<p>I never heard of the NESCAC before, but clearly it is THE IVY LEAGUE of LACs. What it needs is a simpler, more recognizable name. </p>
<p>The league I thought most closely resembles the Ivy League, although it is also Div 3, is the UAA - all Top 35 universities in their own right - stronger academically than the Patriot League.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.uaa.rochester.edu/</a></p>
<p>Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Emory University
New York University
University of Chicago
University of Rochester
Washington University in St. Louis</p>