The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026.

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

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

The Huskies will go from the MAC to a league in which the easternmost school is in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

Representing the Mountain West conference in a college football bowl game included the Broncos, UNLV, Colorado State, Fresno ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

The addition of Northern Illinois gives the Mountain West nine football members. With it comes the ability to play a full ...