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.

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 Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's board of trustees approved the MWC ...

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 ...

Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez also ... potential Mid-American Conference expansion candidates With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to start looking around at who could ...

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

A Fighting Irish title would make the inexplicable defeat to the Huskies an afterthought, while an Ohio State championship ...

NIU administrators are reaching higher, for the Mountains by joining the Mountain West Conference. NIU Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean T. Frazier says NIU has to seize ...

According to the agenda item, NIU will join the Mountain West for football effective July 1, 2026, finishing the 2025 season as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The payment will be made in ...

NIU to the Mountain West is just the latest wacky move in conference realignment The Mid-American Conference isn't the first to have its pantry raided during realignment. In fact, it didn't even ...

There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.