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

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

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

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

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

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

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that ... Mountain West Conference for this invitation and to NIU President Lisa Freeman for her support as we navigated this process. "The impact of this ...

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

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