DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

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

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

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

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

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the ... and the right way,” NIU president Lisa C. Freeman said in a ...

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

The addition of Northern Illinois gives the Mountain West nine football members. With it comes the ability to play a full ...

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

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but remains in ...

Northern Illinois University will be joining the Mountain West Conference as a football only member in 2026. The announcement ...