• 2020-21 Football Schedule | OVC Record Book | FCS Insider Website
This year OVC football teams will compete in the spring after the 2020 fall conference season was postponed. Eight OVC schools will compete in a seven-game round robin schedule that is set to begin on Sunday, February 21.
Games will be held on Sunday's with the exception of Easter weekend (when they will be played on Saturday, April 3). No games are currently scheduled for March 7 or April 17, although any potentially postponed games could use those dates as makeups.
This year the NCAA will hold a 16-team playoff, with selections announced on Sunday, April 18 and competition beginning the following week. The FCS National Championship Game will be contest in mid-May in Frisco, Texas.
Last season marked the end to its record five-straight OVC Championships for Jacksonville State, as the Gamecocks lost four of its final five games to finish at 6-6 overall (3-5 OVC). JSU began its rebuilding by playing four non-conference games in the fall, compiling a 3-1 record including a win over FBS opponent FIU. Among the players returning for JSU is tight end
Trae Barry who had 25 catches for 330 yards in five games before seeing his season end due to injury. Junior linebacker
Zack Woodard returns after leading the Gamecocks with 96 tackles a year ago.
At this year's Virtual OVC Media Day presented by
Delta Dental of Tennessee and
Farm Bureau Health Plans, OVC TV analyst Bob Belvin interviewed each league head coach to get their perspective on the upcoming season.