OVC-Big South
A former conference: nine schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 2025. 2025 champion: Tennessee Tech.
2026 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Southeast Missouri State | 2–0 | 4–3 | ||
 UT Martin | 2–0 | 3–4 | ||
 Lindenwood | 2–1 | 2–4 | ||
 Western Illinois | 1–1 | 3–4 | ||
 Eastern Illinois | 1–1 | 2–5 | ||
 Gardner-Webb | 1–2 | 2–6 | ||
 Charleston Southern | 0–2 | 3–4 | ||
 Tennessee State | 0–2 | 2–5 |
In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 2026 Ohio Valley Conference football standings (license).
Champions
Most titles
| Tennessee Tech | 1 | last 2025 |
By year
| 2025 | Tennessee Tech |
Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.
Schools
Every school and its years (9)
Members
- Charleston Southern 2025
- Eastern Illinois 2025
- Gardner-Webb 2025
- Lindenwood 2025
- Southeast Missouri State 2025
- Tennessee State 2025
- Tennessee Tech 2025
- UT Martin 2025
- Western Illinois 2025
Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 2025; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.
Who came and went
| Season | School | Move | Announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 † | Charleston Southern | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Eastern Illinois | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Gardner-Webb | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Lindenwood | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Southeast Missouri State | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Tennessee State | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 | Tennessee Tech | Left for Southern Conference (football only) | August 13, 2025 | |
| 2026 † | UT Martin | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 | |
| 2026 † | Western Illinois | Left for OVC (football only) | June 18, 2026 |
Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 9 team-seasons from 2025. the member tables in the conference’s Wikipedia article agree with ours in all 7 team-seasons from 2025. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.