FCS Conference Belt The OVC Belt

The OVC Belt

A companion lineage restricted to OVC: the belt passes to whoever beats the holder, exactly like the real belt, but only games between two OVC members COUNT — and only for the seasons both sides were actually in OVC at the time. Samford caught it but left OVC — since this belt only passes among OVC members, it reverted back to Tennessee Tech on December 4, 2022.

62Reigns
140Belt Games
10Programs
Longest Reign
Jacksonville State — 5 yrs, 331 days
November 23, 2012 – October 20, 2018
Most Defenses, One Reign
Jacksonville State — 35
starting November 23, 2012
Most Reigns, All-Time
Eastern Kentucky — 10 separate reigns
10 OVC programs have held it
#TeamReignLength Def.Won itLost it
1 Samford September 27, 2003 – October 4, 2003 7 days 0 Established it (first game on record) lost to Eastern Kentucky
2 Eastern Kentucky October 4, 2003 – October 18, 2003 14 days 1 beat Samford lost to Southeast Missouri State
3 Southeast Missouri State October 18, 2003 – October 25, 2003 7 days 0 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to Murray State
4 Murray State October 25, 2003 – November 1, 2003 7 days 0 beat Southeast Missouri State lost to Eastern Kentucky
5 Eastern Kentucky November 1, 2003 – September 25, 2004 329 days 3 beat Murray State lost to Jacksonville State
6 Jacksonville State September 25, 2004 – October 23, 2004 28 days 3 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to Tennessee Tech
7 Tennessee Tech October 23, 2004 – October 30, 2004 7 days 0 beat Jacksonville State lost to Samford
8 Samford October 30, 2004 – November 6, 2004 7 days 0 beat Tennessee Tech lost to Jacksonville State
9 Jacksonville State November 6, 2004 – October 1, 2005 329 days 3 beat Samford lost to Eastern Kentucky
10 Eastern Kentucky October 1, 2005 – October 15, 2005 14 days 1 beat Jacksonville State lost to Eastern Illinois
11 Eastern Illinois October 15, 2005 – October 28, 2006 1 yr, 13 days 9 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to UT Martin
12 UT Martin October 28, 2006 – November 11, 2006 14 days 1 beat Eastern Illinois lost to Eastern Kentucky
13 Eastern Kentucky November 11, 2006 – September 20, 2008 1 yr, 314 days 8 beat UT Martin lost to Tennessee State
14 Tennessee State September 20, 2008 – October 25, 2008 35 days 2 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to Southeast Missouri State
15 Southeast Missouri State October 25, 2008 – November 1, 2008 7 days 0 beat Tennessee State lost to Eastern Kentucky
16 Eastern Kentucky November 1, 2008 – October 10, 2009 343 days 5 beat Southeast Missouri State lost to Tennessee State
17 Tennessee State October 10, 2009 – November 14, 2009 35 days 0 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to Austin Peay
18 Austin Peay November 14, 2009 – November 21, 2009 7 days 0 beat Tennessee State lost to UT Martin
19 UT Martin November 21, 2009 – September 25, 2010 308 days 1 beat Austin Peay lost to Murray State
20 Murray State September 25, 2010 – October 2, 2010 7 days 0 beat UT Martin lost to Jacksonville State
21 Jacksonville State October 2, 2010 – November 6, 2010 35 days 3 beat Murray State lost to Eastern Kentucky
22 Eastern Kentucky November 6, 2010 – September 24, 2011 322 days 2 beat Jacksonville State lost to Austin Peay
23 Austin Peay September 24, 2011 – October 8, 2011 14 days 1 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to UT Martin
24 UT Martin October 8, 2011 – November 12, 2011 35 days 2 beat Austin Peay lost to Tennessee State
25 Tennessee State November 12, 2011 – November 19, 2011 7 days 0 beat UT Martin lost to Jacksonville State
26 Jacksonville State November 19, 2011 – September 22, 2012 308 days 0 beat Tennessee State lost to Eastern Kentucky
27 Eastern Kentucky September 22, 2012 – October 6, 2012 14 days 1 beat Jacksonville State lost to Tennessee State
28 Tennessee State October 6, 2012 – October 20, 2012 14 days 1 beat Eastern Kentucky lost to Jacksonville State
29 Jacksonville State October 20, 2012 – November 3, 2012 14 days 1 beat Tennessee State lost to UT Martin
30 UT Martin November 3, 2012 – November 10, 2012 7 days 0 beat Jacksonville State lost to Tennessee Tech
31 Tennessee Tech November 10, 2012 – November 17, 2012 7 days 0 beat UT Martin lost to Austin Peay
32 Austin Peay November 17, 2012 – November 17, 2012 0 days 0 beat Tennessee Tech vacated — left OVC
33 Tennessee Tech November 18, 2012 – November 18, 2012 0 days 0 reverted after Austin Peay left OVC vacated — left OVC
34 UT Martin November 19, 2012 – November 19, 2012 0 days 0 reverted after Tennessee Tech left OVC vacated — left OVC
35 Jacksonville State November 20, 2012 – November 20, 2012 0 days 0 reverted after UT Martin left OVC vacated — left OVC
36 Tennessee State November 21, 2012 – November 21, 2012 0 days 0 reverted after Jacksonville State left OVC vacated — left OVC
37 Eastern Kentucky November 22, 2012 – November 22, 2012 0 days 0 reverted after Tennessee State left OVC vacated — left OVC
38 Jacksonville State November 23, 2012 – October 20, 2018 5 yrs, 331 days 35 reverted after Eastern Kentucky left OVC lost to Southeast Missouri State
39 Southeast Missouri State October 20, 2018 – November 10, 2018 21 days 2 beat Jacksonville State lost to Murray State
40 Murray State November 10, 2018 – November 17, 2018 7 days 0 beat Southeast Missouri State lost to Austin Peay
41 Austin Peay November 17, 2018 – October 19, 2019 336 days 2 beat Murray State lost to Tennessee State
42 Tennessee State October 19, 2019 – November 2, 2019 14 days 0 beat Austin Peay lost to Southeast Missouri State
43 Southeast Missouri State November 2, 2019 – October 2, 2021 1 yr, 334 days 4 beat Tennessee State lost to Tennessee Tech
44 Tennessee Tech October 2, 2021 – October 16, 2021 14 days 0 beat Southeast Missouri State lost to Tennessee State
45 Tennessee State October 16, 2021 – November 6, 2021 21 days 2 beat Tennessee Tech lost to UT Martin
46 UT Martin November 6, 2021 – November 20, 2021 14 days 1 beat Tennessee State lost to Southeast Missouri State
47 Southeast Missouri State November 20, 2021 – November 19, 2022 364 days 5 beat UT Martin vacated — left OVC
48 UT Martin November 20, 2022 – November 20, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Southeast Missouri State left OVC vacated — left OVC
49 Tennessee State November 21, 2022 – November 21, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after UT Martin left OVC vacated — left OVC
50 Tennessee Tech November 22, 2022 – November 22, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Tennessee State left OVC vacated — left OVC
51 Southeast Missouri State November 23, 2022 – November 23, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Tennessee Tech left OVC vacated — left OVC
52 Austin Peay November 24, 2022 – November 24, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Southeast Missouri State left OVC vacated — left OVC
53 Murray State November 25, 2022 – November 25, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Austin Peay left OVC vacated — left OVC
54 Southeast Missouri State November 26, 2022 – November 26, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Murray State left OVC vacated — left OVC
55 Jacksonville State November 27, 2022 – November 27, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Southeast Missouri State left OVC vacated — left OVC
56 Tennessee State November 28, 2022 – November 28, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Jacksonville State left OVC vacated — left OVC
57 Eastern Kentucky November 29, 2022 – November 29, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Tennessee State left OVC vacated — left OVC
58 Jacksonville State November 30, 2022 – November 30, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Eastern Kentucky left OVC vacated — left OVC
59 Eastern Illinois December 1, 2022 – December 1, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Jacksonville State left OVC vacated — left OVC
60 Eastern Kentucky December 2, 2022 – December 2, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Eastern Illinois left OVC vacated — left OVC
61 Samford December 3, 2022 – December 3, 2022 0 days 0 reverted after Eastern Kentucky left OVC vacated — left OVC
62 Tennessee Tech December 4, 2022 – Present 3 yrs, 286 days 0 reverted after Samford left OVC — present —

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