DEKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois is departing the Mid-American Conference's football ranks for the Mountain West. The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in ...

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.

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 most stable conference in college football lost a piece of its stability Tuesday afternoon. Northern Illinois University officially announced its decision to leave the Mid-American Conference ...

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

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[Editor’s note at 3:10 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 7, 2024: updated to insert NIU Board of Trustee’s approval of the Mountain West invitation and insert quotes from NIU AD Sean Frazier.

Tuesday afternoon, the NIU Board of Trustees signed off on the move and a two-million-dollar entrance fee into the Mountain West. The move will happen in 2026.

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.

DEKALB, Ill. - Back in the summer 2022, NIU Director of Athletics Sean Frazier was in his car when the news struck. USC and UCLA were going to spurn the Pac-12 and join the Big Ten. Frazier called ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on 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 ...