Editing Frontier Conference (section)

==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>

===Current members===
The Frontier currently has six full members, half are [[Private university|private]] schools:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
|-
| '''[[Carroll College]]'''
| [[Helena, Montana]]
| 1909
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br>{{small|([[Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena|Diocese of Helena]])}}
| 1,502
| [[Carroll Fighting Saints|Fighting Saints]]
| 1935
|-
| '''[[Montana State University–Northern]]'''
| [[Havre, Montana]]
| 1929
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=MontUS|Part of the [[Montana University System]].}}
| 1,207
| [[Montana State–Northern Lights|Lights]] &<br>[[Montana State–Northern Skylights|Skylights]]
| 1935
|-
| '''[[Montana Technological University]]'''
| [[Butte, Montana]]
| 1889
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=MontUS}}
| 2,694
| [[Montana Tech Orediggers|Orediggers]]
| 1934
|-
| {{sort|Montana–Western|'''[[University of Montana Western]]'''}}
| [[Dillon, Montana]]
| 1893
| Public{{efn|group=full|name=MontUS}}
| 1,336
| [[Montana–Western Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 1934
|-
| '''[[University of Providence]]'''{{efn|group=full|Formerly known as the University of Great Falls until 2017.}}
| [[Great Falls, Montana]]
| 1932
| Catholic<br>{{small|([[Ursulines]])}}
| 800
| [[Providence Argonauts|Argonauts]]
| 1974;<br>1999{{efn|group=full|Providence (then known as Great Falls) did not have an athletics program from 1984–85 to 1998–99.}}
|-
| '''[[Rocky Mountain College]]'''{{efn|group=full|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.}}
| [[Billings, Montana]]
| 1878
| various{{efn|group=full|Rocky Mountain has various affiliations: The [[Mainline Protestant]], the [[United Methodist Church]], the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church]] (USA), and the [[United Church of Christ]].}}
| 894
| [[Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears|Battlin' Bears]]
| 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, North Dakota]]
| 1890
| Public{{efn|group=future|name=NDUS}}
| 1,623
| [[Valley City State Vikings|Vikings]]
|}

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

===Affiliate members===
The Frontier currently has four affiliate members, two of them are [[Private university|private]] schools:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=aff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Frontier<br>sport
! Primary<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Arizona Christian University]]'''
| [[Glendale, Arizona]]
| 1960
| [[Nondenominational Christianity|Nondenominational]]
| 1,050
| [[Arizona Christian Firestorm|Firestorm]]
| 2023
| rowspan="4" | [[American football|Football]]
| [[Great Southwest Athletic Conference|Great Southwest (GSAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Idaho College|'''[[College of Idaho]]'''}}
| [[Caldwell, Idaho]]
| 1891
| [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]<br>{{small|(PCUSA)}}
| 1,010
| [[College of Idaho Coyotes|Coyotes]]
| 2014
| rowspan="3" | [[Cascade Collegiate Conference|Cascade (CCC)]]
|-
| '''[[Eastern Oregon University]]'''
| [[La Grande, Oregon]]
| 1929
| rowspan="2" | [[Public university|Public]]
| 3,743
| [[Eastern Oregon Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| 2008
|-
| '''[[Southern Oregon University]]'''
| [[Ashland, Oregon]]
| 1872
| 5,696
| [[Southern Oregon Raiders|Raiders]]
| 2012
|}

;Notes:
{{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:
{{notelist|group=futaff}}

===Former members===
The Frontier had four former full members, only one was a [[Private university|private]] school:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
! Subsequent<br>conference(s)
! 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]]'''
| [[Lewiston, Idaho]]
| 1893
| rowspan="2" | [[Public university|Public]]
| 4,500
| [[Lewis–Clark State Warriors|Warriors]] &<br>[[Lewis–Clark State Lady Warriors|Lady Warriors]]
| 1998
| 2020
| colspan="2" | [[Cascade Collegiate Conference|Cascade (CCC)]]<br>(2020–present)
|-
| '''[[Montana State University Billings|Eastern Montana College]]'''{{efn|group=former|Currently known as Montana State University–Billings since 1994. Eastern Montana was the school name that reflected its use during conference membership.}}
| [[Billings, Montana]]
| 1927
| 4,600
| [[Montana State–Billings Yellowjackets|Yellowjackets]]
| 1933
| 1980
| various{{efn|group=former|Eastern Montana (now Montana State–Billings) had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]] from 1980–81 to 1981–82; the [[Pacific West Conference]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}} (PacWest) from 1982–83 to 2004–05 (originally known as the '''Great Northwest Conference''' from 1982–83 to 1991–92); and the [[Heartland Conference]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}} from 2005–06 to 2006–07.}}
| [[Great Northwest Athletic Conference|Great Northwest (GNAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}}<br>(2007–present)
|-
| '''[[Westminster University (Utah)|Westminster College]]'''{{efn|group=former|Currently known as Westminster University since 2023.}}
| [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]]
| 1875
| [[Nonsectarian]]
| 3,108
| [[Westminster Griffins|Griffins]]
| 1998
| 2015
| colspan="2" | [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference|Rocky Mountain (RMAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}}<br>(2015–present)
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

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

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

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

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