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 program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's ...

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

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

Northern Illinois is the only football team to defeat Notre Dame this season. On Jan. 20, NIU coach Thomas Hammock will be ...

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

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

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

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.