List of Ohio Valley Conference football champions
| Ohio Valley Conference football champions | |
|---|---|
| Conference Football Champion | |
| Sport | College football |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Played | 1948–present |
| Current champion | Jacksonville State (7) |
| Most championships | Eastern Kentucky (20) |
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]
Football conference champions
| Season | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Murray State | 3–1 |
| Evansville | 3–1 | |
| 1949 | Evansville | 3–1–1 |
| 1950 | Murray State | 5–0–1 |
| 1951 | Murray State | 5–1 |
| 1952 | Tennessee Tech | 4–1 |
| Western Kentucky | 4–1 | |
| 1953 | Tennessee Tech | 5–0 |
| 1954 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–0 |
| 1955 | Tennessee Tech | 5–0 |
| 1956 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0 |
| 1957 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0 |
| 1958 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–1 |
| Tennessee Tech | 5–1 | |
| 1959 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0–1 |
| Tennessee Tech | 5–0–1 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee Tech | 6–0 |
| 1961 | Tennessee Tech | 6–0 |
| 1962 | East Tennessee State | 4–2 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 4–2 | |
| Middle Tennessee State | 4–2 | |
| Morehead State | 4–2 | |
| 1963 | Western Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1964 | Middle Tennessee State | 6–1 |
| 1965 | Middle Tennessee State | 7–0 |
| 1966 | Morehead State | 6–1 |
| 1967 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–0–2 |
| 1968 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1969 | East Tennessee State | 6–0–1 |
| 1970 | Western Kentucky | 5–1–1 |
| 1971 | Western Kentucky | 5–2 |
| 1972 | Tennessee Tech | 7–0 |
| 1973 | Western Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1974 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1 |
| 1975 | Tennessee Tech | 6–1 |
| Western Kentucky | 6–1 | |
| 1976 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1 |
| 1977 | Austin Peay State | 6–1 |
| 1978 | Western Kentucky | 6–0 |
| 1979 | Murray State | 6–0 |
| 1980 | Western Kentucky | 6–1 |
| 1981 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0 |
| 1982 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1983 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1 |
| 1984 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1 |
| 1985 | Middle Tennessee State | 7–0 |
| 1986 | Murray State | 6–1 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 6–1 | |
| 1987 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–1 |
| Youngstown State | 5–1 | |
| 1988 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–0 |
| 1989 | Middle Tennessee State | 6–0 |
| 1990 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–1 |
| Middle Tennessee State | 5–1 | |
| 1991 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1992 | Middle Tennessee State | 8–0 |
| 1993 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0 |
| 1994 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0 |
| 1995 | Murray State | 8–0 |
| 1996 | Murray State | 8–0 |
| 1997 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 1998 | Tennessee State | 6–1 |
| 1999 | Tennessee State | 7–0 |
| 2000 | Western Kentucky | 7–0 |
| 2001 | Eastern Illinois | 6–1 |
| 2002 | Eastern Illinois | 5–1 |
| Murray State | 5–1 | |
| 2003 | Jacksonville State | 7–1 |
| 2004 | Jacksonville State | 7–1 |
| 2005 | Eastern Illinois | 8–0 |
| 2006 | UT Martin | 6–1 |
| Eastern Illinois | 7–1 | |
| 2007 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0 |
| 2008 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–1 |
| 2009 | Eastern Illinois[n 1] | 6–2 |
| 2010 | Southeast Missouri State | 7–1 |
| 2011 | Tennessee Tech[n 2] | 6–2 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 6–2 | |
| Jacksonville State | 6–2 | |
| 2012 | Eastern Illinois | 6–1 |
| 2013 | Eastern Illinois | 8–0 |
| 2014 | Jacksonville State | 8–0 |
| 2015 | Jacksonville State | 8–0 |
| 2016 | Jacksonville State | 8–0 |
| 2017 | Jacksonville State | 8–0 |
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 | 7 | 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| 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 | 1 | 2010 |
| UT Martin | 1 | 2006 |
| Youngstown State | 1 | 1987 |
| Austin Peay | 1 | 1977 |
Bold indicates an outright conference championship. Italics indicates a school no longer competing in 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.
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