COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KOLO) - Northern Illinois University will be joining the Mountain West Conference as a football ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WIFR) - The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees approved the $2 million membership fee for the school to join the Mountain West Conference. On July 1, 2026, NIU will join the ...

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

Back in the summer 2022, NIU Director of Athletics Sean Frazier was in his car when the news struck.USC and UCLA were going ...

The Huskies will go from the MAC to a league in which the easternmost school is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Here's one personal memory of covering Northern Illinois University football. The school introduced new head coach Joe Novak ...

With the shock departure of Northern Illinois and the pursuit of Toledo, the MAC has existential questions to face at a ...

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