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 ...
NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference was inspired by another major college football realignment move, and it ...
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, ...
All of the changes we’re seeing in college football from conference realignments to the transfer portal and NIL has forced ...
There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.
With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to start looking around at who could be on the target sheet for expansion.
Northern Illinois University's football program will join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, bringing about a significant ...
"We are grateful to Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez and the membership of the Mountain West Conference for this invitation and to NIU President Lisa Freeman for her support as we navigated ...
The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of t ...
The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...