The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially ...

Northern Illinois confirmed Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American ...

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees approved a football-only move from the Mid-American Conference, or MAC, to ...

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026, the school and conference ...

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026.

The Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday that Northern Illinois University will join the league as a football-only ...

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WIFR) - The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees approved the $2 million membership fee for the school to join the Mountain West Conference. On July 1, 2026, NIU will join the ...

Northern Illinois appears headed to the Mountain West as a football-only member. The school has officially accepted an invite ...