over the years, the rams have developed rivalries with intrastate colleges, both in the colonial athletic association and against non-conference opponents. the team's main rivals, at least before the move to the a10, were considered to be george mason and old dominion, who both played with the rams in the caa. due to the recent success of the teams' programs, some considered william & mary and james madison to be tertiary conference rivals of the rams before their departure for the a10.