Big South/OVC 2024 Football Schedules

May 23, 2024 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

Big South/OVS schools, like all other FCS schools, normally play an 11-game schedule, but because there is an extra week on the calendar from start to finish of the 2024, 2025 and 2030 seasons, FCS schools will be permitted to play a 12-game slate or schedule an extra BYE week. All of the Big South/OVC have opted to play a 12th game.

This year, the BS/OVC loses Bryant and Robert Morris, but gains Western Illinois.

Member Schools

Charleston Southern
Eastern Illinois
Gardner-Webb
Lindenwood
Southeast Missouri
Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Tennessee-Martin
Western Illinois

Charleston Southern

8/31 The Citadel
9/7 at Furman
9/14 at Richmond
9/28 at Tennessee State*
10/5 Western Illinois*
10/12 at Lindenwood*
10/19 Southeast Missouri*
10/26 at Tennessee Tech*
11/2 Gardner-Webb*
11/9 UT Martin*
11/16 at Eastern Illinois*
11/23 at Florida State (FBS)

Eastern Illinois

8/29 at Illinois (FBS)
9/7 Indiana State
9/14 at Northwestern (FBS)
9/21 at Illinois State
9/28 Lindenwood*
10/5 Southeast Missouri*
10/12 at Tennessee State*
10/26 at UT Martin*
11/2 Western Illinois*
11/9 at Gardner-Webb*
11/16 Charleston Southern*
11/23 at Tennessee Tech*

Gardner-Webb

8/29 Wofford
9/7 at James Madison (FBS)
9/14 at Charlotte (FBS)
9/21 at Presbyterian
9/28 Tennessee Tech*
10/5 at UT Martin*
10/19 Lindenwood*
10/26 at Southeast Missouri*
11/2 at Charleston Southern*
11/9 Eastern Illinois*
11/16 Tennessee State*
11/23 at Western Illinois*

Lindenwood

8/29 at Kansas (FBS)
9/7 Central Arkansas
9/14 at Missouri State
9/21 St. Thomas (MN)
9/28 at Eastern Illinois*
10/5 Tennessee State*
10/12 Charleston Southern*
10/19 at Gardner-Webb*
10/26 Western Illinois*
11/2 at Tennessee Tech*
11/9 Southeast Missouri*
11/23 at UT Martin*

Southeast Missouri (SEMO)

8/24 North Alabama (Montgomery, Ala.)
8/31 at New Mexico State(FBS)
9/7 UT Martin*
9/21 at Southern Illinois
9/28 NW State, LA
10/5 at Eastern Illinois*
10/12 Tennessee Tech*
10/19 at Charleston Southern*
10/26 Gardner-Webb*
11/9 at Lindenwood*
11/16 Western Illinois*
11/23 at Tennessee State*

Tennessee State

8/31 Mississippi Valley State
9/7 at North Dakota State
9/14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (at Memphis)
9/21 at Tennessee Tech*
9/28 Charleston Southern*
10/5 at Lindenwood*
10/12 Eastern Illinois*
10/19 at Howard
11/2 UT Martin**
11/9 at Western Illinois*
11/16 at Gardner-Webb*
11/23 Southeast Missouri*

Tennessee Tech

8/31 at Middle Tennessee (FBS)
9/7 at Georgia (FBS)
9/21 Tennessee State*
9/28 at Gardner-Webb*
10/5 South Carolina State
10/12 at Southeast Missouri*
10/19 at Western Illinois*
10/26 Charleston Southern*
11/2 Lindenwood*
11/9 Samford
11/16 at UT Martin*
11/23 Eastern Illinois*

Tennessee-Martin (UT Martin)

8/31 at Kansas State (FBS)
9/7 at Southeast Missouri*
9/14 North Alabama
9/21 Missouri State
9/28 at Kennesaw State (FBS)
10/5 Gardner-Webb*
10/12 at Western Illinois*
10/26 Eastern Illinois*
11/2 at Tennessee State*
11/9 at Charleston Southern*
11/16 Tennessee Tech*
11/23 Lindenwood*

Western Illinois

8/31 at Northern Illinois (FBS)
9/7 at Indiana (FBS)
9/14 at Illinois State
9/28 McKendree (D2)
10/5 at Charleston Southern*
10/12 UT Martin**
10/19 Tennessee Tech*
10/26 at Lindenwood*
11/2 at Eastern Illinois*
11/9 Tennessee State
11/16 at Southeast Missouri*
11/23 Gardner-Webb*