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

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 ...

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 in ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026. The 2026 MW football season will include the Air Force Academy, ...

The Mountain West Conference on Tuesday announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026.

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American Conference that it had been a member of for nearly 30 years. The Huskies will ...

The Mountain West has been heavily involved in conference realignment ... The addition of Northern Illinois gives the Mountain West nine football-playing members for 2026. The others are Air ...

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday.

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain ... eight full-football members by 2028 to maintain conference recognition. The Mountain West’s football members will include Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada ...

LARAMIE — After weeks of internal discussions, Northern Illinois University agreed to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member Tuesday. Northern Illinois will join eight other ...