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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the current <a href="National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> conference in the American West and Midwest. For the previous conference with the same name that existed between 1940 and 1962, see <a href="Frontier_Conference_(1940%E2%80%931962)" title="Frontier Conference (1940–1962)">Frontier Conference (1940–1962)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Frontier Conference</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data">Montana Small College Conference (1934–1936)<br>Montana Collegiate Conference (1936–1966)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1934<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1934</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Dr. Scott Crawford</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">

<ul><li>16

<li>women's: 8</li></ul></li></ul>

</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Whitefish%2C_Montana" title="Whitefish, Montana">Whitefish, Montana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Western_United_States" title="Western United States">Western</a> and <a href="Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fcsports.org/">fcsports.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #5070B6; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CD0428, inset -2px -2px 0 #CD0428;; color: white;">Locations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>Frontier Conference</b> is a <a href="List_of_college_athletic_conferences_in_the_United_States" title="List of college athletic conferences in the United States">college athletic conference</a> affiliated with the <a href="National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institutions are located in the <a href="U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> of <a href="Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>, <a href="Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>, <a href="North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> and <a href="South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, with associate members in the states of <a href="Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, and <a href="Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>.

</p><p>The Frontier Conference sponsors athletic competition in men's and women's <a href="Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, men's and women's <a href="Cross_country_running" title="Cross country running">cross country</a>, men's <a href="American_football" title="American football">football</a>, men's and women's indoor and outdoor <a href="Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a>, and women's <a href="Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>The <b>Montana Small College Conference</b> (<b>MSCC</b>) was established in 1934 by the five smaller schools (<a href="Montana_Technological_University" title="Montana Technological University">Montana Technological University</a>, the <a href="University_of_Montana_Western" title="University of Montana Western">University of Montana Western</a>, <a href="Montana_State_University%E2%80%93Northern" title="Montana State University–Northern">Montana State University–Northern</a>, <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Intermountain Union College</a> and <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Billings Polytechnic Institute</a>) in the state. The MSCC was renamed as the <b>Montana Collegiate Conference</b> (<b>MCC</b>) in 1936, with the additions of <a href="Montana_State_University_Billings" title="Montana State University Billings">Montana State University Billings</a> and <a href="Carroll_College" title="Carroll College">Carroll College</a> joining. The merger of Intermountain Union and Billings Poly to become <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Rocky Mountain College</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="University_of_Providence" title="University of Providence">University of Providence</a> (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 <a href="Great_Northwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Northwest Athletic Conference">Great Northwest Athletic Conference</a> 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 (<a href="Lewis%E2%80%93Clark_State_College" title="Lewis–Clark State College">Lewis–Clark State College</a>) and Utah (<a href="Westminster_University_(Utah)" title="Westminster University (Utah)">Westminster College</a>) joining. Great Falls rejoined in 1999. <a href="Dickinson_State_University" title="Dickinson State University">Dickinson State University</a> joined in 2012, only to leave in 2014 to join the <a href="North_Star_Athletic_Association" title="North Star Athletic Association">North Star Athletic Association</a> (NSAA). Westminster (Utah) left for the <a href="National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> ranks and rejoined the <a href="Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a> (RMAC) in 2015. Lewis–Clark State left for the <a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade Collegiate Conference</a> as a full member in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_changes">Recent changes</h3></div>

<p>On September 8, 2022, <a href="Arizona_Christian_University" title="Arizona Christian University">Arizona Christian University</a> received an invitation to join the conference as an associate member for football, beginning the 2023 fall season of the 2023–24 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>On December 12, 2023, the Frontier Conference had offered an invitation to former member Dickinson State University;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while on May 21, 2024, <a href="Bellevue_University" title="Bellevue University">Bellevue University</a>, <a href="Dakota_State_University" title="Dakota State University">Dakota State University</a>, <a href="Mayville_State_University" title="Mayville State University">Mayville State University</a> and <a href="Valley_City_State_University" title="Valley City State University">Valley City State University</a> also received invitations to join the conference;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then on October 24, 2024, <a href="Bismarck_State_College" title="Bismarck State College">Bismarck State College</a>, an institution coming from the junior college ranks, announced that it received an invitation to the conference, during its transition to the NAIA;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all effective beginning the 2025–26 academic year.

</p><p>On May 30, 2024, <a href="Simpson_University" title="Simpson University">Simpson University</a> accepted an invitation to join the conference as an associate member for football, beginning the 2025 fall season of the 2025–26 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chronological_timeline">Chronological timeline</h3></div>

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transform-origin: left; transform: rotate(0deg); font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; letter-spacing:0px; vertical-align: bottom;">Montana Western</div><div style="position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 416px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="geo:44.9,-104" data-zoom="6" data-lat="44.9" data-lon="-104" data-overlays="["_d7fd7c4e22dc1ff576651ef81b54919ae1a4c708"]">🌍</a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:left">Location of Frontier members: <span typeof="mw:File"></span> current</div></div></div>

<ul><li>1934 – The Frontier Conference was founded as the Montana Small College Conference (MSCC). Charter members included the <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Billings Polytechnic Institute</a>, <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Intermountain Union College</a>, <a href="University_of_Montana_Western" title="University of Montana Western">Montana State Normal College</a> (now the University of Montana Western), <a href="Montana_Technological_University" title="Montana Technological University">Montana State School of Mines</a> (now Montana Technological University) and <a href="Montana_State_University%E2%80%93Northern" title="Montana State University–Northern">Northern Montana College</a> (now Montana State University–Northern), beginning the 1934–35 academic year.</li>

<li>1936 – <a href="Carroll_College" title="Carroll College">Carroll College of Montana</a> and <a href="Montana_State_University_Billings" title="Montana State University Billings">Eastern Montana Normal College</a> (now Montana State University–Billings) joined the MSCC, which was rebranded as the Montana Collegiate Conference (MCC) in the 1936–37 academic year.</li>

<li>1947 – Billings Poly and Intermountain Union merge to form <a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Rocky Mountain College</a>.</li>

<li>1966 – The MCC was rebranded as the Frontier Conference, beginning the 1966–67 academic year.</li>

<li>1974 – The <a href="University_of_Providence" title="University of Providence">College of Great Falls</a> (later the University of Great Falls, now the University of Providence) joined the Frontier in the 1974–75 academic year.</li>

<li>1980 – Montana State–Billings (MSU Billings) left the Frontier to join the <a href="NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> ranks of the <a href="National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) as an <a href="NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA D-II Independent</a> (which would later join the <a href="Pacific_West_Conference" title="Pacific West Conference">Great Northwest Conference</a>, beginning the 1982–83 school year) after the 1979–80 academic year.</li>

<li>1984 – Great Falls left the Frontier as the school discontinued its athletic program after the 1983–84 academic year.</li>

<li>1998 – <a href="Lewis%E2%80%93Clark_State_College" title="Lewis–Clark State College">Lewis–Clark State College</a> and <a href="Westminster_University_(Utah)" title="Westminster University (Utah)">Westminster College</a> joined the Frontier in the 1998–99 academic year.</li>

<li>1999 – Great Falls rejoined the Frontier after 15 years without an athletics program in the 1999–2000 academic year.</li>

<li>2008 – <a href="Eastern_Oregon_University" title="Eastern Oregon University">Eastern Oregon University</a> joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2008 fall season (2008–09 academic year).</li>

<li>2012 – <a href="Dickinson_State_University" title="Dickinson State University">Dickinson State University</a> joined the Frontier in the 2012–13 academic year.</li>

<li>2012 – <a href="Southern_Oregon_University" title="Southern Oregon University">Southern Oregon University</a> joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2012 fall season (2012–13 academic year).</li>

<li>2014 – Dickinson State left the Frontier to join the <a href="North_Star_Athletic_Association" title="North Star Athletic Association">North Star Athletic Association</a> (NSAA) after the 2013–14 academic year.</li>

<li>2014 – The <a href="College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a> joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2014 fall season (2014–15 academic year).</li>

<li>2015 – Westminster (Utah) left the Frontier to join the NCAA Division II ranks and rejoin the <a href="Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a> (RMAC) after the 2014–15 academic year.</li>

<li>2020 – Lewis–Clark State left the Frontier to join the <a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade Collegiate Conference</a> (CCC) after the 2019–20 academic year.</li>

<li>2023 – <a href="Arizona_Christian_University" title="Arizona Christian University">Arizona Christian University</a> joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2023 fall season (2023–24 academic year)</li>

<li>2025 – <a href="Bellevue_University" title="Bellevue University">Bellevue University</a>, <a href="Bismarck_State_College" title="Bismarck State College">Bismarck State College</a>, <a href="Dakota_State_University" title="Dakota State University">Dakota State University</a>, <a href="Mayville_State_University" title="Mayville State University">Mayville State University</a> and <a href="Valley_City_State_University" title="Valley City State University">Valley City State University</a> all joined the Frontier (with Dickinson State rejoining at the same time), beginning the 2025–26 academic year. Everyone (except Bismarck State) would join from the NSAA, which would cease operations after spring 2025.</li>

<li>2025 – <a href="Simpson_University" title="Simpson University">Simpson University</a> joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football, beginning the 2025 fall season (2025–26 academic year)</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_schools">Member schools</h2></div>

<p>The Frontier Conference has 12 full members with football, 3 full members without football, and 5 football-only affiliate members. Bellevue, Bismarck State, and the University of Providence do not field football teams. <a href="Arizona_Christian_University" title="Arizona Christian University">Arizona Christian</a>, <a href="College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a>, <a href="Eastern_Oregon_University" title="Eastern Oregon University">Eastern Oregon</a> and <a href="Southern_Oregon_University" title="Southern Oregon University">Southern Oregon</a> are the football-only affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_members">Current members</h3></div>

<p>The Frontier currently has twelve full members, four are <a href="Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> schools:

</p>

<th>Institution

</th>

<th>Location

</th>

<th>Founded

</th>

<th>Affiliation

</th>

<th>Enrollment

</th>

<th>Nickname

</th>

<th>Joined<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Bellevue_University" title="Bellevue University">Bellevue University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Bellevue%2C_Nebraska" title="Bellevue, Nebraska">Bellevue, Nebraska</a>

</td>

<td>1966

</td>

<td><a href="Nonsectarian" title="Nonsectarian">Nonsectarian</a>

</td>

<td>14,476

</td>

<td><a href="Bellevue_Bruins" class="mw-redirect" title="Bellevue Bruins">Bruins</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Bismarck_State_College" title="Bismarck State College">Bismarck State College</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Bismarck%2C_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck, North Dakota</a>

</td>

<td>1939

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-NDUS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDUS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>4,065

</td>

<td><a href="Bismarck_State_Mystics" class="mw-redirect" title="Bismarck State Mystics">Mystics</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Carroll_College" title="Carroll College">Carroll College</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Helena%2C_Montana" title="Helena, Montana">Helena, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1909

</td>

<td><a href="Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Helena" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena">Diocese of Helena</a>)</span>

</td>

<td>1,103

</td>

<td><a href="Carroll_Fighting_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Carroll Fighting Saints">Fighting Saints</a>

</td>

<td>1935

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Dakota_State_University" title="Dakota State University">Dakota State University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Madison%2C_South_Dakota" title="Madison, South Dakota">Madison, South Dakota</a>

</td>

<td>1881

</td>

<td>Public

</td>

<td>3,508

</td>

<td><a href="Dakota_State_Trojans" title="Dakota State Trojans">Trojans</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Dickinson_State_University" title="Dickinson State University">Dickinson State University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Dickinson%2C_North_Dakota" title="Dickinson, North Dakota">Dickinson, North Dakota</a>

</td>

<td>1918

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-NDUS_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDUS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,453

</td>

<td><a href="Dickinson_State_Blue_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickinson State Blue Hawks">Blue Hawks</a>

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Mayville_State_University" title="Mayville State University">Mayville State University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Mayville%2C_North_Dakota" title="Mayville, North Dakota">Mayville, North Dakota</a>

</td>

<td>1889

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-NDUS_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDUS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,025

</td>

<td><a href="Mayville_State_Comets" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayville State Comets">Comets</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Montana_State_University%E2%80%93Northern" title="Montana State University–Northern">Montana State University–Northern</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Havre%2C_Montana" title="Havre, Montana">Havre, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1929

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-MontUS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MontUS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,021

</td>

<td><a href="Montana_State%E2%80%93Northern_Lights" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana State–Northern Lights">Lights</a> &<br><a href="Montana_State%E2%80%93Northern_Skylights" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana State–Northern Skylights">Skylights</a>

</td>

<td>1935

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Montana_Technological_University" title="Montana Technological University">Montana Technological University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Butte%2C_Montana" title="Butte, Montana">Butte, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1889

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-MontUS_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MontUS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,622

</td>

<td><a href="Montana_Tech_Orediggers" title="Montana Tech Orediggers">Orediggers</a>

</td>

<td>1934

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Montana–Western !"><b><a href="University_of_Montana_Western" title="University of Montana Western">University of Montana Western</a></b></span>

</td>

<td><a href="Dillon%2C_Montana" title="Dillon, Montana">Dillon, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1893

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-MontUS_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MontUS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,458

</td>

<td><a href="Montana%E2%80%93Western_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana–Western Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a>

</td>

<td>1934

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Providence !"><b><a href="University_of_Providence" title="University of Providence">University of Providence</a></b></span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td><a href="Great_Falls%2C_Montana" title="Great Falls, Montana">Great Falls, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1932

</td>

<td>Catholic<br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Ursulines" title="Ursulines">Ursulines</a>)</span>

</td>

<td>677

</td>

<td><a href="Providence_Argonauts" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence Argonauts">Argonauts</a>

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Rocky Mountain College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td><a href="Billings%2C_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1878

</td>

<td>various<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>991

</td>

<td><a href="Rocky_Mountain_Battlin'_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears">Battlin' Bears</a>

</td>

<td>1947

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Valley_City_State_University" title="Valley City State University">Valley City State University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Valley_City%2C_North_Dakota" title="Valley City, North Dakota">Valley City, North Dakota</a>

</td>

<td>1890

</td>

<td>Public<sup id="cite_ref-NDUS_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NDUS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td>1,754

</td>

<td><a href="Valley_City_State_Vikings" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley City State Vikings">Vikings</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<dl><dt>Notes</dt>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-NDUS-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NDUS_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NDUS_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NDUS_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NDUS_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="North_Dakota_University_System" title="North Dakota University System">North Dakota University System</a>.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dickinson State was a member of the Frontier Conference from 2012 to 2014.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-MontUS-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MontUS_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontUS_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontUS_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the <a href="Montana_University_System" title="Montana University System">Montana University System</a>.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Formerly known as the University of Great Falls until 2017.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Providence (then known as Great Falls) did not have an athletics program from 1984–85 to 1998–99.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rocky Mountain was formed by a merger of Intermountain Union College and Billings Polytechnic Institute since late 1935. But their athletic programs continued until the end of the 1935–36 school year.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rocky Mountain has various affiliations: The <a href="Mainline_Protestant" title="Mainline Protestant">Mainline Protestant</a>, the <a href="United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a>, the <a href="Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian Church</a> (USA), and the <a href="United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>.</span>

</li>

</ol></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Affiliate_members">Affiliate members</h3></div>

<p>The Frontier currently has five affiliate members, three of them are <a href="Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> schools:

</p>

<th>Institution

</th>

<th>Location

</th>

<th>Founded

</th>

<th>Affiliation

</th>

<th>Enrollment

</th>

<th>Nickname

</th>

<th>Joined<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

<th>Frontier<br>sport

</th>

<th>Primary<br>conference

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Arizona_Christian_University" title="Arizona Christian University">Arizona Christian University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Glendale%2C_Arizona" title="Glendale, Arizona">Glendale, Arizona</a>

</td>

<td>1960

</td>

<td><a href="Nondenominational_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondenominational Christianity">Nondenominational</a>

</td>

<td>1,233

</td>

<td><a href="Arizona_Christian_Firestorm" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona Christian Firestorm">Firestorm</a>

</td>

<td>2023

</td>

<td rowspan="5"><a href="American_football" title="American football">Football</a>

</td>

<td><a href="Great_Southwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Southwest Athletic Conference">Great Southwest (GSAC)</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><span data-sort-value="Idaho College !"><b><a href="College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho</a></b></span>

</td>

<td><a href="Caldwell%2C_Idaho" title="Caldwell, Idaho">Caldwell, Idaho</a>

</td>

<td>1891

</td>

<td><a href="Presbyterian_Church_(USA)" title="Presbyterian Church (USA)">Presbyterian</a><br><span style="font-size: 85%;">(PCUSA)</span>

</td>

<td>1,076

</td>

<td><a href="College_of_Idaho_Coyotes" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Idaho Coyotes">Coyotes</a>

</td>

<td>2014

</td>

<td rowspan="2"><a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade (CCC)</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Eastern_Oregon_University" title="Eastern Oregon University">Eastern Oregon University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="La_Grande%2C_Oregon" title="La Grande, Oregon">La Grande, Oregon</a>

</td>

<td>1929

</td>

<td><a href="Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a>

</td>

<td>2,798

</td>

<td><a href="Eastern_Oregon_Mountaineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Oregon Mountaineers">Mountaineers</a>

</td>

<td>2008

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Simpson_University" title="Simpson University">Simpson University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Redding%2C_California" title="Redding, California">Redding, California</a>

</td>

<td>1921

</td>

<td><a href="Alliance_World_Fellowship" title="Alliance World Fellowship">Christian &<br>Missionary Alliance</a>

</td>

<td>907

</td>

<td><a href="Simpson_Red_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Simpson Red Hawks">Red Hawks</a>

</td>

<td>2025

</td>

<td><a href="California_Pacific_Conference" title="California Pacific Conference">California Pacific (CalPac)</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Southern_Oregon_University" title="Southern Oregon University">Southern Oregon University</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Ashland%2C_Oregon" title="Ashland, Oregon">Ashland, Oregon</a>

</td>

<td>1872

</td>

<td>Public

</td>

<td>5,371

</td>

<td><a href="Southern_Oregon_Raiders" title="Southern Oregon Raiders">Raiders</a>

</td>

<td>2012

</td>

<td><a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade (CCC)</a>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<dl><dt>Notes</dt>

<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.</span>

</li>

</ol></div></div>

<dl><dt>Notes</dt>

</div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_members">Former members</h3></div>

<p>The Frontier had three former full members, only one was a <a href="Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> school:

</p>

<th>Institution

</th>

<th>Location

</th>

<th>Founded

</th>

<th>Affiliation

</th>

<th>Enrollment

</th>

<th>Nickname

</th>

<th>Joined<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</th>

</th>

<th>Subsequent<br>conference(s)

</th>

<th>Current<br>conference

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Lewis%E2%80%93Clark_State_College" title="Lewis–Clark State College">Lewis–Clark State College</a></b>

</td>

<td><a href="Lewiston%2C_Idaho" title="Lewiston, Idaho">Lewiston, Idaho</a>

</td>

<td>1893

</td>

<td rowspan="2"><a href="Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a>

</td>

<td>3,706

</td>

<td><a href="Lewis%E2%80%93Clark_State_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis–Clark State Warriors">Warriors</a> &<br><a href="Lewis%E2%80%93Clark_State_Lady_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis–Clark State Lady Warriors">Lady Warriors</a>

</td>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>2020

</td>

<td colspan="2"><a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade (CCC)</a><br>(2020–present)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Montana_State_University_Billings" title="Montana State University Billings">Eastern Montana College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td><a href="Billings%2C_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings, Montana</a>

</td>

<td>1927

</td>

<td>4,092

</td>

<td><a href="Montana_State%E2%80%93Billings_Yellowjackets" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana State–Billings Yellowjackets">Yellowjackets</a>

</td>

<td>1933

</td>

<td>1980

</td>

<td>various<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

<td><a href="Great_Northwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Northwest Athletic Conference">Great Northwest (GNAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>(2007–present)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><b><a href="Westminster_University_(Utah)" title="Westminster University (Utah)">Westminster College</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td>

</td>

<td>1875

</td>

<td><a href="Nonsectarian" title="Nonsectarian">Nonsectarian</a>

</td>

<td>1,214

</td>

<td><a href="Westminster_Griffins" title="Westminster Griffins">Griffins</a>

</td>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>2015

</td>

<td colspan="2"><a href="Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">Rocky Mountain (RMAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>(2015–present)

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<dl><dt>Notes</dt>

<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Montana State University–Billings since 1994. Eastern Montana was the school name that reflected its use during conference membership.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-D2-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-D2_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-D2_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently an <a href="NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> athletic conference.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eastern Montana (now Montana State–Billings) had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an <a href="NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA D-II Independent</a> from 1980–81 to 1981–82; the <a href="Pacific_West_Conference" title="Pacific West Conference">Pacific West Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (PacWest) from 1982–83 to 2004–05 (originally known as the <b>Great Northwest Conference</b> from 1982–83 to 1991–92); and the <a href="Heartland_Conference" title="Heartland Conference">Heartland Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-D2_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2005–06 to 2006–07.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Currently known as Westminster University since 2023.</span>

</li>

</ol></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_timeline">Membership timeline</h3></div>

<p><span style="background-color:rgb(178,229,204); color:;"> Full member (all sports) </span>

<span style="background-color:rgb(229,204,178); color:;"> Full member (non-football) </span>

<span style="background-color:rgb(229,178,204); color:;"> Associate member (football-only) </span>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_championships">National championships</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3></div>

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

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

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

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

</p><p>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.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3></div>

<p>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.

</p><p>Southern Oregon won the NAIA national championship in the 2014 season.

</p><p>Montana Tech was the national runner-up in 1996.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrestling">Wrestling</h3></div>

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

</p><p>Montana Western was co-champion in 1994.

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

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bowling">Bowling</h3></div>

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

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_champions">Conference champions</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_2">Football</h3></div>

<th rowspan="2">Team

</th>

<th colspan="2">Conference

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Titles

</th>

<th>Last<br>title

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Carroll

</td>

<td>39

</td>

<td>2022

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Montana Western

</td>

<td>21

</td>

<td>2024

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Montana Tech

</td>

<td>15

</td>

<td>2016

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Rocky Mountain

</td>

<td>11

</td>

<td>2021

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left"><i>MSU Billings</i>

</td>

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">College of Idaho

</td>

<td>4

</td>

<td>2022

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Southern Oregon

</td>

<td>2

</td>

<td>2017

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left">Eastern Oregon

</td>

<td>1

</td>

<td>2020

</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<th>Year

</th>

<th>Team

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1935

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1936

</td>

<td>Montana Tech<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1937

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1938

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1939

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1940

</td>

<td>Caroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1941

</td>

<td>Caroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1942

</td>

<td><i>No games, <a href="World_War_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="World War Two">WWII</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1943

</td>

<td><i>No games, WWII</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1944

</td>

<td><i>No games, WWII</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1945

</td>

<td><i>No games, WWII</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1946

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1947

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1948

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1949

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1950

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1951

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1952

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1953

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1954

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1955

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1956

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1957

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1958

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1959

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1960

</td>

<td>MSU Billings<br>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td>

<th>Year

</th>

<th>Team

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1961

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1962

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1963

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1964

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1965

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1966

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1967

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1968

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1969

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1970

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1971

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1972

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1973

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1974

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1975

</td>

<td>MSU Billings

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1976

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1977

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1978

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1979

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1980

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1981

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1982

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1983

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1984

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1985

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td>

<th>Year

</th>

<th>Team

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1986

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1987

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1988

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1989

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1990

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1991

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1992

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1993

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1994

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1995

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1996

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1997

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1999

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2000

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2001

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2002

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2003

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2004

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>Montana Tech<br>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2005

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2006

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2007

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2008

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2009

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2010

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td>

<th>Year

</th>

<th>Team

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>2011

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2012

</td>

<td>Montana Tech<br>Southern Oregon

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2013

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2014

</td>

<td>Carroll

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2015

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2016

</td>

<td>Montana Tech

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2017

</td>

<td>Southern Oregon

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2018

</td>

<td>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2019

</td>

<td>College of Idaho

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2020

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>College of Idaho<br>Eastern Oregon

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2021

</td>

<td>College of Idaho<br>Montana Western<br>Rocky Mountain

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2022

</td>

<td>Carroll<br>College of Idaho

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2023

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2024

</td>

<td>Montana Western

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>

</p>

</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

</p>

<ul><li><a href="2012_Frontier_Conference_football_season" title="2012 Frontier Conference football season">2012 Frontier Conference football season</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bellevue_University" title="Bellevue University">Bellevue <b>Bruins</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bismarck_State_College" title="Bismarck State College">Bismarck State <b>Mystics</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Carroll_College" title="Carroll College">Carroll <b>Fighting Saints</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dakota_State_University" title="Dakota State University">Dakota State</a> <a href="Dakota_State_Trojans" title="Dakota State Trojans"><b>Trojans</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dickinson_State_University" title="Dickinson State University">Dickinson State <b>Blue Hawks</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mayville_State_University" title="Mayville State University">Mayville State <b>Comets</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Montana_State_University%E2%80%93Northern" title="Montana State University–Northern">Montana State–Northern <b>Lights</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Montana_Technological_University" title="Montana Technological University">Montana Tech</a> <a href="Montana_Tech_Orediggers" title="Montana Tech Orediggers"><b>Orediggers</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="University_of_Montana_Western" title="University of Montana Western">Montana–Western <b>Bulldogs</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="University_of_Providence" title="University of Providence">Providence <b>Argonauts</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rocky_Mountain_College" title="Rocky Mountain College">Rocky Mountain <b>Battlin' Bears</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Valley_City_State_University" title="Valley City State University">Valley City State <b>Vikings</b></a></span></li></ul>

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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Arizona_Christian_University" title="Arizona Christian University">Arizona Christian <b>Firestorm</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="College_of_Idaho" title="College of Idaho">College of Idaho <b>Coyotes</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Eastern_Oregon_University" title="Eastern Oregon University">Eastern Oregon <b>Mountaineers</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Simpson_University" title="Simpson University">Simpson <b>Red Hawks</b></a></span></li>

<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Southern_Oregon_University" title="Southern Oregon University">Southern Oregon</a> <a href="Southern_Oregon_Raiders" title="Southern Oregon Raiders"><b>Raiders</b></a></span></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="American_Midwest_Conference" title="American Midwest Conference">American Midwest Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Appalachian_Athletic_Conference" title="Appalachian Athletic Conference">Appalachian Athletic Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="California_Pacific_Conference" title="California Pacific Conference">California Pacific Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Cascade_Collegiate_Conference" title="Cascade Collegiate Conference">Cascade Collegiate Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Chicagoland_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference">Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="NAIA_independent_schools" title="NAIA independent schools">Continental Athletic Conference</a> <small>(Independent schools)</small></li>

<li><a href="Crossroads_League" title="Crossroads League">Crossroads League</a></li>

<li><a href="Great_Plains_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Plains Athletic Conference">Great Plains Athletic Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Great_Southwest_Athletic_Conference" title="Great Southwest Athletic Conference">Great Southwest Athletic Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="HBCU_Athletic_Conference" title="HBCU Athletic Conference">HBCU Athletic Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Heart_of_America_Athletic_Conference" title="Heart of America Athletic Conference">Heart of America Athletic Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Kansas_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference">Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Mid-South_Conference" title="Mid-South Conference">Mid-South Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Red_River_Athletic_Conference" title="Red River Athletic Conference">Red River Athletic Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="River_States_Conference" title="River States Conference">River States Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Sooner_Athletic_Conference" title="Sooner Athletic Conference">Sooner Athletic Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Southern_States_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern States Athletic Conference">Southern States Athletic Conference</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Conference" title="Sun Conference">Sun Conference</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="Wolverine%E2%80%93Hoosier_Athletic_Conference" title="Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference">Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Mid-States_Football_Association" title="Mid-States Football Association">Mid-States Football Association</a><sup>†</sup></li>

<li><a href="NAIA_independent_football_schools" title="NAIA independent football schools">NAIA independent football schools</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="National_Women's_Lacrosse_League" title="National Women's Lacrosse League">National Women's Lacrosse League</a></li></ul>

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