Ohio Valley Conference

Ohio Valley Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
CommissionerBeth DeBauche (since 2009)
Sports fielded
  • 20
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
    • coeducational: 1
DivisionDivision I
SubdivisionFCS
No. of teams11
HeadquartersBrentwood, Tennessee
RegionMidwest and South
Official websiteovcsports.com
Locations
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Ohio Valley Conference is located in USA Midsouth
Little Rock
Little Rock
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood
Lindenwood
Morehead State
Morehead State
SEMO
SEMO
SIUE
SIUE
USI
USI
Tenn State
Tenn State
Tenn Tech
Tenn Tech
UT Martin
UT Martin
Western Illinois
Western Illinois
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Ohio Valley Conference

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.