The Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's ...

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 ...

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

All of the changes we’re seeing in college football from conference realignments to the transfer portal and NIL has forced ...

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

After spending 28 years as members of the Mid-American Conference, Northern Illinois are set to join the Mountain Wet ...

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

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

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

Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially made the move to the Mountain West Conference. The league announced the ...

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