The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

(AP) — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation ... They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West.

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

The addition of Northern Illinois gives the Mountain West nine football-playing members for 2026. The others are Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming. "We are ...

This was the second shooting in Mexico involving Northern Illinois families in just a matter of days. The Friday after Christmas, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago was critically wounded in an area ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) ...

The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) will join the league as a football-only addition on July 1, 2026. NIU comes to the Mountain West from the MAC.

The addition of Northern Illinois brings the conference football-playing membership to nine starting with the 2026 season — Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Jose ...