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 ...

There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.

With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to start looking around at who could be on the target sheet for expansion.

"We are grateful to Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez and the membership of the Mountain West Conference for this invitation and to NIU President Lisa Freeman for her support as we navigated ...

That idea spurned an idea in Frazier's head. That idea was the inspiration behind NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference. Get ahead of the curve while you still can. "We need to make ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference ... day for Northern Illinois University, for the NIU football program, and for Huskie fans throughout ...

“In evaluating NIU, the MW board of directors and directors ... a prestigious group of universities to compete in the Mountain West Conference.” Northern Illinois is the only team to defeat ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. "What a great opportunity for NIU Athletics as we expand our horizons ...

The conference is set to lose Boise State ... There is hope within the Mountain West that NIU’s location in the Central time zone could help the league with its next TV deal, which is up ...

The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) will join the league as a football-only addition on July 1, 2026. NIU comes to the Mountain West from the MAC.