The program participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision and currently competes in the twelve-member Colonial Athletic Association.
The program plays its home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.
In 1999, the Seawolves became a Division I program, joining the Northeast Conference without offering scholarships until 2006.
After a year of FCS independence, Stony Brook joined the Big South Conference and fully transitioned into a 63-scholarship program.
In the summer of 2012, the program announced its admission into the Colonial Athletic Association.