Helena, MT – The 2025 new look Frontier conference preseason Coach’s polls have been released, so where do MSU-Northern Lights and Skylights basketball sit?
The Frontier Conference coach’s polls were released Monday morning. Basketball in the Frontier will now have 12 teams featuring 22 conference games.
MSU-Northern Lights were seated at 10th place with 39 voting points, only ahead of Valley City and Bismark State College. The skylights on the other hand were selected to 7th place with 58 voting points.
Voting points are awarded as follows; First place votes are worth 11 points, second place are worth 10 points, third place are worth nine points, and so on to the last place with one point. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
Below are the full Men’s and Women’s Coach’s polls
| 2025-26 Frontier Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
| 1 | Montana Tech (11) | 121 |
| T2 | Carroll (Mont.) | 89 |
| T2 | Montana Western (1) | 89 |
| 4 | Providence (Mont.) | 81 |
| 5 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 75 |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 73 |
| 7 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 71 |
| 8 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 53 |
| 9 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 50 |
| 10 | Montana State-Northern | 39 |
| 11 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 34 |
| 12 | Bismarck State (N.D.) | 17 |
| 2025-26 Frontier Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
| 1 | Dakota State (S.D.) (11) | 121 |
| T2 | Carroll (Mont.) | 101 |
| T2 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 101 |
| 4 | Providence (Mont.) | 91 |
| 5 | Montana Tech (1) | 81 |
| 6 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 68 |
| 7 | Montana State-Northern | 58 |
| 8 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 55 |
| 9 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 37 |
| 10 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 35 |
| 11 | Montana Western | 32 |
| 12 | Bismarck State (N.D.) | 12 |
