All-time members
6
1948-2020
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1948-2020. 6 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
1
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
1
Final tracked membership snapshot
Latest champion
No champion available
No champion is available yet
Most conference titles
Unavailable
No official title leader is available yet
Newest members
2003
Jacksonville State
Championship format
Standings
2020: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1948-2020. 6 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
Ohio Valley Conference teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Jacksonville State.
Major eras
- 1948-1951: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1952-1957: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1958-1979: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 2020.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1948
- Last tracked season
- 2020
- Standings seasons
- 0
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 14
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee | 1958 | 1998 | 41 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Western Kentucky | 1948 | 2000 | 36 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Jacksonville State | 2003 | 2020 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Akron | 1980 | 1986 | 7 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall | 1949 | 1951 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 1948 | 1948 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership events feed
- 2021: Jacksonville State departed
- 2003: Jacksonville State joined
- 2001: Western Kentucky departed
- 1999: Middle Tennessee departed
- 1999: Western Kentucky joined
- 1987: Akron departed
- 1982: Western Kentucky departed
- 1980: Akron joined
- 1958: Middle Tennessee joined
- 1952: Marshall departed
- 1949: Louisville departed
- 1949: Marshall joined
- 1948: Louisville joined
- 1948: Western Kentucky joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
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2020 standings
UnavailableNo conference games have been completed for this season yet.
Member count
1
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Unavailable
No champion is available for this season in the current dataset.
How this season was decided
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 10-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- No official title leaders are available yet.
Era breakdown
- 1948-1951: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1952-1957: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1958-1979: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1982-1986: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1987-2000: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 2003-2020: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1948-1951
Partial1948-1951: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1952: Marshall departed
- 1949: Louisville departed
- 1949: Marshall joined
- 1948: Louisville joined
1952-1957
Partial1952-1957: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1958: Middle Tennessee joined
- 1952: Marshall departed
1958-1979
Partial1958-1979: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1980: Akron joined
- 1958: Middle Tennessee joined
1980-1981
Partial1980-1981: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1982: Western Kentucky departed
- 1980: Akron joined
1982-1986
Partial1982-1986: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1987: Akron departed
- 1982: Western Kentucky departed
1987-2000
Partial1987-2000: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2001: Western Kentucky departed
- 1999: Middle Tennessee departed
- 1999: Western Kentucky joined
- 1987: Akron departed
2003-2020
Partial2003-2020: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2021: Jacksonville State departed
- 2003: Jacksonville State joined
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
7
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
7
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Jacksonville State
Joined in 2003
Longest member
Middle Tennessee
41 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Jacksonville State
Departed since start
- Louisville
- Western Kentucky
Realignment timeline
- 2021: Jacksonville State departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 2020 season.
- 2003: Jacksonville State joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 2003 season.
- 2001: Western Kentucky departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 2000 season.
- 1999: Middle Tennessee departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 1998 season.
- 1999: Western Kentucky joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1999 season.
- 1987: Akron departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 1986 season.
- 1982: Western Kentucky departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 1981 season.
- 1980: Akron joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1980 season.
- 1958: Middle Tennessee joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1958 season.
- 1952: Marshall departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 1951 season.
- 1949: Louisville departed Ohio Valley Conference after the 1948 season.
- 1949: Marshall joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1949 season.
- 1948: Louisville joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1948 season.
- 1948: Western Kentucky joined Ohio Valley Conference for the 1948 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Middle Tennessee
41 tracked seasons
Newest member
Jacksonville State
First joined in 2003
Most reshaped metric
14
7 joins and 7 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Akron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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