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 ...

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

Boise State soared to new heights during the 2024 football season. The Broncos repeated as Mountain West Conference champions ...

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 ...

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

Mountain West football season promises excitement, roster shake-ups, and storylines as teams jockey for supremacy. Boise ...

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026. The move puts the Mountain West Conference at nine teams: NIU, Air Force, ...

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

NIU has agreed to leave the MAC to join the Mountain West in football only and the NIU Board of Trustees will discuss the move this week. Here's what that move means for the Huskies.

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, joining Air Force, Hawai'i, UNLV, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State and Wyoming.