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 ...

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

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 ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026. The 2026 MW football season will include the Air Force Academy, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) will join the league as a football-only ...

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 ...

(AP) — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in which ...

Northern Illinois has been formally approved as a football-only member of the Mountain West by the conference’s board of directors and school administrations. The Huskies will begin play in the ...