[4] On March 3, 2015, Sweet Briar College announced it was to close (cease operations) at the end of the 2015 summer session.

[5] However, on June 20, 2015, the Virginia Attorney General announced a mediation agreement that kept Sweet Briar College open for the 2015–16 academic year.

On September 29, 2015, it was announced that Catholic University would withdraw in 2017 as associate member to join the new football league at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference.

[8] The conference has hosted Division III championships in football and men's basketball, both of which were held in Salem, Virginia.

D-III softball has also used Salem as a championship host along with Division III women's lacrosse and volleyball on several occasions.

It was announced on November 17, 2020, that Emory & Henry College, later a university, would leave the ODAC and begin its transition to Division II in July 2021 and compete in the South Atlantic Conference in 2022.