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 ...

Northern Illinois confirmed 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 in ...

They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West.

Northern Illinois University's football program will join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, bringing about a significant ...

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's $2 million membership fee on Tuesday.

Northern Illinois heavily redacted its membership agreement to join the Mountain West before providing the document to Nevada ...

The Horizon League got a massive boost when Butler made back-to-back NCAA championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011.

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member ... and meet FBS requirements, the conference has aggressively restructured, adding NIU ...

Notre Dame's independent status is the best thing for them and they have no reason to abandon it to join a conference.

Sean Frazier, the AD at Northern Illinois — remember ... recently announced it was moving its football program from the ...

Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez defended her conference after the lawsuit was initially ... UC Davis and Grand ...