List of Ohio Valley Conference football champions
Encyclopedia
This is a list of regular season champions in college football
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) FCS Ohio Valley Conference
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$ - Jacksonville State (6-1) had the best record in the conference, but was ineligible for the championship due to Academic Progress Rate
sanctions.
College football
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of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) FCS Ohio Valley Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference 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 , the lower of two levels of Division I...
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Football conference champions
| Season | Champion | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Murray State | 3–1–0 |
| 1949 | Evansville | 3–1–1 |
| 1950 | Murray State | 5–0–1 |
| 1951 | Murray State | 5–1–0 |
| 1952 | Tennessee Tech | 4–1–0 |
| Western Kentucky | 4–1–0 | |
| 1953 | Tennessee Tech | 5–0–0 |
| 1954 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–0–0 |
| 1955 | Tennessee Tech | 5–0–0 |
| 1956 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0–0 |
| 1957 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0–0 |
| 1958 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–1–0 |
| Tennessee Tech | 5–1–0 | |
| 1959 | Middle Tennessee State | 5–0–1 |
| Tennessee Tech | 5–0–1 | |
| 1960 | Tennessee Tech | 6–0–0 |
| 1961 | Tennessee Tech | 6–0–0 |
| 1962 | East Tennessee State | 4–2–0 |
| 1963 | Western Kentucky | 7–0–0 |
| 1964 | Middle Tennessee State | 6–1–0 |
| 1965 | Middle Tennessee State | 7–0–0 |
| 1966 | Morehead State | 6–1–0 |
| 1967 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–0–2 |
| 1968 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0–0 |
| 1969 | East Tennessee State | 6–0–1 |
| 1970 | Western Kentucky | 5–1–1 |
| 1971 | Western Kentucky | 5–2–0 |
| 1972 | Tennessee Tech | 7–0–0 |
| 1973 | Western Kentucky | 7–0–0 |
| 1974 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1–0 |
| 1975 | Tennessee Tech | 6–1–0 |
| Western Kentucky | 6–1–0 | |
| 1976 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1–0 |
| 1977 | Austin Peay State | 6–1–0 |
| 1978 | Western Kentucky | 6–0–0 |
| 1979 | Murray State | 6–0–0 |
| 1980 | Western Kentucky | 6–1–0 |
| 1981 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0–0 |
| 1982 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0–0 |
| 1983 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1–0 |
| 1984 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–1–0 |
| 1985 | Middle Tennessee State | 7–0–0 |
| 1986 | Murray State | 5–2–0 |
| 1987 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–1–0 |
| Youngstown State | 5–1–0 | |
| 1988 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–0–0 |
| 1989 | Middle Tennessee State | 6–0–0 |
| 1990 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–1–0 |
| Middle Tennessee State | 5–1–0 | |
| 1991 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–0–0 |
| 1992 | Middle Tennessee State | 8–0–0 |
| 1993 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0–0 |
| 1994 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–0–0 |
| 1995 | Murray State | 8–0–0 |
| 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 $ | 6–2 |
| 2010 | Southeast Missouri State | 7–1 |
$ - Jacksonville State (6-1) had the best record in the conference, but was ineligible for the championship due to Academic Progress Rate
Academic Progress Rate
The Academic Progress Rate, sometimes also known as Academic Performance Rating and generally abbreviated as APR, is a metric established by the NCAA to indicate the success of collegiate athletic teams in moving student athletes towards graduation . It was instituted in February of 2005...
sanctions.