The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026.

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

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

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

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

Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees approved a football-only move from the Mid-American Conference, or MAC, to ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

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

Northern Illinois confirmed Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't ...

Not since the 2004 and ’05 seasons has the South been shut out of the championship field, and the Big Ten has a chance to win ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but remains ...