HELENA — The 2025 football season will feature a new-look Frontier Conference.

The Frontier hosted the first of its two virtual football media days on Wednesday, introducing players and coaches from the seven teams in its new East division. The Frontier added five football newcomers ahead of this season — pushing its total number of teams from nine to 14 — and split itself into two divisions, East and West.

The East features four newcomers, all from the defunct North Star Athletic Association: Dakota State University, Dickinson State University, Valley City State University and Mayville State University. The fifth newcomer is Simpson University (Calif.), which will play in the West division.

“I’ll tell you, we’re looking forward to not having to play each other twice and playing a round

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