Loyola University New Orleans competes at the Division I level of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is a member of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC). Members of the league are:

• Blue Mountain College (Blue Mountain, Miss.)
• Brewton-Parker College (Mt. Vernon, Ga.)
• Dalton State College (Dalton, Ga.)
• Faulkner University (Montgomery, Ala.)
• Life University (Marietta, Ga)
• Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, La.)
• Middle Georgia State College (Cochran, Ga.)
• Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 
• Talladega College (Talladega, Ala.)
• University of Mobile (Mobile, Ala.) 
• William Carey University (Hattiesburg, Miss.)