Ohio Valley Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division I FCS
Established	1948
Members	11
Sports fielded	17 (8 men’s, 9 women’s)
Region	Midwest and South
States	5 – Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
Headquarters	Brentwood, Tennessee
Commissioner	Jon Steinbrecher
Locations

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a college 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 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, 10 of which (as of the 2007 season) compete in football in the conference; the 11th, Morehead State, competes in the Pioneer Football League. Ohio Valley Conference logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... This article is 88 kilobytes or more in size. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (841 × 580 pixel, file size: 27 KB, MIME type: image/png) (All user names refer to en. ... This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The Pioneer Football League is a college athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States It has member schools that range from North Carolina and Florida in the east to California in the west. ...

Member schools

Teams

• Austin Peay Governors and Lady Govs
• Eastern Illinois Panthers
• Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Lady Colonels
• Jacksonville State Gamecocks
• Morehead State Eagles
• Murray State Racers and Lady Racers
• Samford Bulldogs
• Southeast Missouri Redhawks
• Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers
• Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
• Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks

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Departing members

• Samford University (Southern Conference), July 1, 2008[1]

Birds-Eye View of the Campus Samford University is a private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, (a suburb of Birmingham). ... The Southern Conference (or SoCon) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAAs Division I. SoCon football teams compete in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as I-AA). ...

Former members

• Youngstown State University (Gateway Football Conference) 1981-(1987 Football)1992

Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an accredited university located in Youngstown, Ohio US. As of 2005, there were 13,101 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. ... The Gateway Football Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States. ...

Football conference champions

Men's basketball conference champions

• List of Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament venues

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Conference facilities

Governors Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Clarksville, Tennessee. ... Dunn Center is a 9,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Clarksville, Tennessee. ... OBrien Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Charleston, Illinois. ... Lantz Arena is a 5,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Charleston, Illinois. ... Roy Kidd Stadium is a 22,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Richmond, Kentucky. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Paul Snow Stadium is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. ... Pete Mathews Coliseum is a 5,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Jacksonville, Alabama. ... Jayne Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Morehead, Kentucky. ... Ellis Johnson Arena is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Morehead, Kentucky. ... Roy Stewart Stadium is a 16,800-seat multi-purpose stadium in Murray, Kentucky. ... The Regional Special Events Center, often locally referred to as the RSEC, is a multipurpose arena located on the campus of Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, USA. Its primary tenants are the Murray State mens and womens basketball teams. ... Seibert Stadium is a 6,700-seat multi-purpose stadium in Homewood, Alabama. ... Thomas E. and Marla H. Corts Arena[1] is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Homewood, Alabama. ... Houck Stadium is a 11,015-seat multi-purpose stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ... Show Me Center General Information The Show Me Center is a multipurpose arena located on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ... Graham Stadium is a 6,700-seat multi-purpose stadium in Martin, Tennessee. ... Skyhawk Arena is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Martin, Tennessee. ... LP Field is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, used primarily as the home stadium of the NFLs Tennessee Titans, but also used by Tennessee State University. ... Gentry Complex is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Tucker Stadium is a 16,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee. ... Eblen Center is a 10,152-seat multi-purpose arena in Cookeville, Tennessee. ...

Notes

Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League, a Division I FCS football-only conference whose members choose not to offer athletic scholarships for football. The Pioneer Football League is a college athletic conference which operates literally from coast to coast in the United States It has member schools that range from North Carolina and Florida in the east to California in the west. ... An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on their ability to play in a sport. ...

Austin Peay's football team competed in the Pioneer League for the 2001-2005 seasons, then became an independent for the 2006 season, and will begin football participation in the Ohio Valley Conference once again, starting in 2007.

External link

• Official Internet site of the Ohio Valley Conference

This article is about the public university in Clarksville, Tennessee. ... Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Eastern Illinois University. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jacksonville State University is a public, modern regional university serving Northeast Alabama on a 459 acre campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. ... Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky. ... Murray State University, located in the town of Murray in Kentuckys far-western Jackson Purchase in the United States, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. ... Birds-Eye View of the Campus Samford University is a private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, (a suburb of Birmingham). ... Southeast Missouri State University, often called SEMO, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ... Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university founded in 1912. ... Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, a small city approximately seventy miles (110 km) east of Nashville. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...