New Mexico and No. 25 Utah State increased their stranglehold on the Mountain West Conference men’s basketball race Saturday ...

Northern Illinois University accepts invitation to join Mountain West Conference for football only starting in 2026.

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

Representing the Mountain West conference in a college football bowl game included the Broncos, UNLV, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Jose State. The teams ultimately struggled in their games ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...