Member schools

Augustana College (South Dakota) University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University Mankato University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) University of North Dakota St. Cloud State University University of South Dakota

3 schools left a conference within 2004. North Dakota State University, the University of Northern Colorado, and South Dakota State University are all transitioning their athletics software online from either Section 2 to Section We. These schools became institution members of the Section I personally-AA Great West Football Conference, which started play in the fall of 2004.