Northern Illinois University announced Tuesday their intention to leave the Mid-American Conference in the summer of 2026.

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

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

The Mountain West has been rebuilding since Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Colorado State agreed to join the ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July ...

The Mountain West Conference on Tuesday announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member ...

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KOLO) - Northern Illinois University will be joining the Mountain West Conference as a football ...

The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday.

Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially made the move to the Mountain West Conference. The league announced the ...