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

The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

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

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

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

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, joining Air Force, Hawai'i, UNLV, Nevada, ...

Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially made the move to the Mountain West Conference. The league announced the ...

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

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