The Massey Ratings folks do a 'College Sports Ranking', which measures the overall success of collegiate athletic programs.
UL is 86th overall, and among G5 programs is ahead of every other SBC, CUSA and MAC school, and behind only BYU, 5 AAC schools [UConn, USF, UCF, Memphis and Tulsa] and two MWC schools [San Diego State and New Mexico].
It is a good thing 'we aren't ready' to get in a better conference, I guess. If we were ready, we might be upper tier AAC athletically.