North Dakota will leave the
Big Sky Conference for all sports except football in 2018 and join the
Summit League. Their football program will join the
Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, they will continue to play a full Big Sky schedule and their games will count in the conference standings for their opponents but the Fighting Hawks will be ineligible to win the conference championship.[1]
North Dakota will leave the
Big Sky Conference for all sports except football in 2018 and join the
Summit League. Their football program will join the
Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, they will continue to play a full Big Sky schedule and their games will count in the conference standings for their opponents but the Fighting Hawks will be ineligible to win the conference championship.[1]