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

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

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

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss and vote on the acceptance of an invitation to join the ...

DeKalb, Illinois isn’t known for its mountains, but that isn’t stopping Northern Illinois from sending its football program ...

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

The Mountain West Conference on Tuesday announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member ...

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based MAC to a conference in which the easternmost school is in ...