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

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 move by Northern Illinois was necessitated by its football team moving to the Mountain West, starting in 2026. The MAC wasn't interested in keeping Northern Illinois without football ...

Northern Illinois’ board previously authorized $2 million for an entrance fee to join the Mountain West in football. The Mountain West will pay the Huskies an incentive payment to join the ...

When Northern Illinois football left the Mid-American Conference for the Mountain West in January, many wondered what would happen to the rest of the school’s athletic programs. That question ...

The Northern Illinois University Huskies plan ... Huskies' football program's move to leave the MAC and join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member beginning in 2026.

The Mountain West Conference is seeking mediation in the case the Pac-12 filed against it in an attempt to avoid paying $55 ...

with that program moving from the MAC to the Mountain West in 2026. NIU has also submitted a request to the MAC to allow its wrestling and gymnastics teams to remain in the league because the Horizon ...

But the Pac-12 audience was double that of the Mountain West (639,000 to 323,000) when we filtered for home games only — in part because the Northern Illinois-Notre Dame number is removed.

But the Pac-12 audience was double that of the Mountain West (639,000 to 323,000) when we filtered for home games only — in part because the Northern Illinois-Notre Dame number is removed.

Per Matt Zenitz of 247Sports, the Northern Illinois Huskies are adding Marian University defensive coordinator Justin ...