Ohio Valley Conference

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Ohio Valley Conference
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AssociationNCAA
Founded1948; 78 years ago (1948)
CommissionerBeth DeBauche (since 2009)
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
    • coeducational: 1
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFCS
No. of teams11 (9 in 2026)
HeadquartersBrentwood, Tennessee
RegionMidwest and South
BroadcasterTemplate:Pluralize from textESPN
Official websiteovcsports.com
Locations
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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 partnership with the Big South Conference 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 11 members, seven 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. From 1986 to 2018, the OVC was unique among NCAA Division I conferences in that it included one historically Black university, Tennessee State University, in a conference that otherwise consists of institutions that are not traditionally Black. During this period, every other HBCU in NCAA Division I belonged to either the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or Southwestern Athletic Conference. That distinction changed when both Hampton University and North Carolina A&T State University joined the Big South Conference in 2018 and 2021, respectively; both schools have since joined the Coastal Athletic Association.

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-two Division I conferences.[2]

The close geographic proximity of the schools paired with athletic rivalries led to 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 brought the Ohio Valley Conference membership to twelve schools, the most in its history. The OVC dropped to 10 members after the 2020–21 school year, when founding member Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State left for the Atlantic Sun Conference (then branded as the ASUN Conference; "ASUN" is still the official abbreviation).[3] At that time, the OVC was searching for teams to replace both.[4]

The OVC lost three more members after the 2021–22 school year. Football-sponsoring Austin Peay left for the ASUN, which ultimately launched its own football league in 2022.[5] Non-football Belmont left for the Missouri Valley Conference.[6] Another football school, founding member Murray State, left for the MVC. When announcing its move to the MVC, Murray State announced that it was seeking membership in the football-only Missouri Valley Football Conference, and also announced that it would continue to house its rifle team in the OVC.[7] In a separate statement, Murray State's president indicated that the football team would remain in the OVC in the 2022 season, ensuring that the OVC would retain its automatic bid to the FCS playoffs in that season and giving the league more time to add new football members.[8] Murray State would eventually be accepted by the MVFC effective in 2023.[9]

Also in July 2022, the OVC added two non-football members in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, athletically known as Little Rock,[10] and the University of Southern Indiana, which started a transition from NCAA Division II,[11] plus a new football-sponsoring member in Lindenwood University, also transitioning from D-II.[12]

According to a report from Matt Brown of the Extra Points college sports blog, the OVC expected to lose Murray State, and was considering multiple expansion candidates, with Southern Indiana among them. Other schools named by Brown's sources as possible candidates were FCS programs Arkansas–Pine Bluff and Western Illinois, plus potential Division II upgraders Grand Valley State, Hillsdale, and Lincoln Memorial.[13]

On February 22, 2022, the conference announced its intent to combine its football membership with the Big South Conference beginning in 2023 and operate as the OVC–Big South Football Association. The alliance follows the model that the ASUN and Western Athletic Conference used in 2021 and 2022 before merging their football leagues in 2023 as the United Athletic Conference.[14]

Shortly after the 2022 membership changes took effect, the OVC and the Horizon League jointly announced that they would merge their men's tennis leagues under the Horizon banner, effective immediately. All five OVC members that sponsored men's tennis became Horizon affiliates in that sport.[15]

On March 28, 2023, the OVC announced it was adding men's soccer as its 19th championship sport. The four OVC members sponsoring the sport in other conferences were joined by Chicago State University, Houston Christian University, University of the Incarnate Word, and Liberty University.[16] Chicago State was also announced as an incoming men's and women's golf associate on that day.[17] Chicago State's OVC teams left the conference at the end of the 2023–24 school year when the university joined the Northeast Conference, which sponsors all sports that CSU housed in the OVC.[18]

On May 12, 2023, it was announced that Western Illinois University would join the OVC from the Summit League in most non-football sports beginning for the 2023 season. Western Illinois football, which was then a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, played the 2023 season in that league before joining the university's other sports in the OVC for the 2024 season.[19] Western later announced its men's soccer team would also play the 2023 season in its former all-sports home of the Summit League before joining the OVC in 2024.[20]

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.[21] This website carried 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 1,400 events.[22]

In the 2018–19 school year, the coverage previously carried on the OVC Digital Network was switched over to ESPN+.

Member schools

Full members

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Endowment
(millions) 		Nickname Joined[a] Colors
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(Little Rock) 		Little Rock, Arkansas 1927 Public 8,197 $80 Trojans 2022 Template:College color boxes
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 Public 8,107 $87.3 Panthers 1996 Template:College color boxes
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Morehead State University Morehead, Kentucky 1887 Public 8,618 $71 Eagles 1948 Template:College color boxes
Southeast Missouri State University
(Southeast Missouri) 		Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1873 Public 9,686 $84.2 Redhawks 1991 Template:College color boxes
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(SIUE) 		Edwardsville, Illinois 1957 Public 12,045 $27.4 Cougars 2008 Template:College color boxes
Script error: No such module "sort". Evansville, Indiana 1965 Public 9,282[23] $103 Screaming
Eagles 		2022 Template:College color boxes
Tennessee State University Nashville, Tennessee 1912 Public 8,198 $91.1 Tigers &
Lady Tigers 		1986[c] Template:College color boxes
Tennessee Technological University[d]
(Tennessee Tech) 		Cookeville, Tennessee 1915 Public 10,117 $96.2 Golden Eagles 1949 Template:College color boxes
University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, Tennessee 1927 Public 6,941 $51 Skyhawks 1992 Template:College color boxes
Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois 1899 Public 5,337 $63.6 Leathernecks 2023[e] Template:College color boxes
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  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Little Rock announced it will join the United Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026.
  3. ^ The Tennessee State men's basketball team joined the OVC a year after becoming a full member for other sports (1987–88); while its football team joined the OVC two years after (1988–89).
  4. ^ Tennessee Tech announced it will join the Southern Conference on July 1, 2026.
  5. ^ The Western Illinois men's soccer team joined the OVC a year after becoming a full member for other sports (2024–25). The football team similarly did not join the OVC–Big South Football Association until 2024.

Affiliate members

Years listed in this table are calendar years. For schools that play only spring sports (such as beach volleyball) in the OVC, the calendar year of arrival precedes the first season of competition.

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Joined[a] Colors OVC
sport(s) 		Primary
conference
Bryant University Smithfield, Rhode Island 1863 Nonsectarian 3,751 Bulldogs 2024 Template:College color boxes Men's golf America East (AmEast)
2024 Women's golf
2024 Women's tennis
Houston Christian University Houston, Texas 1960 Baptist 2,567 Huskies 2023 Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Southland (SLC)
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas 1881 Catholic
(C.C.V.I.) 		9,366 Cardinals 2023 Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Southland (SLC)
Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia 1971 Southern
Baptist 		16,000[b] Flames 2023 Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Conf. USA (CUSA)
Murray State University Murray, Kentucky 1922 Public 10,495 Racers 2022 Template:College color boxes Rifle Missouri Valley (MVC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee 1886 Public 11,388 Mocs 2019[c] Template:College color boxes Beach volleyball Southern (SoCon)
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  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Approximate on-campus enrollment. Including online students, Liberty claims an enrollment of over 130,000.
  3. ^ Originally joined the OVC as an affiliate member for beach volleyball in the 2020 spring season (2019–20 school year); only to have that season suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mocs began conference-play competition the following school year.

Future affiliate members

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Joining[a] Colors OVC
sport(s) 		Primary
conference
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
(UTRGV) 		Edinburg, Texas 2013[b] Public 32,419 Vaqueros 2026 Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Southland (SLC)
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  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ UTRGV was formally founded in 2013, but did not start instruction until 2015.

Former full members

Institution Location Founded Type Nickname Joined[a] Left[b] Colors Conference
they joined
after leaving
the OVC 		Current
conference
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Austin Peay State University
(Austin Peay) 		Clarksville, Tennessee 1927 Public Governors 1962 2022 Template:College color boxes Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
(United (UAC) in 2026)
Belmont University Nashville, Tennessee 1890 Private Bruins 2012 2022 Template:College color boxes Missouri Valley (MVC)
East Tennessee State University
(ETSU) 		Johnson City, Tennessee 1911 Public Buccaneers &
Lady Buccaneers[c] 		1958 1978 Template:College color boxes Southern (SoCon)
Eastern Kentucky University
(EKU) 		Richmond, Kentucky 1906 Public Colonels 1948 2021 Template:College color boxes Atlantic Sun (ASUN)
(United (UAC) in 2026)
Script error: No such module "sort". Evansville, Indiana 1854 Private Purple Aces 1948 1952 Template:College color boxes Indiana (ICC)[d] Missouri Valley (MVC)
Jacksonville State University
(Jax State) 		Jacksonville, Alabama 1883 Public Gamecocks 2003 2021 Template:College color boxes Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conf. USA (CUSA)
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 1798 Public Cardinals 1948 1949 Template:College color boxes Independent Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia 1837 Public Thundering Herd 1949 1952 Template:College color boxes Independent[e] Sun Belt (SBC)
Middle Tennessee State University
(Middle Tennessee or MTSU) 		Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1911 Public Blue Raiders 1952 2000 Template:College color boxes Sun Belt (SBC) Conf. USA (CUSA)
Murray State University Murray, Kentucky 1922 Public Racers 1948 2022 Template:College color boxes Missouri Valley (MVC)
Samford University Homewood, Alabama 1841 Private Bulldogs 2003 2008 Template:College color boxes Southern (SoCon)
Western Kentucky University[f]
(WKU) 		Bowling Green, Kentucky 1906 Public Hilltoppers &
Lady Toppers 		1948 1982 Template:College color boxes Sun Belt (SBC) Conf. USA (CUSA)
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio 1908 Public Penguins 1981 1988 Template:College color boxes Mid-Continent[g] Horizon[h]
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  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. ^ Since leaving the OVC, East Tennessee State (ETSU) has dropped the word "Lady" from its women's team nicknames.
  4. ^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  5. ^ Marshall left the OVC to become an Independent for one year prior to joining the Mid-American Conference (MAC), beginning the 1953–54 school year.
  6. ^ Western Kentucky rejoined the OVC for football only in the 1999 and 2000 football seasons (1999–2000 and 2000–01 school years).
  7. ^ At the moment they left the OVC, Youngstown State's football team became an NCAA I-AA Independent.
  8. ^ Youngstown State's football team currently competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC).

Former affiliate members

Institution Location Founded Type Nickname Joined[a] Left[b] Colors OVC
sport(s) 		Current
primary
conference 		Current
conference
in former
OVC sport
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois 1867 Public Cougars 2023 2024 Template:College color boxes Men's soccer Northeast (NEC)
2023 2024 Men's golf
2023 2024 Women's golf
Columbus State University Columbus, Georgia 1958 Public Cougars 2012 2015 Template:College color boxes Rifle Peach Belt (PBC)[c] none[d]
Murray State University[e] Murray, Kentucky 1922 Public Racers 2022[f] 2024 Template:College color boxes Football Missouri Valley (MVC) Missouri Valley (MVFC)
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  1. ^ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
  2. ^ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
  3. ^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  4. ^ Columbus State dropped rifle after the 2014–15 school year.
  5. ^ Murray State remains in the OVC as an affiliate member for .
  6. ^ Measured from Murray State's departure as a full OVC member.

Membership timeline

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  bar:7  color:Full from:1949 till:1952 text:Marshall (1949–1952)
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  bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1997 text:SoCon
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  bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2022 text:C-USA
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  bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1952 text:VSAC
  bar:9  color:Full from:1952 till:1999 text:Middle Tennessee State (1952–2000)
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  bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:C-USA

  bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1950 text:SMC
  bar:10  color:OtherC2 from:1950 till:1951
  bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1951 till:1957 text:VSAC
  bar:10  color:Full from:1957 till:1978 text:East Tennessee State (1957–1978)
  bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2005 text:SoCon
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  bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:endtext:SoCon

  bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1962 text:VSAC
  bar:11  color:Full from:1962 till:1997 text:Austin Peay (1962–2022)
  bar:11  color:FullxF from:1997 till:2007 
  bar:11  color:Full from:2007 till:2022
  bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:2026 text:ASUN
  bar:11  color:OtherC2 from:2026 till:end text:UAC

  bar:12  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1966 text:OAC
  bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1978 text:Ind.
  bar:12  shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1980 text:MCC
  bar:12  color:Full from:1980 till:1987 text:Akron (1980–1987)
  bar:12  shift:(15) color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:1990 text:Ind.
  bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 text:MCC
  bar:12  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:end text:MAC

  bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1981 text:Ind.
  bar:13  color:Full from:1981 till:1988 text:Youngstown State (1981–1988)
  bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1992
  bar:13  shift:(30) color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:2001 text:MCC
  bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:Horizon

  bar:14  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1966 text:Midwest
  bar:14  color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1986 text:Ind.
  bar:14  color:FullxF from:1986 till:1988 text:Tennessee State (1986–present)
  bar:14  color:Full from:1988 till:end

  bar:15  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1991 text:MIAA
  bar:15  color:Full from:1991 till:end text:Southeast Missouri State (1991–present)

  bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1951 text:Ind.
  bar:16  color:OtherC2 from:1951 till:1971 text:VSAC
  bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1971 till:1991 text:GSC
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  bar:16  color:Full from:1992 till:end text:Tennessee–Martin (1992–present)

  bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1970 text:IIAC
  bar:17  color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1982 text:DII Ind.
  bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1989 text:AMCU
  bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:1996 text:MCC
  bar:17  color:Full from:1996 till:end text:Eastern Illinois (1996–present)

  bar:18  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1954 text:Dixie
  bar:18  color:OtherC2 from:1954 till:1978 text:Ind.
  bar:18  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2003 text:TAAC/A-Sun
  bar:18  color:Full from:2003 till:2008 text:Samford (2003–2008)
  bar:18  shift:(60) color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:end text:SoCon

  bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1959 text:AIC
  bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1971 text:ACC
  bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:1971 till:1993 text:GSC
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  bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2003 text:TAAC/A-Sun
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  bar:19  shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:2021 till:2023 text:ASUN
  bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:C-USA

  bar:20  color:OtherC1 from:1967 till:1995 text:Ind.
  bar:20  color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2008 text:GLVC
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  bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1952 till:1985 text:VSAC
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  bar:24  color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1991 text:TAAC
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  bar:25  color:OtherC1 from:1970 till:1993 text:NAIA Ind.
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  bar:25  color:Full from:2022 till:end text:Lindenwood (2022–present)

  bar:26  color:OtherC1 from:1970 till:1978 text:DII Ind.
  bar:26  color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:2022 text:GLVC
  bar:26  color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Southern Indiana (2022–present)

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  bar:27  color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1982 text:DII Ind.
  bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1989 text:AMCU
  bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:2007 text:Mid-Con
  bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2023 text:Summit
  bar:27  color:FullxF from:2023 till:2024 text:Western Illinois (2023–present)
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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 were split into two divisions for those sports where all schools competed. In the 2014–15 season, women's sports with twelve teams returned to a single league table, while continuing to play a divisional schedule. Men's basketball moved to an 18-game schedule in 2017–18, and they continued to play home-and-home versus the former divisional rivals, and they play home-and-home versus two teams from the other division, with those opponents on a rotation that sets up different pairs from year-to-year. The OVC returned to a single-table format after Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State left in 2021.

East Division West Division
Belmont Austin Peay
Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois
Jacksonville State Murray State
Morehead State SIU Edwardsville
Tennessee State Southeast Missouri
Tennessee Tech UT Martin

Sports offered

The Ohio Valley Conference currently offers championship competition in 19 NCAA sanctioned sports, with eight for men, 10 for women, and rifle for men's, women's, and coed teams.[24]

Teams in OVC competition
Sport Men's Women's Coed
Baseball
10
–
–
Basketball
11
11
–
Beach Volleyball
–
6
–
Cross Country
11
11
–
Football
6
–
–
Golf
11
9
–
Rifle
0
0
3
Soccer
8
10
–
Softball
–
10
–
Tennis
–
7
–
Track and Field (Indoor)
8
10
–
Track and Field (Outdoor)
9
10
–
Volleyball
–
11
–

Men's sponsored sports by school

Departing members are displayed in red.

School Baseball Basketball Cross
Country		 Football Golf Rifle[a] Soccer Track
& Field
(Indoor)		 Track
& Field
(Outdoor)		 Total
OVC
Sports
Eastern Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 8
Lindenwood Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No 6
Little Rock Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes 6
Morehead State Yes Yes Yes No[b] Yes Yes[c] No No Yes 6
SIU Edwardsville Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes 7
Southeast Missouri Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes 6
Southern Indiana Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes 7
Tennessee State No[d] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes 6
Tennessee Tech Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No 5
UT Martin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[e] No No No 6
Western Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 8
Associate members
Bryant Yes 1
Houston Christian Yes 1
Incarnate Word Yes 1
Liberty Yes 1
Murray State Yes[c] 1
Totals 10 11 11 7 11 3 8 8 9 77
Future associate members
UTRGV Yes 1
Notes

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  1. ^ Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other.
  2. ^ Morehead State football competes at the non-scholarship FCS level in the Pioneer Football League.
  3. ^ a b Fields a single coed rifle team.
  4. ^ Tennessee State plans to begin sponsoring baseball by no later than 2028.[25]
  5. ^ Fields two separate rifle teams—one coed, and one women-only.
Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference which are played by OVC schools
School Ice Hockey Swimming & Diving Rodeo[a] Tennis Volleyball Wrestling
Eastern Illinois – Summit – –[b] – –
Lindenwood Independent[27] – – – MIVA –
Little Rock – – – – – Pac-12
SIU Edwardsville – – – – – MAC
Southern Indiana – Summit – Horizon – –
Tennessee State [c] – – Horizon – –
Tennessee Tech – – – Horizon – –
UT Martin – – NIRA[d] – – –
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  1. ^ Rodeo is sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), not the NCAA.
  2. ^ Eastern Illinois dropped men's tennis immediately after the 2024–25 season.[26]
  3. ^ Tennessee State will add men's ice hockey for the 2026–27 season. They will tentatively compete as an independent.[28]
  4. ^ UT Martin considers rodeo to be a varsity sport.

Women's sponsored sports by school

Departing members in red.

School Basketball Beach Volleyball Cross Country Golf Rifle[a] Soccer Softball Tennis Track & Field
(Indoor)		 Track & Field
(Outdoor)		 Volleyball (Indoor) Total OVC Sports
Eastern Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No[b] Yes Yes Yes 9
Lindenwood Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
Little Rock Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 7
Morehead State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes† Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 10
Southeast Missouri Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
Southern Indiana Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
SIU Edwardsville Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
Tennessee State Yes No Yes Yes No No[c] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
Tennessee Tech Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 8
UT Martin Yes Yes Yes No Yesx2† Yes Yes No No No Yes 7
Western Illinois Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
Associate members
Bryant Yes Yes 2
Chattanooga Yes 1
Murray State Yes† 1
Totals 11 6 11 9 4 10 10 7 10 10 11 100

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  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 UT Martin has both a women's and a coed team.
  2. ^ Eastern Illinois dropped women's tennis immediately after the 2024–25 season.[26]
  3. ^ Tennessee State plans to begin sponsoring women's soccer by no later than 2028.[25]
Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Ohio Valley Conference which are played by OVC schools
School Equestrian[a] Gymnastics Ice Hockey Lacrosse Rodeo[b] Stunt[c] Swimming & Diving Wrestling
Eastern Illinois — — — — — — Summit –
Lindenwood — — AHA ASUN[29] — — — Independent
Little Rock — — — — — — MVC –
Southeast Missouri — MIC — — — — – –
Southern Indiana – – – – – — Summit –
Tennessee State – – – – – — [d] –
UT Martin ECAC — — — NIRA Independent — —

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  1. ^ Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
  2. ^ Rodeo is sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), not the NCAA. UT Martin considers rodeo to be a varsity sport.
  3. ^ Graduated from the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program in January 2026. The first NCAA championship will be held in 2026–27.
  4. ^ Tennessee State plans to begin sponsoring women's swimming & diving by no later than 2028.[25]

Conference champions

Football

This is a list of the champions between 2010 and the 2023 establishment of the OVC–Big South Football Association.[30] For the complete history, see List of Ohio Valley Conference football champions.

Year Regular season champion Record FCS Championship Result
2010 Southeast Missouri State 7–1 Second 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
2016 Jacksonville State 7–0 First Round
2017 Jacksonville State 8–0 Second Round
2018 Jacksonville State 7–1 Second Round
2019 Austin Peay**
Southeast Missouri State 		7–1 Quarterfinals
First Round
2020 Jacksonville State 6–1 Quarterfinals
2021 UT Martin 5–1 Second Round
2022 Southeast Missouri State***
UT Martin 		5–0 First Round
  • – Tennessee Tech won the tie-breaker and received the automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.
    • – Austin Peay won the tie-breaker and received the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs.
      • – Southeast Missouri won the tie-breaker and received the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs.

Basketball

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Year Men's Women's
Regular season champion Record Tournament champion Regular season champion Record Tournament champion
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
2016–17 East: Belmont
West: UT Martin 		15–1
10–6 		Jacksonville State Tourney Belmont 16–0 Belmont
2017–18 Murray State 15–2 Murray State Tourney Belmont 18–0 Belmont Tourney
2018–19 Belmont
Murray State 		16–2 Murray State Tourney Belmont 16–2 Belmont Tourney
2019–20 Belmont
Murray State 		15–3 Belmont Tourney Belmont
UT Martin 		16–2 Southeast Missouri State Tourney
2020–21 Belmont 18–2 Morehead State Tourney UT Martin 17–4 Belmont Tourney
2021–22 Murray State 18–0 Murray State Tourney Belmont 16–2 Belmont Tourney
2022–23 Morehead State 14–4 Southeast Missouri Tourney Little Rock 17–1 Tennessee Tech Tourney
2023–24 Little Rock
Morehead State
UT Martin 		14–4 Morehead State Tourney Southern Indiana 17–1 Southern Indiana Tourney
2024–25 Southeast Missouri 15–5 SIUE Tourney Tennessee Tech 18–2 Tennessee Tech Tourney

Baseball

This is a list of the champions since 2010.

Year Regular season champion OVC
record 		Season
record 		Tournament champion OVC
record 		Season
record
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
2017 Tennessee Tech 23–7 39–18 Tennessee Tech 23–7 39–18
2018 Tennessee Tech 27–3 53–12 Morehead State 18–12 37–26
2019 Jacksonville State 22–8 39–23 Jacksonville State 22–8 39–23
2020 Canceled
2021 Southeast Missouri 17–10 30–22 Southeast Missouri 17–10 30–22
2022 Belmont 18–6 39–20 Southeast Missouri 16–8 37–22
2023 Morehead State 16–7 36–20 Eastern Illinois 13–11 38–21
2024 Little Rock 19–8 32–24 Southeast Missouri 18–9 36–27
2025 Eastern Illinois 17–7 31–22 Little Rock 8–16 27–34

Softball

This is a list of the champions since 2010.

Year Regular season champion OVC
record 		Season
record 		Tournament champion OVC
record 		Season
record
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
2016 Jacksonville State 26–0 43–17 Jacksonville State 26–0 43–17
2017 Jacksonville State 15–1 41–12 Jacksonville State 15–1 41–12
2018 Eastern Kentucky 19–3 45–21 Jacksonville State 16–6 35–25
2019 Southeast Missouri State
Jacksonville State 		17–5 46–18
36–15 		Southeast Missouri State 17–5 46–18
2020 Canceled
2021 Southeast Missouri 23–6 30–17 Eastern Kentucky 22–9 35–17
2022 Murray State 21–7 40–18–1 Murray State 21–7 40–18–1
2023 Southeast Missouri 20–2 29–14 Eastern Illinois 16–6 34–21
2024 Eastern Illinois 22–5 40–17 Southeast Missouri 19–8 28–26
2025 Eastern Illinois 21–5 34–22 Eastern Illinois 21–5 34–22

Men's soccer

Men's soccer was first sponsored by the OVC in 2023.[31]

Year Regular season champions Tournament champions
2023 SIUE SIUE
2024 SIUE SIUE
2025 Lindenwood Lindenwood

Women's soccer

This is a list of champions since 2010.[32]

Year Regular season champions Tournament champions
2010 Morehead State Morehead State
2011 Southeast Missouri UT Martin
2012 UT Martin UT Martin
2013 UT Martin Morehead State
2014 Southeast Missouri SIUE
2015 Murray State Murray State
2016 Murray State SIUE
2017 Murray State Murray State
2018 UT Martin Murray State
2019 Southeast Missouri Belmont
2020–21 Murray State SIUE
2021 UT Martin SIUE
2022 Tennessee Tech SIUE
2023 Tennessee Tech Morehead State
2024 Tennessee Tech Lindenwood
2025 Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech

Facilities

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Eastern Illinois O'Brien Field 10,000 Lakeside Soccer Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lantz Arena 5,300 Coaches Stadium
at Monier Field 		500 Williams Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Lantz Arena 5,300
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Morehead State Phil Simms Stadium 10,000 Phil Simms Stadium Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Ellis Johnson Arena 6,500 John "Sonny" Allen Field 1,200 University Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Ellis Johnson Arena 6,500
Southeast Missouri State Houck Stadium 11,015 Houck Stadium Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Show Me Center 6,972 Capaha Field 2,000 Southeast Softball Complex Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Houck Fieldhouse 1,000
Southern Indiana Non-football school Strassweg Field 550 Liberty Arena Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". USI Baseball Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". USI Softball Field 400 Liberty Arena Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".
SIU Edwardsville Ralph Korte Stadium 4,000 First Community Arena Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Roy E. Lee Field at Simmons Baseball Complex 1,500 Cougar Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". First Community Arena 4,000
Tennessee State Nissan Stadium 68,000 Non-soccer school Gentry Complex 10,500 Non-baseball school Tiger Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Kean Hall 2,500
Tennessee Tech Tucker Stadium 16,500 Tech Soccer Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Eblen Center 9,280 Bush Stadium at Averitt Express Baseball Complex 1,100 Tech Softball Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Eblen Center 9,280
UT Martin Graham Stadium 7,500 Skyhawk Soccer Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Skyhawk Arena 4,300 Skyhawk Baseball Field 500 Bettye Giles Softball Field Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Skyhawk Fieldhouse 3,000
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