 The Mighty Oaks are affiliated with no athletic conference and compete as an NCAA D-II Independent.In March 2020, the university was approved for membership into the NAIA and it was simultaneously announced that the Mighty Oaks would begin competition in the River States Conference starting in the 2020–21 academic year.The university was a previous member of the NAIA and the River States Conference, then known as Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC).