In an agenda for an NIU board meeting shared by Bryan Fischer on SI, Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of the conference on Tuesday. The Huskies ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it ... West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez and the membership of the Mountain West Conference for this invitation and to NIU President Lisa Freeman for ...

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 Huskies will go from the Midwest-based ...

The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees approved the move on Tuesday. Northern Illinois, which will begin ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American Conference that it had been a member of for nearly 30 years. The Huskies will ...

while NIU’s other sports are expected to move to another Midwest-based conference yet to be determined. In the wake of Northern Illinois’ addition, Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez ...

There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.

Northern Illinois heavily redacted its membership agreement to join the Mountain West before providing the document to Nevada ...

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 says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: "The costs to support the transition to the (Mountain West ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. "What a great opportunity for NIU Athletics as we expand our horizons ...