NIU Football Joins Mountain West Conference - NIU Athletics
2 days ago · WATCH: NIU Joins Mountain West Press Conference; DeKALB, Ill. – 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 West announced Tuesday (Jan. 7). The announcement came following a meeting of the NIU Board of Trustees.
Mountain West Adds Northern Illinois As A Football-Only Member
2 days ago · COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West Conference today announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026. “We are excited about adding Northern Illinois football to …
Northern Illinois joins Mountain West: Huskies will compete as …
2 days ago · The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees approved the move on Tuesday. Northern Illinois, which will begin ...
Northern Illinois to join Mountain West Conference for football …
2 days ago · 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 ...
NIU football joining Mountain West Conference
2 days ago · 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 ...
Northern Illinois football joins Mountain West Conference
2 days ago · 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.
Northern Illinois is set to join Mountain West for football only in ...
2 days ago · Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based MAC to a conference in which the easternmost school is in Colorado. ... The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the ...
Northern Illinois football to join Mountain West; league to …
2 days ago · Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in July 2026, the school announced Tuesday, following approval of the $2 million membership fee from its board of trustees.
Mountain West officially adds Northern Illinois as football-only …
2 days ago · The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. ... West,” MWC commissioner Gloria Nevarez said in a press release. “In evaluating NIU, the MW Board ...
NIU football officially joins the Mountain West Conference
2 days ago · NIU spent the last 18 seasons in the Mid-American Conference, also known as the MAC. Before joining the MAC, NIU was a member of the Big West Conference in football from 1993-95 and operated as an ...
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