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

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

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

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.

The Huskies will go from the MAC to a league in which the easternmost school is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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 football is heading to the Mountain West Conference in 2026. The school announced Tuesday it's paying $2 ...

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

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

The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday.

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

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