The Huskies from the East are joining the Mountain West, and conference basketball play has been just as absurd as it should ...

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

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026. The move puts the Mountain West Conference at nine teams: NIU, Air Force, ...

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.

Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez also joined ... An exhaustive look at potential Mid-American Conference expansion candidates With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference as a football only member beginning in 2026, NIU and the Mountain ...

The move puts the Mountain West Conference at nine teams: NIU, Air Force, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming. In the latest wave of realignment ...

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

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

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, a decision expected to pass during a board of trustees meeting Tuesday.

NIU’s football program will spend one more season in the MAC, then move to the Mountain West in 2026. “As good as Sept. 7 was, today is even better, because there's a path forward,” football ...