November 3, 2025
HELENA, Mont. – Bellevue (Neb.) tallied five first place votes and 25 points to secure the top spot in the 2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Coaches’ Preseason Poll, the conference announced Monday morning.
Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. The Frontier Conference will have their first ever baseball league this season, with six schools participating.
First place is worth five points, second place is worth four points, third place is worth three points, and so on to the last place with one point.
The Brins went 40-15 overall record and 19-1 record in the former North Star Athletic Association last season (won six straight regular season titles). BU also qualified for the NAIA National Tournament for the 14
th consecutive season, where they fell in the Opening Round.
Bellevue also had won the previous four conference postseason tournament titles in the NSAA conference.
Dakota State registered the final first place votes and 20 points to finish second in the preseason poll. Dickinson State (N.D.), who also played in the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round last season, was third with 15 points.
Valley City State (N.D.) finished fourth in the poll with eight points, Mayville State (N.D.) fifth with seven points, and Bismarck State (N.D.) sixth with five points.
There will be a preseason round-robin tournament on March 21-22 at the Sanford Sports Complex in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Frontier Conference contests officially begin on March 27-28, where each team will play four-game series. There will be a mid-week conference contest between traveling partners (BU-DaSU, DiSU-BSC, and VCSU-MSU).
The 2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Tournament will be hosted by Dickinson State at Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark in Dickinson, N.D. The postseason tournament kicks off Friday, May 1, 2026.
The winner of the conference postseason tournament receives an automatic bid to the NAIA Baseball National Tournament Opening Round on May 11-14, 2026, at various campus sites. The opening round winners move on to the Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series at Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) in Lewiston, Idaho, on May 22-30, 2026.
Stay tuned to fcsports.org for the 2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Virtual Media Day schedule in mid-January.
Below is the complete 2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Coaches’ Preseason Poll:
| 2026 Frontier Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Poll |
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) |
Total Points |
| 1 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (5) |
25 |
| 2 |
Dakota State (S.D.) (1) |
20 |
| 3 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
15 |
| 4 |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
8 |
| 5 |
Mayville State (N.D.) |
7 |
| 6 |
Bismarck State (N.D.) |
5 |
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