Northern Illinois appears headed to the Mountain West as a football-only member. The school has officially accepted an invite ...

DeKalb, Illinois isn’t known for its mountains, but that isn’t stopping Northern Illinois from sending its football program ...

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss and vote on the acceptance of an invitation to join the ...

In the meeting agenda, shared by Bryan Fischer on SI, Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be ...

NIU has agreed to leave the MAC to join the Mountain West in football only and the NIU Board of Trustees will discuss the ...

By now, the idea of regional conferences in college football is long gone. Conference realignment killed that dream years ago ...

The university has accepted a formal offer to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member, effective July 1, ...

Northern Illinois University accepted a formal invitation to join the Mountain West Conference, but one thing is left in the ...

The Mountain West is set to add a new school to its conference if all goes well. The Mountain West has invited Northern Illinois University to join the ...

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, a decision expected to pass during a board of ...

However, with the major conference realignment happening over the past few years, Northern Illinois may soon join the likes Wyoming, UNLV, Air Force in the Mountain West, in addition to soon-to-be ...

Northern Illinois officials issued a statement Wednesday that the university is in talks to join the Mountain West Conference for football. “Northern Illinois University has received a formal ...