Exciting Changes In Store For Frontier Conference Football In 2025

The expansion of the Frontier Conference will take effect in 2025. The Frontier now stands at 14 members for football and as such will be split into 2 divisions. According to the Frontier Conference Website, the conference will be split into an East Division and a West Division, each with 7 members. The winner of each division will get an automatic bid into the NAIA national playoffs. The conference realignment will be as follows:

The Frontier Conference - East Division in alphabetical order by institution: Dakota State University (Madison, S. Dakota), Dickinson State University (Dickinson, N. Dakota), Mayville State University (Mayville, N. Dakota), Montana State University - Northern (Havre), Montana Technological University (Butte, Mont.), Rocky Mountain College (Billings, Mont.) and Valley City State University (Valley City, N. Dakota).

The Frontier Conference - West Division will be as follows in alphabetical order by institution: Arizona Christian University (Glendale, Ariz.), Carroll College (Helena, Mont.), College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho), Eastern Oregon University (La Grande, Ore.), Simpson University (Redding, Calif.), Southern Oregon University (Ashland, Ore.), and University of Montana Western (Dillon, Mont.).

The assignment of divisions is consistent with the NAIA’s approach to allocating automatic berths to its Football Championship Series for postseason qualification. Both the East and West divisions of the Frontier Conference will be granted one automatic qualifying berth beginning in Fall 2025 along with the opportunity to claim one or more at-large berths. The best six-game record within each division will claim the corresponding automatic qualifying berth.

Here is the 2025 schedule for the Montana Tech Orediggers, home games in CAPS. Times and ticket information to be announced.