In the current format, established in 2023, the top eight regular-season finishers of the conference's 10 baseball schools qualify for the tournament.
The winners of those games advance to single-elimination games, with the 3 and 4 seeds respectively playing the lower and higher seeds among the first-round winners.
At this point, the top two seeds join, and the tournament becomes double-elimination.
The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
Among current OVC members, Lindenwood, Little Rock, SIU Edwardsville, Southern Indiana, UT Martin, and Western Illinois have yet to win the championship.