In an agenda for an NIU board meeting shared by Bryan Fischer on SI, Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: ...

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 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 ...

DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based ...

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.

There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.

Northern Illinois heavily redacted its membership agreement to join the Mountain West before providing the document to Nevada ...

All of the changes we’re seeing in college football from conference realignments to the transfer portal and NIL has forced ...

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will ... to eight full-football members by 2028 to maintain conference recognition. The Mountain West’s football members would include Air Force, Hawaii ...

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Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: "The costs to support the transition to the (Mountain West ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. "What a great opportunity for NIU Athletics as we expand our horizons ...