Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez also joined ... An exhaustive look at potential Mid-American Conference expansion candidates With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to ...

NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference was inspired by another major college football realignment move, and it might mean more change is coming for Northern Illinois athletics.

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

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, a decision expected to pass during a board of trustees meeting Tuesday.

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

NIU’s football program will spend one more season in the MAC, then move to the Mountain West in 2026. “As good as Sept. 7 was, today is even better, because there's a path forward,” football ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference as a football only member beginning in 2026, NIU and the Mountain ...

Northern Illinois University's football program will join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, bringing about a significant ...

Most recently, NIU capped the 2024 season with its second straight eight-win campaign, highlighted by a victory over Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The Mountain West recently also ...

The move puts the Mountain West Conference at nine teams: NIU, Air Force, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming. In the latest wave of realignment ...

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 program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's board of trustees approved the MWC's $2 million membership fee on Tuesday.