Editing Frontier Conference (section)

===Chronological timeline===
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* 1934 – The Frontier Conference was founded as the Montana Small College Conference (MSCC). Charter members included the [[Rocky Mountain College|Billings Polytechnic Institute]], [[Rocky Mountain College|Intermountain Union College]], [[University of Montana Western|Montana State Normal College]] (now the University of Montana Western), [[Montana Technological University|Montana State School of Mines]] (now Montana Technological University) and [[Montana State University–Northern|Northern Montana College]] (now Montana State University–Northern), beginning the 1934–35 academic year.
* 1936 – [[Carroll College|Carroll College of Montana]] and [[Montana State University Billings|Eastern Montana Normal College]] (now Montana State University–Billings) joined the MSCC, which was rebranded as the Montana Collegiate Conference (MCC) in the 1936–37 academic year.
* 1947 – Billings Poly and Intermountain Union merge to form [[Rocky Mountain College]].
* 1966 – The MCC was rebranded as the Frontier Conference, beginning the 1966–67 academic year.
* 1974 – The [[University of Providence|College of Great Falls]] (later the University of Great Falls, now the University of Providence) joined the Frontier in the 1974–75 academic year.
* 1980 – Montana State–Billings (MSU Billings) left the Frontier to join the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] ranks of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) as an [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]] (which would later join the [[Pacific West Conference|Great Northwest Conference]], beginning the 1982–83 school year) after the 1979–80 academic year.
* 1984 – Great Falls left the Frontier as the school discontinued its athletic program after the 1983–84 academic year.
* 1998 – [[Lewis–Clark State College]] and [[Westminster University (Utah)|Westminster College]] joined the Frontier in the 1998–99 academic year.
* 1999 – Great Falls rejoined the Frontier after 15 years without an athletics program in the 1999–2000 academic year.
* 2008 – [[Eastern Oregon University]] joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2008 fall season (2008–09 academic year).
* 2012 – [[Dickinson State University]] joined the Frontier in the 2012–13 academic year.
* 2012 – [[Southern Oregon University]] joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2012 fall season (2012–13 academic year).
* 2014 – Dickinson State left the Frontier to join the [[North Star Athletic Association]] (NSAA) after the 2013–14 academic year.
* 2014 – The [[College of Idaho]] joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2014 fall season (2014–15 academic year).
* 2015 – Westminster (Utah) left the Frontier to join the NCAA Division II ranks and rejoin back to the [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]] (RMAC) after the 2014–15 academic year.
* 2020 – Lewis–Clark State left the Frontier to join the [[Cascade Collegiate Conference]] (CCC) after the 2019–20 academic year.
* 2023 – [[Arizona Christian University]] joined the Frontier as an affiliate member for football in the 2023 fall season (2023–24 academic year)
* 2025 – [[Bellevue University]], [[Bismarck State College]], [[Dakota State University]], [[Mayville State University]] and [[Valley City State University]] will all join 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.
* 2025 – [[Simpson University]] will join the Frontier as an affiliate member for football, beginning the 2025 fall season (2025–26 academic year)