NIU shares the Mountain West ... Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Ohio, Toledo, UMass and Western Michigan. UMass is joining the conference ...

UTEP is set to join the Mountain West Conference ahead of the 2026-2027 academic school year. Accepting the official ...

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.

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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 ...

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 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 Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's ...

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 ...

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 ...

The current two-team Pac-12 Conference will be adding five Mountain West staples in the same year, draining the league of some of its top programs. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State ...

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. The payment will be made in ...