The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of t

The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday. The Huskies, whose Board of Regents voted to accept an invitation that comes with a $2 million entry fee, will officially join the Mountain West on July 1, 2026.

Either Ohio State or Notre Dame will not just be a worthy champion, but one that deserves recognition for surviving a gauntlet of four playoff games.

Northern Illinois looks to break its four-game slide with a win over Bowling Green. Saturday's meeting is the first this season between the squads. Bowling Green is 2-3 against the

(Former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA joined the Big Ten.) The Mountain West will also have other schools — UC Davis and Grand Canyon — joining in some sports in 2026. Northern Illinois has played 39 seasons in the MAC over two stints ...

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. Over the last 15 ...