Editing Ohio Valley Conference (section)

===Membership timeline===
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   bar:1  shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1949 till:1964 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC2 from:1964 till:1975 text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC1 from:1975 till:1995 text:[[Metro Conference|Metro]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2005 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:1  shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:2014 text:[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:2  color:Full from:1948 till:1952 text:[[University of Evansville|Evansville]] (1948–1952)
   bar:2  shift:(70) color:OtherC1 from:1952 till:1977 text:[[Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
   bar:2  color:OtherC1 from:1977 till:1979 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|DI]]
   bar:2  color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1994 text:[[Horizon League|MCC]]
   bar:2  color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:end text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]

   bar:3  color:Full from:1948 till:1982 text:[[Western Kentucky University|Western Kentucky]] (1948–1982)
   bar:3  color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1999 text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
   bar:3  color:AssocF from:1999 till:2001 text:('99–'01 in football)
   bar:3  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2014
   bar:3  color:OtherC2 from:2014 till:end text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]

   bar:4  color:Full from:1948 till:1996 text:[[Morehead State University|Morehead State]] (1948–present)
   bar:4  color:FullxF from:1996 till:end

   bar:5  color:Full from:1948 till:2021 text:[[Eastern Kentucky University|Eastern Kentucky]] (1948–2021)
   bar:5  color:OtherC1 from:2021 till:end text:[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]

   bar:6  color:Full from:1948 till:2022 text:[[Murray State University|Murray State]] (1948–2022)
   bar:6  color:AssocF from:2022 till:2023 text:('22–'23 in football)
   bar:6  color:AssocOS from:2023 till:end text:

   bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1949
   bar:7  color:Full from:1949 till:1952 text:[[Marshall University|Marshall]] (1949–1952)
   bar:7  color:OtherC2 from:1952 till:1954
   bar:7  shift:(55) color:OtherC1 from:1954 till:1969 text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
   bar:7  color:OtherC2 from:1969 till:1976 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1997 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:7  color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:2005 text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
   bar:7  color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:2022 text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
   bar:7  color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:8  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1949
   bar:8  color:Full from:1949 till:end text:[[Tennessee Technological University|Tennessee Tech]] (1949–present)

   bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1952 text:[[Volunteer State Athletic Conference|VSAC]]
   bar:9  color:Full from:1952 till:1999 text:[[Middle Tennessee State University|Middle Tennessee State]] (1952–2000)
   bar:9  color:FullxF from:1999 till:2000
   bar:9  color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2013 text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
   bar:9  color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]

   bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1950 text:[[Smoky Mountain Conference|SMC]]
   bar:10  color:OtherC2 from:1950 till:1951
   bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1951 till:1957 text:[[Volunteer State Athletic Conference|VSAC]]
   bar:10  color:Full from:1957 till:1978 text:[[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State]] (1957–1978)
   bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2005 text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]
   bar:10  color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:2014 text:[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]
   bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:endtext:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]

   bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1962 text:[[Volunteer State Athletic Conference|VSAC]]
   bar:11  color:Full from:1962 till:1997 text:[[Austin Peay State University|Austin Peay]] (1962–2022)
   bar:11  color:FullxF from:1997 till:2007 
   bar:11  color:Full from:2007 till:2022
   bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]

   bar:12  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1966 text:[[Ohio Athletic Conference|OAC]]
   bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1978 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:12  shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1980 text:[[Summit League|MCC]]
   bar:12  color:Full from:1980 till:1987 text:[[University of Akron|Akron]] (1980–1987)
   bar:12  shift:(15) color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:1990 text:[[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 text:[[Summit League|MCC]]
   bar:12  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:end text:[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]

   bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1981 text:Independent
   bar:13  color:Full from:1981 till:1988 text:[[Youngstown State University|Youngstown State]] (1981–1988)
   bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1992
   bar:13  shift:(30) color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:2001 text:[[Summit League|MCC]]
   bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:[[Horizon League|Horizon]]

   bar:14  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1966 text:[[Midwest Athletic Association|Midwest]]
   bar:14  color:OtherC2 from:1966 till:1986 text:Independent
   bar:14  color:FullxF from:1986 till:1988 text:[[Tennessee State University|Tennessee State]] (1986–present)
   bar:14  color:Full from:1988 till:end

   bar:15  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1991 text:[[Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association|MIAA]]
   bar:15  color:Full from:1991 till:end text:[[Southeast Missouri State University|Southeast Missouri State]] (1991–present)

   bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1951 text:Indep.
   bar:16  color:OtherC2 from:1951 till:1971 text:[[Volunteer State Athletic Conference|VSAC]]
   bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1971 till:1991 text:[[Gulf South Conference|GSC]]
   bar:16  shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1992 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:16  color:Full from:1992 till:end text:[[University of Tennessee at Martin|Tennessee-Martin]] (1992–present)

   bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1970 text:[[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|IIAC]]
   bar:17  color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1982 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1989 text:[[Summit League|AMCU]]
   bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:1996 text:[[Summit League|MCC]]
   bar:17  color:Full from:1996 till:end text:[[Eastern Illinois University|Eastern Illinois]] (1996–present)

   bar:18  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1954 text:[[Dixie Conference|Dixie]]
   bar:18  color:OtherC2 from:1954 till:1978 text:Independent
   bar:18  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2003 text:[[ASUN Conference|TAAC/A-Sun]]
   bar:18  color:Full from:2003 till:2008 text:[[Samford University|Samford]] (2003–2008)
   bar:18  shift:(60) color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:end text:[[Southern Conference|SoCon]]

   bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1959 text:[[Southern States Conference|AIC]]
   bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1959 till:1971 text:[[Southern States Conference|ACC]]
   bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:1971 till:1993 text:[[Gulf South Conference|GSC]]
   bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1995 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2003 text:[[ASUN Conference|TAAC/A-Sun]]
   bar:19  color:Full from:2003 till:2021 text:[[Jacksonville State University|Jacksonville State]]  (2003–2021)
   bar:19  shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:2021 till:2023 text:[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]]
   bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:[[Conference USA|C-USA]]

   bar:20  color:OtherC1 from:1967 till:1995 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:20  color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:2008 text:[[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]
   bar:20  color:FullxF from:2008 till:end text:[[Southern Illinois University Edwardsville|SIUE]] (2008–present)

   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1952 till:1985 text:[[Volunteer State Athletic Conference|VSAC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1985 till:1996 text:[[Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference|TCAC]]
   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2001 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Indep.]]
   bar:21 shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2012 text:[[ASUN Conference|A-Sun]]
   bar:21 color:FullxF from:2012 till:2022 text:[[Belmont University|Belmont]] (2012–2022)
   bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]

   bar:24  color:OtherC1 from:1970 till:1993 text:[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Independent]]
   bar:24  color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1996 text:[[American Midwest Conference|AMC]]
   bar:24  color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2011 text:[[Heart of America Athletic Conference|HAAC]]
   bar:24  shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:2012 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:24  color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2019 text:[[Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association|MIAA]]
   bar:24  color:OtherC2 from:2019 till:2022 text:[[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]
   bar:24  color:Full from:2022 till:end text:[[Lindenwood University|Lindenwood]] (2022–present)

   bar:25  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1961 text:Independent
   bar:25  color:OtherC2 from:1961 till:1977 text:[[Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference|AIC]]
   bar:25  color:OtherC1 from:1977 till:1979 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|Ind.]]
   bar:25  color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1991 text:[[ASUN Conference|TAAC]]
   bar:25  color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:2022 text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
   bar:25  color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:[[University of Arkansas at Little Rock|Little Rock]] (2022–present)

   bar:26  color:OtherC1 from:1970 till:1978 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Independent]]
   bar:26  color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:2022 text:[[Great Lakes Valley Conference|GLVC]]
   bar:26  color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:[[University of Southern Indiana|Southern Indiana]] (2022–present)

   bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:1948 till:1970 text:[[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|IIAC]]
   bar:27  color:OtherC2 from:1970 till:1982 text:Independent
   bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1989 text:[[Summit League|AMCU]]
   bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:2007 text:[[Summit League|MCC]]
   bar:27  color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2023 text:[[Summit League|Summit]]
   bar:27  color:FullxF from:2023 till:2024 text:[[Western Illinois University|Western Illinois]] (2023–present)
   bar:27  color:Full from:2024 till:end

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====Comments====
* 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.
* Austin Peay's football team left the OVC after the 1996 season to compete as an [[NCAA Division I FCS independent schools|NCAA D-I FCS Independent]]. After four seasons as an Independent, the team joined the Pioneer Football League in 2001, and remained there through the 2005 season. Austin Peay then returned to scholarship football, spending the 2006 season as an Independent before re-entering OVC football competition in 2007.