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The '''Frontier Conference''' is a [[List of college athletic conferences in the United States|college athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institutions are located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Montana]], with associate members in the states of [[Arizona]], [[Idaho]], and [[Oregon]].
The '''Frontier Conference''' is a [[List of college athletic conferences in the United States|college athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institutions are located in the [[U.S. state]]s of [[Montana]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]], with associate members in the states of [[Arizona]], [[Idaho]], and [[Oregon]].


The Frontier Conference sponsors athletic competition in men's and women's [[basketball]], men's and women's [[Cross country running|cross country]], men's [[American football|football]], men's and women's indoor and outdoor [[track and field]], and women's [[volleyball]].
The Frontier Conference sponsors athletic competition in men's and women's [[basketball]], men's and women's [[Cross country running|cross country]], men's [[American football|football]], men's and women's indoor and outdoor [[track and field]], and women's [[volleyball]].
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==Member schools==
==Member schools==
The Frontier Conference has 5 full members with football, 1 full member without football, and 4 football-only affiliate members. University of Providence does not field a football team. [[Arizona Christian University|Arizona Christian]], [[College of Idaho]], [[Eastern Oregon University|Eastern Oregon]] and [[Southern Oregon University|Southern Oregon]] are the football-only affiliates.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.idahopress.com/sports/colleges/c_of_i/college-of-idaho-football-to-join-frontier-conference-in/article_9d7be150-c089-11e1-9c76-0019bb2963f4.html |title=College of Idaho football to join Frontier Conference |work=Idaho Press |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref>
The Frontier Conference has 9 full members with football, 3 full members without football, and 4 football-only affiliate members. Bellevue, Bismarck State, and the University of Providence do not field football teams. [[Arizona Christian University|Arizona Christian]], [[College of Idaho]], [[Eastern Oregon University|Eastern Oregon]] and [[Southern Oregon University|Southern Oregon]] are the football-only affiliates.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.idahopress.com/sports/colleges/c_of_i/college-of-idaho-football-to-join-frontier-conference-in/article_9d7be150-c089-11e1-9c76-0019bb2963f4.html |title=College of Idaho football to join Frontier Conference |work=Idaho Press |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref>


===Current members===
===Current members===
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! Nickname
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
|-
| '''[[Bellevue University]]'''
| [[Bellevue, Nebraska]]
| 1966
| [[Nonsectarian]]
| 13,841
| [[Bellevue Bruins|Bruins]]
|  2025
|-
| '''[[Bismarck State College]]'''
| [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
| 1939
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=NDUS|Part of the [[North Dakota University System]].}}
| 3,781
| [[Bismarck State Mystics|Mystics]]
| 2025
|-
|-
| '''[[Carroll College]]'''
| '''[[Carroll College]]'''
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| [[Carroll Fighting Saints|Fighting Saints]]
| [[Carroll Fighting Saints|Fighting Saints]]
| 1935
| 1935
|-
| '''[[Dakota State University]]'''
| [[Madison, South Dakota]]
| 1881
| Public
| 3,307
| [[Dakota State Trojans|Trojans]]
| 2025
|-
| '''[[Dickinson State University]]'''
| [[Dickinson, North Dakota]]
| 1918
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=NDUS}}
| 1,800
| [[Dickinson State Blue Hawks|Blue Hawks]]
| 2012{{efn|group=full|DickinsonStatewas a member of the FrontierConferencefrom 2012 to 2014.}}, 2025
|-
| '''[[Mayville State University]]'''
| [[Mayville, North Dakota]]
| 1889
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=NDUS}}
| 1,130
| [[Mayville State Comets|Comets]]
| 2025
|-
|-
| '''[[Montana State University–Northern]]'''
| '''[[Montana State University–Northern]]'''
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| [[Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears|Battlin' Bears]]
| [[Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears|Battlin' Bears]]
| 1947
| 1947
|}
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=full}}
===Future members===
The Frontier will have six new members, five [[Public university|public]] schools and one [[Private university|private]] school:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joining{{efn|group=future|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Current<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Bellevue University]]'''
| [[Bellevue, Nebraska]]
| 1966
| [[Nonsectarian]]
| 13,841
| [[Bellevue Bruins|Bruins]]
| rowspan=6 | 2025
| [[North Star Athletic Association|North Star (NSAA)]]
|-
| '''[[Bismarck State College]]'''
| [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
| 1939
| Public{{efn|group=future|name=NDUS|Part of the [[North Dakota University System]].}}
| 3,781
| [[Bismarck State Mystics|Mystics]]
| [[Mon-Dak Conference|Mon-Dak]]{{efn|group=future|Currently an [[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Dakota State University]]'''
| [[Madison, South Dakota]]
| 1881
| Public
| 3,307
| [[Dakota State Trojans|Trojans]]
| rowspan=4 | [[North Star Athletic Association|North Star (NSAA)]]
|-
| '''[[Dickinson State University]]'''
| [[Dickinson, North Dakota]]
| 1918
| Public{{efn|group=future|name=NDUS}}
| 1,800
| [[Dickinson State Blue Hawks|Blue Hawks]]
|-
| '''[[Mayville State University]]'''
| [[Mayville, North Dakota]]
| 1889
| Public{{efn|group=future|name=NDUS}}
| 1,130
| [[Mayville State Comets|Comets]]
|-
|-
| '''[[Valley City State University]]'''
| '''[[Valley City State University]]'''
| [[Valley City, North Dakota]]
| [[Valley City, North Dakota]]
| 1890
| 1890
| Public{{efn|group=future|name=NDUS}}
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=NDUS}}
| 1,623
| 1,623
| [[Valley City State Vikings|Vikings]]
| [[Valley City State Vikings|Vikings]]
| 2025
|}
|}


;Notes:
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=future}}
{{notelist|group=full}}


===Affiliate members===
===Affiliate members===
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| [[Arizona Christian Firestorm|Firestorm]]
| [[Arizona Christian Firestorm|Firestorm]]
| 2023
| 2023
| rowspan="4" | [[American football|Football]]
| rowspan="5" | [[American football|Football]]
| [[Great Southwest Athletic Conference|Great Southwest (GSAC)]]
| [[Great Southwest Athletic Conference|Great Southwest (GSAC)]]
|-
|-
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| [[College of Idaho Coyotes|Coyotes]]
| [[College of Idaho Coyotes|Coyotes]]
| 2014
| 2014
| rowspan="3" | [[Cascade Collegiate Conference|Cascade (CCC)]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Cascade Collegiate Conference|Cascade (CCC)]]
|-
|-
| '''[[Eastern Oregon University]]'''
| '''[[Eastern Oregon University]]'''
| [[La Grande, Oregon]]
| [[La Grande, Oregon]]
| 1929
| 1929
| rowspan="2" | [[Public university|Public]]
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 3,743
| 3,743
| [[Eastern Oregon Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| [[Eastern Oregon Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| 2008
| 2008
|-
| '''[[Simpson University]]'''
| [[Redding, California]]
| 1921
| [[Alliance World Fellowship|Christian &<br>Missionary Alliance]]
| 1,280
| [[Simpson Red Hawks|Red Hawks]]
| 2025
| [[California Pacific Conference|California Pacific (CalPac)]]
|-
|-
| '''[[Southern Oregon University]]'''
| '''[[Southern Oregon University]]'''
| [[Ashland, Oregon]]
| [[Ashland, Oregon]]
| 1872
| 1872
| Public
| 5,696
| 5,696
| [[Southern Oregon Raiders|Raiders]]
| [[Southern Oregon Raiders|Raiders]]
| 2012
| 2012
| Cascade Collegiate Conference|Cascade (CCC)
|}
|}


;Notes:
;Notes:
{{notelist|group=aff}}
{{notelist|group=aff}}
===Future affiliate members===
The Frontier will have one new affiliate member, a [[Private university|private]] school:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joining{{efn|group=futaff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Frontier<br>sport
! Primary<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Simpson University]]'''
| [[Redding, California]]
| 1921
| [[Alliance World Fellowship|Christian &<br>Missionary Alliance]]
| 1,280
| [[Simpson Red Hawks|Red Hawks]]
| 2025
| football
| [[California Pacific Conference|California Pacific (CalPac)]]
|}


;Notes:
;Notes:
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! Subsequent<br>conference(s)
! Subsequent<br>conference(s)
! Current<br>conference
! Current<br>conference
|-bgcolor=lightgreen
| '''[[Dickinson State University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Dickinson State will be returning to the Frontier for the 2025–26 academic year.}}
| [[Dickinson, North Dakota]]
| 1918
| [[Public university|Public]]
| 2,572
| [[Dickinson State Blue Hawks|Blue Hawks]]
| 2012
| 2014
| colspan="2" | [[North Star Athletic Association|North Star (NSAA)]]<br>(2014–25)
|-
|-
| '''[[Lewis–Clark State College]]'''
| '''[[Lewis–Clark State College]]'''
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  bar:12 color:AssocF from:2008 till:end text:[[Eastern Oregon University|Eastern Oregon]] (2008–present)
  bar:12 color:AssocF from:2008 till:end text:[[Eastern Oregon University|Eastern Oregon]] (2008–present)


  bar:13 color:Full from:2012 till:2014 text:[[Dickinson State University|Dickinson State]] (2012–14, 2025–future)
  bar:13 color:Full from:2012 till:2014 text:[[Dickinson State University|Dickinson State]] (2012–14, 2025–present)
  bar:13 color:Full from:2025 till:end  
  bar:13 color:Full from:2025 till:end  


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  bar:16 color:AssocF from:2023 till:end text:[[Arizona Christian University|Arizona Christian]] (2023–present)
  bar:16 color:AssocF from:2023 till:end text:[[Arizona Christian University|Arizona Christian]] (2023–present)


  bar:17 color:FullxF from:2025 till:end text:[[Bellevue University|Bellevue]] (2025–future)
  bar:17 color:FullxF from:2025 till:end text:[[Bellevue University|Bellevue]] (2025–present)


  bar:18 color:FullxF from:2025 till:end text:[[Bismarck State College|Bismarck State]] (2025–future)
  bar:18 color:FullxF from:2025 till:end text:[[Bismarck State College|Bismarck State]] (2025–present)


  bar:19 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Dakota State University|Dakota State]] (2025–future)
  bar:19 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Dakota State University|Dakota State]] (2025–present)


  bar:20 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Mayville State University|Mayville State]] (2025–future)
  bar:20 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Mayville State University|Mayville State]] (2025–present)


  bar:21 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Valley City State University|Valley City State]] (2025–future)
  bar:21 color:Full from:2025 till:end text:[[Valley City State University|Valley City State]] (2025–present)


  bar:22 color:AssocF from:2025 till:end text:[[Simpson University|Simpson]] (2025–future)
  bar:22 color:AssocF from:2025 till:end text:[[Simpson University|Simpson]] (2025–present)


  bar:N color:powderblue from:1933 till:1936 text:MSCC
  bar:N color:powderblue from:1933 till:1936 text:MSCC

Latest revision as of 13:29, 1 July 2025

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The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institutions are located in the U.S. states of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, with associate members in the states of Arizona, Idaho, and Oregon.

The Frontier Conference sponsors athletic competition in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's football, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.

History

The Montana Small College Conference (MSCC) was established in 1934 by the five smaller schools (Montana Technological University, the University of Montana Western, Montana State University–Northern, Intermountain Union College and Billings Polytechnic Institute) in the state. The MSCC was renamed as the Montana Collegiate Conference (MCC) in 1936, with the additions of Montana State University Billings and Carroll College joining. The merger of Intermountain Union and Billings Poly to become Rocky Mountain College occurred in 1947. After nearly three decades, the conference reestablished itself under its current moniker in November 1966, containing the same six schools until 1974.[1] The University of Providence (then the College of Great Falls) joined that year, however would only stay for a decade. MSU Billings left for the first incarnation of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 1988, leaving the Frontier at five members for another decade. The conference opened up outside of Montana for the first time in 1998, with schools from Idaho (Lewis–Clark State College) and Utah (Westminster College) joining. Great Falls rejoined in 1999. Dickinson State University joined in 2012, only to leave in 2014 to join the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA). Westminster (Utah) left for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II ranks and rejoined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) in 2015. Lewis–Clark State left for the Cascade Collegiate Conference as a full member in 2020.[2]

Recent changes

On September 8, 2022, Arizona Christian University received an invitation to join the conference as an associate member for football, beginning the 2023 fall season of the 2023–24 academic year.[3]

On December 12, 2023, the Frontier Conference had offered an invitation to former member Dickinson State University;[4] while on May 21, 2024, Bellevue University, Dakota State University, Mayville State University and Valley City State University also received invitations to join the conference;[5] and then on October 24, 2024, Bismarck State College, an institution coming from the junior college ranks, announced that it received an invitation to the conference, during its transition to the NAIA;[6] all effective beginning the 2025–26 academic year.

On May 30, 2024, Simpson University accepted an invitation to join the conference as an associate member for football, beginning the 2025 fall season of the 2025–26 academic year.[7]

Chronological timeline

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Member schools

The Frontier Conference has 9 full members with football, 3 full members without football, and 4 football-only affiliate members. Bellevue, Bismarck State, and the University of Providence do not field football teams. Arizona Christian, College of Idaho, Eastern Oregon and Southern Oregon are the football-only affiliates.[8]

Current members

The Frontier currently has six full members, half are private schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname JoinedTemplate:Efn
Bellevue University Bellevue, Nebraska 1966 Nonsectarian 13,841 Bruins 2025
Bismarck State College Bismarck, North Dakota 1939 PublicTemplate:Efn 3,781 Mystics 2025
Carroll College Helena, Montana 1909 Catholic
(Diocese of Helena)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1,502 Fighting Saints 1935
Dakota State University Madison, South Dakota 1881 Public 3,307 Trojans 2025
Dickinson State University Dickinson, North Dakota 1918 PublicTemplate:Efn 1,800 Blue Hawks 2012Template:Efn, 2025
Mayville State University Mayville, North Dakota 1889 PublicTemplate:Efn 1,130 Comets 2025
Montana State University–Northern Havre, Montana 1929 PublicTemplate:Efn 1,207 Lights &
Skylights 		1935
Montana Technological University Butte, Montana 1889 PublicTemplate:Efn 2,694 Orediggers 1934
Template:Sort Dillon, Montana 1893 PublicTemplate:Efn 1,336 Bulldogs 1934
University of ProvidenceTemplate:Efn Great Falls, Montana 1932 Catholic
(Ursulines)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		800 Argonauts 1974;
1999Template:Efn
Rocky Mountain CollegeTemplate:Efn Billings, Montana 1878 variousTemplate:Efn 894 Battlin' Bears 1947
Valley City State University Valley City, North Dakota 1890 PublicTemplate:Efn 1,623 Vikings 2025
Notes

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Affiliate members

The Frontier currently has four affiliate members, two of them are private schools:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname JoinedTemplate:Efn Frontier
sport 		Primary
conference
Arizona Christian University Glendale, Arizona 1960 Nondenominational 1,050 Firestorm 2023 Football Great Southwest (GSAC)
Template:Sort Caldwell, Idaho 1891 Presbyterian
(PCUSA)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1,010 Coyotes 2014 Cascade (CCC)
Eastern Oregon University La Grande, Oregon 1929 Public 3,743 Mountaineers 2008
Simpson University Redding, California 1921 Christian &
Missionary Alliance 		1,280 Red Hawks 2025 California Pacific (CalPac)
Southern Oregon University Ashland, Oregon 1872 Public 5,696 Raiders 2012 Cascade (CCC)
Notes

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Notes

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Former members

The Frontier had four former full members, only one was a private school:

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Nickname JoinedTemplate:Efn LeftTemplate:Efn Subsequent
conference(s) 		Current
conference
Lewis–Clark State College Lewiston, Idaho 1893 Public 4,500 Warriors &
Lady Warriors 		1998 2020 Cascade (CCC)
(2020–present)
Eastern Montana CollegeTemplate:Efn Billings, Montana 1927 4,600 Yellowjackets 1933 1980 variousTemplate:Efn Great Northwest (GNAC)Template:Efn
(2007–present)
Westminster CollegeTemplate:Efn Salt Lake City, Utah 1875 Nonsectarian 3,108 Griffins 1998 2015 Rocky Mountain (RMAC)Template:Efn
(2015–present)
Notes

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Membership timeline

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National championships

Basketball

Montana Western won the NAIA national title in Division I Women's basketball, in 2019.

Rocky Mountain won the national title in men's basketball, NAIA Division I, in 2009.

Montana State-Northern won the national title in women's basketball, NAIA Division II, in 1993.

Carroll reached the semi-finals in men's basketball in 2005, as did Lewis-Clark State in women's basketball in 2001.

University of Providence reached finals in women's basketball in 2024, Providence defeated Carroll College in the semi finals.This marked the first time two Frontier teams meet in the national tournament.

Football

Carroll has won the NAIA national championship six times: four straight, from 2002 to 2005, also in 2007 and 2010, and has been runner-up twice.

Southern Oregon won the NAIA national championship in the 2014 season.

Montana Tech was the national runner-up in 1996.

Wrestling

Montana State-Northern has won six wrestling titles: 1991, 1992, 1998-2000, 2004, and was runner-up in 1990, 1993, and 2002.

Montana Western was co-champion in 1994.

In 2014, the University of Great Falls was second and Montana State-Northern took third at the NAIA national wrestling championship.

Bowling

College of Great Falls (now University of Providence) was the 1973 Men's NAIA National Bowling Champion.

Conference champions

Football

By team
Team Conference
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title
Template:LeftCarroll 39 2022
Template:LeftMontana Western 21 2024
Template:LeftMontana Tech 15 2016
Template:LeftRocky Mountain 11 2021
Template:LeftMSU Billings 11 1975
Template:LeftCollege of Idaho 4 2022
Template:LeftSouthern Oregon 2 2017
Template:LeftEastern Oregon 1 2020
By year

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See also

References

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External links

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