List of Ohio Valley Conference football champions
This is a list of yearly regular season champions in college football of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) FCS Ohio Valley Conference. Fifteen different teams have won a championship in the seven decade history of the OVC; every team that plays in the conference has won at least one conference championship.[1]
| Ohio Valley Conference football champions | |
|---|---|
| Conference Football Champion | |
| Sport | College football |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Played | 1948–present |
| Current champion | Austin Peay (2) Southeast Missouri State (2) |
| Most championships | Eastern Kentucky (21) |
Football conference champions
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† Both the OVC[1]:82[2] and Tennessee Tech[3] list Tennessee Tech (6–1) as champion, while Western Kentucky (6–1) with a head-to-head victory over Tennessee Tech claims this as a co-championship.[4]
Championships by team
| Team | Ohio Valley Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Kentucky | 21 | 1954, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| Tennessee Tech | 10 | 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1972, 1975, 2011 |
| Western Kentucky | 9 | 1952, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975†,1978, 1980, 2000 |
| Murray State | 8 | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1979, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2002 |
| Jacksonville State | 8 | 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Eastern Illinois | 7 | 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 |
| Tennessee State | 2 | 1998, 1999 |
| East Tennessee State | 2 | 1962, 1969 |
| Morehead State | 2 | 1962, 1966 |
| Evansville | 2 | 1948, 1949 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 2010,2019 |
| Austin Peay | 2 | 1977,2019 |
| UT Martin | 1 | 2006 |
| Youngstown State | 1 | 1987 |
Bold indicates an outright conference championship.
Italics indicates a school no longer competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.
† Claimed as a co-championship by WKU, but not recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference.
Notes
- 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 tiebreaker for the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.
- "2017 Ohio Valley Conference Media Guide" (PDF). ovcsports.com.
- "Past OVC Football Champions". ovcsports.com.
- "2014 Tennessee Tech Football Guide". ttusports.com. Tennessee Tech Athletics. p. 166.
- "2017 WKU Football Media Guide" (PDF). wkusports.com. Western Kentucky Athletics. p. 164. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
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