effective in the 2017–18 school year.

[28][29] On December 16th 2024, the University of Vermont Catamounts Men's Soccer team defeated the Marshall University Thundering Herd in the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament championship game to claim the 2024 College Cup.