The conference footprint is centered in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Missouri in the west to Ohio in the east, and also extends into North Carolina and will expand into Kentucky in the spring 2026 season.

The league came about largely through the efforts of Jim Coleman of Wittenberg College and Don Shondell of Ball State University.

[3] After the 2025 season, Quincy will leave for the new men's volleyball league of its primary home of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).

[4] The MIVA membership will remain at 9 teams with the arrival of Northern Kentucky University, which will launch a varsity men's volleyball program in the 2026 season.

Since NCAA men's volleyball is currently a spring sport, the calendar year of entry precedes the first season of competition, except for schools that joined when the conference was formed in February 1961.

[7] The next changes will be the departure of full GLVC member Quincy for that conference's new men's volleyball league and the arrival of Northern Kentucky, both in 2025–26.