BILLINGS — An expanded conference certainly doesn’t mean an easier one.

The Rocky Mountain College football team is preparing for the new-look 14-team Frontier conference after the addition of North Dakota schools Dickinson State, Mayville State, Dakota State, and Valley City State.

For the first time since 2007, the Battlin’ Bears won’t kick off until September, starting a gauntlet month against the College of Idaho on Sept. 6 in a noon matchup.

“It’s no different for us," Bears linebacker Cade Reynolds told MTN Sports before a recent practice. "The Yotes, they’re a great team. We’ve got four great teams back-to-back in our first four weeks, and we’ve got to approach all of them the same way.”

Watch Cade Reynolds and teammate Brock Ping navigate workouts while weighing in on the 2025

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