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A Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) occurs as College Athletic Conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I personally-AA for football and Division I personally for 100% more sports. There are presently nine football members and eleven members for basketball and other sports.
Member schools (and year joined)
Austin Peay State University (1962) [non-football member, will resume OVC football competition in 2007]
Eastern Illinois University [=EIU] (1996)
Eastern Kentucky University [=EKU] (1948)
Jacksonville State University (2003)
Morehead State University (1948) [non-football member]
Murray State University (1948)
Samford University (2003)
Southeast Missouri State University [=SEMO] (1991)
Tennessee State University (1986)
Tennessee Technological University [=Tennessee Tech] (1949)
University of Tennessee-Martin (1992)
Previous members, sustaining a years of their membership, include a University of Evansville (1948-1952), the University of Louisville (1948-1949), Marshall University (1949-1952), Western Kentucky University (1948-1982, 1999-2001), East Tennessee State University (1957-1979), Youngstown State University (1980-1988), the University of Akron (1979-1987), and Middle Tennessee State University (1952-1998).
Note: Middle Tennessee State apparently did non withdraw from either its last conference affiliation, a Volunteer State Athletic Conference, until 1957.
Conference Champions in Football, With Conference Record
| Year | Champion | Conference Record |
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| 1948 | Murray State | Three-One-0 |
| | 1949 | Evansville | Three-One-1 |
| | 1950 | Murray State | Five-0-1 |
| | 1951 | Murray State | Five-One-0 |
| | 1952 | Tennessee Tech | Four-One-0
| | American Kentucky | Four-One-0
| | 1953 | Tennessee Tech | Five-0-0
| | 1954 | Eastern Kentucky | Five-0-0
| | 1955 | Tennessee Tech | Five-0-0 |
| | 1956 | Middle Tennessee State | Five-0-0
| | 1957 | Middle Tennessee State | Five-0-0
| | 1958 | Middle Tennessee State | Five-One-0
| | Tennessee Tech | Five-One-0
| | 1959 | Middle Tennessee State | Five-0-1
| | Tennessee Tech | Five-0-1
| | 1960 | Tennessee Tech | 6-0-0
| | 1961 | Tennessee Tech | 6-0-0
| | 1962 | East Tennessee State | Four-Two-0
| | 1963 | American Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1964 | Middle Tennessee State | 6-One-0
| | 1965 | Middle Tennessee State | 7-0-0
| | 1966 | Morehead State | 6-One-0
| | 1967 | Eastern Kentucky | Five-0-2
| | 1968 | Eastern Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1969 | East Tennessee State | 6-0-1
| | 1970 | American Kentucky | Five-One-1
| | 1971 | American Kentucky | Five-Two-0
| | 1972 | Tennessee Tech | 7-0-0
| | 1973 | American Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1974 | Eastern Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1975 | Tennessee Tech | 6-One-0
| | American Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1976 | Eastern Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1977 | Austin Peay State | 6-One-0
| | 1978 | American Kentucky | 6-0-0
| | 1979 | Murray State | 6-0-0
| | 1980 | American Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1981 | Eastern Kentucky | 8-0-0
| | 1982 | Eastern Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1983 | Eastern Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1984 | Eastern Kentucky | 6-One-0
| | 1985 | Middle Tennessee State | 7-0-0
| | 1986 | Murray State | Five-Two-0
| | 1987 | Eastern Kentucky | Five-One-0
| | Youngstown State | Five-One-0
| | 1988 | Eastern Kentucky | 6-0-0
| | 1989 | Middle Tennessee State | 6-0-0
| | 1990 | Eastern Kentucky | Five-One-0
| | Middle Tennessee State | Five-One-0
| | 1991 | Eastern Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1992 | Middle Tennessee State | 8-0-0
| | 1993 | Eastern Kentucky | 8-0-0
| | 1994 | Eastern Kentucky | 8-0-0
| | 1995 | Murray State | 8-0-0
| | 1996 | Murray State | 8-0-0
| | 1997 | Eastern Kentucky | 7-0-0
| | 1998 | Tennessee State | 6-1
| | 1999 | Tennessee State | 7-0
| | 2000 | American Kentucky | 7-0
| | 2001 | Eastern Illinois | 6-1
| | 2002 | Eastern Illinois | Five-1
| | Murray State | Five-1
| | 2003 | Jacksonville State | 7-1
| | 2004 | Jacksonville State | 7-1
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