Ohio Valley Conference

Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)

Established	1948
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I FCS
Members	12
Sports fielded	17 (men's: 8; women's: 9)
Region	Midwest and South
Headquarters	Brentwood, Tennessee
Commissioner	Beth DeBauche (since 2009)
Website	ovcsports.com
Locations

Locations of current Ohio Valley Conference full member institutions.

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition. The OVC has 12 members, 9 of which compete in football in the conference.

History

Primary source :^[1]
The Ohio Valley Conference can trace its roots to 1941 when Murray State athletic director Roy Stewart, Eastern Kentucky athletic director Charles "Turkey" Hughes, and Western Kentucky public relations director Kelly Thompson first formulated the idea of establishing a regional athletics conference. The plan was put on hold due to World War II, but it was resurrected after the conclusion of the war. In 1948, the three schools joined with Louisville, Morehead State, and Evansville to form the Ohio Valley Conference. While many collegiate conferences are struggling today with the question of whether their policies and rules should be determined by the athletic departments or by the institutional heads, from the very beginning, the OVC has been run by the presidents of its member schools.

Historically, the OVC was a pioneer in racial desegregation with Morehead State signing the conference's first black athlete, Marshall Banks, in 1958. The rest of the OVC soon followed in Morehead State's wake. Today, the OVC is unique among NCAA Division I conferences in that it includes one historically black university, Tennessee State University, in a conference that otherwise consists of institutions that are not traditionally black. All other HBCUs in NCAA Division I are members of either the MEAC or SWAC, conferences made up entirely of HBCUs.

The OVC has also been a leader in advancement of sports opportunities for women. The conference began adding championship competitions for women in 1977 several years after the AIAW began sponsoring national championships for women, but seven years before the NCAA was ready to move into the field. Since 2009, the OVC has been led by Commissioner Beth DeBauche, one of only six female commissioners for the thirty-three Division I conferences.^[2]

Athletic rivalries, especially when competitors are in relatively close proximity, can generate problems with fan behavior, and the conference leadership struggled with controlling the issue for many years. When the national debate on the problem reached its apex in the mid-1990s, the OVC unveiled the national first of its kind "Sportsmanship Statement" in 1995, stating the conference's policy on, "... principles of fair play, ethical conduct and respect for one's opponent." Since then, the OVC has also introduced individual, team (for each sport), and institutional sportsmanship awards.

Founded by six schools, the expansions of 2007 and 2011 have brought the Ohio Valley Conference membership to twelve schools, the most in its history.

OVC Digital Network

In August 2012, the OVC announced that it had launched the OVC Digital Network as a replacement for and improvement over the conference's former efforts to provide streaming video coverage of many athletic events that had been in place since 2006.^[3] This website carries live, student-produced coverage of most conference games and some non-conference games in baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, soccer, softball, and volleyball as well as some coaches' shows, special presentations, and archived game-casts available for later viewing.

In its first two years, the network provided well over 600,000 viewings of streamed live video of more than 1400 events.^[4]

Member schools

Full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Football member?
Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, Tennessee	1927	1962	Public	10,597	Governors Lady Govs	Y
Belmont University	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	2012	Private	7,771	Bruins	N
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	1895	1996	Public	8,913	Panthers	Y
Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond, Kentucky	1906	1948	Public	16,959	Colonels Lady Colonels	Y
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	1883	2003	Public	8,659	Gamecocks	Y
Morehead State University	Morehead, Kentucky	1887	1948	Public	11,172	Eagles	N¹
Murray State University	Murray, Kentucky	1922	1948	Public	11,207	Racers	Y
Southeast Missouri State University	Cape Girardeau, Missouri	1873	1991	Public	11,767	Redhawks	Y
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville, Illinois	1957	2008	Public	14,142	Cougars	N
Tennessee State University	Nashville, Tennessee	1912	1986	Public	8,775	Tigers/Lady Tigers	Y
Tennessee Technological University	Cookeville, Tennessee	1912	1949	Public	11,469	Golden Eagles	Y
University of Tennessee at Martin	Martin, Tennessee	1927	1992	Public	7,751	Skyhawks	Y

Note

Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League, a Division I FCS football-only conference whose members choose not to offer athletic scholarships for football.

Former members

Institution	Location (Population)	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	New Conference	Current Conference	Classification
University of Akron	Akron, OH (199,110)	1870	1980	1987	Public	29,251	Zips	NCAA D-I Independent	Mid-American (MAC)	Division I FBS
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, TN (63,152)	1911	1958	1978	Public	15,536	Buccaneers (men's) Lady Buccaneers (women's)	SoCon		Division I FCS
University of Evansville	Evansville, IN (117,429)	1854	1948	1952	Private	2,526	Purple Aces	ICC (NCAA Division II)	Missouri Valley	Division I non-football
University of Louisville	Louisville, KY (746,906)	1798	1948	1949	Public	22,293	Cardinals	NCAA Independent	ACC	Division I FBS
Marshall University	Huntington, WV (49,253)	1837	1949	1952	Public	13,450	Thundering Herd	NCAA Independent^{[fm 1]}	C-USA	Division I FBS
Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, TN (108,755)	1911	1952	2000	Public	24,192	Blue Raiders	Sun Belt	C-USA	Division I FBS
Samford University	Homewood, AL (25,167)	1841	2003	2008	Private	4,833	Bulldogs	SoCon		Division I FCS
Western Kentucky University^{[fm 2]}	Bowling Green, KY (58,067)	1906	1948	1982	Public	21,048	Hilltoppers	Sun Belt	C-USA	Division I FBS
Youngstown State University	Youngstown, OH (66,982)	1908	1981	1988	Public	15,194	Penguins	Mid-Continent NCAA I-AA Independent (football)	Horizon MVFC (football)	Division I FCS

Notes

↑ Marshall left the OVC to become an Independent for one year prior to joining the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
↑ Western Kentucky rejoined the OVC for football only in the 1999 and 2000 football seasons (academically 1999–2001).

Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Joined	Left	Sport	Primary Conference
Columbus State University	Columbus, Georgia	1958	Cougars	2012	2015	Rifle	Peach Belt (NCAA D-II)

Notes

Columbus State dropped rifle after the 2014–15 school year.

Membership timeline

Purple = Full member
Magenta = Full member except football
Orange = Associate member for football only
Green = Associate for sport other than football

Comments

Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League, a Division I FCS football-only conference whose members choose not to offer athletic scholarships for football.
Austin Peay's football team left the OVC after the 1996 season to compete as an NCAA D-I FCS Independent. After four seasons as an Independent, the team joined the Pioneer Football League in 2001, and remained there through the 2005 season. Austin Peay then returned to scholarship football, spending the 2006 season as an Independent before re-entering OVC football competition in 2007.

Conference divisions

Starting with the 2012-13 school year, the twelve member schools divided into two divisions for those sports in which all schools compete. In the 2014-15 season, women's sports with twelve teams returned to a 12 team ranking, while continuing to play a divisional schedule.

East Division
- Belmont
- Eastern Kentucky
- Jacksonville State
- Morehead State
- Tennessee State
- Tennessee Tech

West Division
- Austin Peay
- Eastern Illinois
- Murray State
- Southeast Missouri
- SIU Edwardsville
- UT Martin

Sports offered

The Ohio Valley Conference currently offers championship competition in eighteen NCAA sanctioned sports, eight for men, nine for women, and rifle for men's, women's, and coed teams.^[5]

**Teams in OVC competition**
Sport	Men's	Women's	Coed
Baseball	11	-	-
Basketball	12	12	-
Cross Country	12	12	-
Football	9	-	-
Golf	11	10	-
Rifle	0	1	4
Soccer	-	11	-
Softball	-	12	-
Tennis	7	10	-
Track and Field (Indoor)	6	11	-
Track and Field (Outdoor)	7	11	-
Volleyball	-	12	-

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Rifle ^†	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total OVC Sports
Austin Peay	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	6
Belmont	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Eastern Illinois	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Eastern Kentucky	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Jacksonville State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	Y	N	N	7
Morehead State	Y	Y	Y	N^¶	Y	Y^†	N	N	Y	6
Murray State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	N	N	N	6
Southeast Missouri	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	6
SIU Edwardsville	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	6
Tennessee State	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	7
Tennessee Tech	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	6
UT-Martin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	N	N	N	6
Totals	11	12	12	9	11	4	7	6	7	79+1

^† = Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. All competing OVC schools have coed teams, and Tennessee-Martin has both a women's and a coed team.
^¶ = Morehead State has a football team, but it competes in the Pioneer Football League, a Division I FCS football-only conference whose members choose not to offer athletic scholarships for football.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference which are played by OVC schools

School	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Rodeo^‡	Wrestling
Belmont	Horizon League	---	---	---
Eastern Illinois	Summit League	Summit League	---	---
Murray State	---	---	NIRA^‡	---
SIU Edwardsville	Missouri Valley	---	---	Southern
UT-Martin	---	---	NIRA^‡	---

^‡ = Rodeo is sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), not the NCAA. While UT-Martin considers rodeo to be a varsity sport, Murray State operates their rodeo teams a club sport within the Hutson School of Agriculture.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Golf	Rifle ^†	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total OVC Sports
Austin Peay	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Belmont	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Eastern Illinois	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Eastern Kentucky	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Jacksonville State	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Morehead State	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	9
Murray State	Y	Y	Y	Y^†	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Southeast Missouri	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
SIU Edwardsville	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Tennessee State	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Tennessee Tech	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	8
UT-Martin	Y	Y	N	Yx2^†	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	7
Totals	12	12	9	5	11	12	10	11	11	12	105

^† = Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other. All competing OVC schools have coed teams, and Tennessee-Martin has both a women's and a coed team.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference which are played by OVC schools

School	Swimming & Diving	Rodeo^‡	Rugby^¶	Gymnastics	Equestrian	Beach volleyball
Austin Peay	---	---	---	---	---	Independent
Eastern Illinois	Summit League	---	Independent^¶	---	---	---
Jacksonville State	---	---	---	---	---	Independent
Morehead State	---	---	---	---	---	Independent
Murray State	---	NIRA^‡	---	---	---	---
Southeast Missouri	---	---	---	MIC	---	---
UT-Martin	---	NIRA^‡	---	---	United Equestrian Conference	Independent

^‡ = Rodeo is sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), not the NCAA. While UT-Martin considers rodeo to be a varsity sport, Murray State operates their rodeo teams a club sport within the Hutson School of Agriculture.
^¶ = Eastern Illinois is one of only 14 schools (7 in Div. I) playing NCAA-sanctioned rugby. The NCAA currently classifies rugby as an "emerging sport" for women, but does not yet organize an official championship. The NCAA has never governed men's rugby.

Conference champions

Football conference champions

This is a list of the champions since 2000.^[6] For the complete history, see List of Ohio Valley Conference football champions.

Year	Regular Season Champion	Record	FCS Championship Result
2000	Western Kentucky	7–0	Quarterfinals
2001	Eastern Illinois	6–1	First Round
2002	Eastern Illinois Murray State	5–1	First Round
2003	Jacksonville State	7–1	First Round
2004	Jacksonville State	7–1	First Round
2005	Eastern Illinois	8–0	First Round
2006	UT Martin Eastern Illinois	6–1 7–1	First Round
2007	Eastern Kentucky	8–0	First Round
2008	Eastern Kentucky	7–1	First Round
2009	Eastern Illinois $	6–2	First Round
2010	Southeast Missouri State	7–1	First Round
2011	Tennessee Tech $$ Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State	6–2 6–2 6–2	First Round First Round DNP
2012	Eastern Illinois	6–1	First Round
2013	Eastern Illinois	8–0	Quarterfinals
2014	Jacksonville State	8–0	Second Round
2015	Jacksonville State	8–0	FCS Championship Runner Up

$ – Jacksonville State (6–1) had the best record in the conference, but was ineligible for the championship due to Academic Progress Rate sanctions.

$$ – Tennessee Tech won the tie-breaker and received the automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.

Basketball

This is list of the champions since 2000. For the complete men's history, see List of Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball champions.

Year	Men's			Women's
Year	Regular Season Champion	Record	Tournament Champion	Regular Season Champion	Record	Tournament Champion
2001–02	Tennessee Tech	15–1	Murray State	Tennessee Tech	15-1	Austin Peay
2002–03	Austin Peay Morehead State	13–3	Austin Peay	Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tech	13-3	Austin Peay
2003–04	Austin Peay	16–0	Murray State	Austin Peay	16-0	Austin Peay
2004–05	Tennessee Tech	12–4	Eastern Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky	15-1	Eastern Kentucky
2005–06	Murray State	17–3	Murray State	Tennessee Tech	16-4	Southeast Missouri
2006–07	Austin Peay	16–4	Eastern Kentucky	Southeast Missouri	16-4	Southeast Missouri
2007–08	Austin Peay	16–4	Austin Peay Tourney	Southeast Missouri	17-3	Murray State
2008–09	UT Martin	14–4	Morehead State Tourney	Murray State	16-2	Austin Peay
2009–10	Murray State	17–1	Murray State Tourney	Eastern Illinois	16-2	Austin Peay
2010–11	Murray State	14–4	Morehead State Tourney	Tennessee Tech	15-3	UT Martin
2011–12	Murray State	15–1	Murray State Tourney	UT Martin	15-1	UT Martin
2012–13	East: Belmont West: Murray State	14–2 10-6	Belmont Tourney	East: Tennessee Tech West: Eastern Illinois	12-4 12-4	UT Martin
2013–14	East: Belmont West: Murray State	14–2 13–3	Eastern Kentucky Tourney	East:Belmont West:UT Martin	10–6 15–1	UT Martin
2014–15	East: Eastern Kentucky & Belmont West: Murray State	11–5 16–0	Belmont Tourney	UT Martin	16–0	Tennessee State
2015–16	East: Belmont West: UT Martin & Murray State	12–4 10–6	Austin Peay Tourney	UT Martin	14–2	Belmont

Baseball

This is list of the champions since 2000.

Year	Regular Season Champion	OVC Record	Season Record	Tournament Champion	OVC Record	Season Record
2000	Eastern Kentucky	18–6	30–27	Middle Tennessee	17–6	39–23
2001	Eastern Illinois	19–1	35–20	Tennessee Tech	12–9	33–30
2002	Southeast Missouri	16–5	37–20	Southeast Missouri	16–5	37–20
2003	Austin Peay	14–5–1	27–27–1	Murray State	9–11	25–31
2004	Austin Peay	20–7	35–21	Jacksonville State	16–11	31–29
2005	Jacksonville State	19–8	35–25	Austin Peay	16–11	38–24
2006	Samford	21–6	34–25	Jacksonville State	19–8	35–24
2007	Austin Peay	19–8	40–27	Austin Peay	19–8	40–27
2008	Jacksonville State	23–4	37–21	Eastern Illinois	13–13	27–30
2009	Eastern Illinois #	13–5	31–19	Tennessee Tech	10–11–1	31–24–1
2010	Tennessee Tech	14–6	31–25	Jacksonville State	15–8	32–26
2011	Austin Peay	17–6	34–24	Austin Peay	17–6	34–24
2012	Austin Peay Eastern Kentucky	19–7	40–24 31–23	Austin Peay	19–7	40–24
2013	Tennessee Tech	24–6	40–17	Austin Peay	22–7	47–15
2014	Southeast Missouri	23–7	37–20	Jacksonville State	18–12	36–27
2015	Southeast Missouri	22–8	36–23	Morehead State	20–10	38–22
2016	Southeast Missouri	22–8	39–21	Southeast Missouri	22–8	39–21

# = 2009 Eastern Illinois lost 1 conference and 4 non-conference games by forfeit for using an ineligible player.

Softball

This is list of the champions since 2000.

Year	Regular Season Champion	OVC Record	Season Record	Tournament Champion	OVC Record	Season Record
2000	Middle Tennessee	16–5	39–21	Middle Tennessee	16–5	39–21
2001	Tennessee Tech	17–4	44–20	Tennessee Tech	17–4	44–20
2002	Eastern Kentucky	16–2	37–14	Eastern Kentucky	16–2	37–14
2003	Tennessee Tech	17–3	41–16	Tennessee Tech	17–3	41––16
2004	Eastern Kentucky	22–4	42–17	Eastern Kentucky	22––4	42–17
2005	Jacksonville State	22–4	41–16	Tennessee Tech	16–8	35–28
2006	Tennessee Tech	24–2	50–15	Tennessee Tech	24–2	50–15
2007	Tennessee Tech	20–5	50–19	Tennessee Tech	20–5	50–19
2008	Jacksonville State	22–4	40–16	Jacksonville State	22–4	40–16
2009	Jacksonville State	19–2	43–16	UT Martin	13–10	38–23
2010	UT Martin	22–3	47–11	Jacksonville State	13–6	30–19
2011	Eastern Illinois	26–4	40–12	Jacksonville State	21–9	40–21
2012	UT Martin	23–6	39–22	UT Martin	23–6	39–22
2013	East– Eastern Kentucky West– Eastern Illinois	19–6 20–3	36–20 36–14	Jacksonville State	11–11	30–27
2014	East– Jacksonville State West– SIUE	22–5 19–5	40–15 30–23	SIUE	19–5	30–23
2015	SIUE	20-–6	43–16	Tennessee Tech	15–11	33–28
2015	Jacksonville State	26-–0	43–17	Jacksonville State	26-–0	43–17

Women's soccer

This is a list of Champions since 2000.^[7]

Year	Regular Season Champs	Tournament Season Champs
2000	Eastern Illinois	Tennessee Tech
2001	Southeast Missouri	Eastern Illinois
2002	Southeast Missouri	Eastern Illinois
2003	Samford	Eastern Illinois
2004	Samford	Eastern Illinois
2005	Samford	Samford
2006	Samford	Southeast Missouri
2007	Southeast Missouri	Southeast Missouri
2008	Murray	Morehead
2009	Morehead, UT Martin	Murray
2010	Morehead	Morehead
2011	Southeast Missouri	UT Martin
2012	UT Martin	UT Martin
2013	UT Martin	Morehead
2014	Southeast Missouri	SIUE
2015	Murray	Murray

Facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Soccer stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity	Softball stadium	Capacity
Austin Peay	Governors Stadium	10,000	Morgan Brothers Soccer Field	7002500000000000000♠500	Dunn Center	9,000	Raymond C. Hand Park	1,000	Cheryl Holt Field	7002300000000000000♠300
Belmont	Non-football school		E. S. Rose Park	7002300000000000000♠300	Curb Event Center	5,085	E. S. Rose Park	750	E. S. Rose Park	7002250000000000000♠250
Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium	10,000	Lakeside Soccer Field	7003100000000000000♠1,000	Lantz Arena	5,300	Coaches Stadium at Monier Field	500	Williams Field	7002200000000000000♠200
Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium	20,000	EKU Soccer Field	7002400000000000000♠400	Alumni Coliseum	6,300	Turkey Hughes Field	500	Gertrude Hood Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium	24,000	JSU Soccer Field	7002500000000000000♠500	Pete Mathews Coliseum	5,800	Rudy Abbott Field	1,000	University Field	7003100000000000000♠1,000
Morehead State	Jayne Stadium	10,000	Jayne Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000	Ellis Johnson Arena	6,500	John "Sonny" Allen Field	1,200	University Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium	16,800	Cutchin Field and Crisp Soccer Complex	7002250000000000000♠250	CFSB Center	8,825	Johnny Reagan Field	800	Racer Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium	11,015	Houck Stadium	7004110150000000000♠11,015	Show Me Center	6,972	Capaha Field	2,000	Southeast Softball Complex	7003100000000000000♠1,000
SIU Edwardsville	Non-football school		Bob Guelker Field at Ralph Korte Stadium	4,000	Vadalabene Center	7003400000000000000♠4,000	Roy E. Lee Field at Simmons Baseball Complex	1,500	Cougar Field	7002800000000000000♠800
UT Martin	Graham Stadium	8,000	Skyhawk Field	7002500000000000000♠500	Skyhawk Arena	5,000	Skyhawk Park	500	Bettye Giles Softball Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Tennessee State	Nissan Stadium Hale Stadium	68,000 10,000	Non-soccer school		Gentry Complex	10,500	Non-baseball school		Tiger Field	7002500000000000000♠500
Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium	16,500	Tech Soccer Field	7002800000000000000♠800	Eblen Center	9,280	Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex	1,100	Tech Softball Field	7002800000000000000♠800

References

↑ "OVC History". OVCSports.com. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "OVCSports.com - Staff Directory". Ovcsports.sidearmsports.com. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "Ohio Valley Conference Launches OVC Digital Network". OVCSports.com. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "OVC Digital Network Ready For Year Three". OVCSports.com. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "Official Web Site of the Ohio Valley Conference". OVCSports.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
↑ "Conference Standings and Champions" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-03-07.
↑ http://ovcsports.com/documents/2015/3/18/Soccer_Records.pdf

External links

Official website

Ohio Valley Conference

Current members	East Division Belmont Bruins Eastern Kentucky Colonels/Lady Colonels Jacksonville State Gamecocks Morehead State Eagles Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles West Division Austin Peay Governors/Lady Govs Eastern Illinois Panthers Murray State Racers SIU Edwardsville Cougars Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks

See Also	OVC football OVC men's basketball

NCAA Division I FCS conferences

Big Sky Conference Big South Conference Colonial Athletic Association Ivy League Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference Northeast Conference Ohio Valley Conference Patriot League Pioneer Football League Southern Conference Southland Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference Independents

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