FCS conference belt
The Big South-OVC Belt
A companion lineage restricted to Big South-OVC: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two Big South-OVC members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in Big South-OVC at the time. Caught it by beating Lindenwood on October 18, 2025. Defended it 4 more times since. The conference has also been recorded as OVC-Big South; those seasons count here too.
| # | Team | Reign | Length | Def. | Won it | Lost it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southeast Missouri State | September 9, 2023 – November 11, 2023 | 63 days | 2 | Established it (first game on record) | lost to UT Martin |
| 2 | UT Martin | November 11, 2023 – September 7, 2024 | 301 days | 0 | beat Southeast Missouri State 41–14 | lost to Southeast Missouri State |
| 3 | Southeast Missouri State | September 7, 2024 – November 9, 2024 | 63 days | 4 | beat UT Martin 45–42 | lost to Lindenwood |
| 4 | Lindenwood | November 9, 2024 – November 23, 2024 | 14 days | 0 | beat Southeast Missouri State 24–12 | lost to UT Martin |
| 5 | UT Martin | November 23, 2024 – October 4, 2025 | 315 days | 1 | beat Lindenwood 33–26 | lost to Lindenwood |
| 6 | Lindenwood | October 4, 2025 – October 18, 2025 | 14 days | 0 | beat UT Martin 30–14 | lost to Tennessee Tech |
| 7 | Tennessee Tech | October 18, 2025 – Present | 353 days | 4 | beat Lindenwood 52–28 | — present — |
No reigns match “.”
Membership is judged season by season from every game a team played, so realignment moves a team’s games with it. A holder that stays in Big South-OVC keeps the belt through any stretch without a game against another member; a holder that leaves vacates the belt on its last game as a member, and it reverts to the most recent earlier holder that is a member of the season it left for. If no one is left to inherit it, the belt retires with its last holder. Days count the offseason; switch to games to measure a reign by belt games only.