The Murray State Racers football team represents Murray State University in the sport of American football. The Racers competes in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I and the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Murray State left the OVC in July 2022 to join the non-football Missouri Valley Conference, but will remain in OVC football for the 2022 season before moving to the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2023.