NIU Football Joins Mountain West Conference - NIU Athletics
3 days ago · WATCH: NIU Joins Mountain West Press Conference; DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference as a football only member beginning in 2026, NIU and the Mountain West announced Tuesday (Jan. 7). The announcement came following a meeting of the NIU Board of Trustees.
Northern Illinois to join Mountain West Conference for football …
3 days ago · 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.
Mountain West Adds Northern Illinois As A Football-Only Member
3 days ago · Located 65 miles due west of Chicago with close to 260,000 living alumni in the nation’s third largest city, Northern Illinois University is a public institution founded in 1895. It is included in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s Research Universities—High Research Activity category and is a member of the ...
NIU to Mountain West: Reasons for move, NIU’s value in MWC, …
2 days ago · Northern Illinois University officially announced its decision to leave the Mid-American Conference behind to become a football-only member of the Mountain West Conference, effective July 1, 2026 ...
Northern Illinois is set to join Mountain West for football only in ...
3 days ago · Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based MAC to a conference in which the easternmost school is in Colorado. ... “The impact of this move to the Mountain West is going to be felt throughout our entire department and university,” athletic ...
Northern Illinois to join Mountain West for football in 2026
2 days ago · The movement of the Northern Illinois football program from the Mid-American Conference to the Mountain West will affect the university’s 16 other athletic programs.
Northern Illinois joins Mountain West: Huskies will compete as …
3 days ago · The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees approved the move on Tuesday. Northern Illinois, which will begin ...
Mountain West adds Northern Illinois as a football member
3 days ago · In September, news broke of a 4-team departure to the Pac-12 Conference. Those four schools — Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State — were later joined by Utah State.
NIU: Offer received from Mountain West, ‘update’ to come in …
Dec 18, 2024 · “Northern Illinois University has received a formal invitation for the football program to join the Mountain West Conference in 2026,” a statement released to the Daily Chronicle on Wednesday said.
Mountain West officially adds Northern Illinois as football-only …
3 days ago · The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. ... “This is a truly exciting day for Northern Illinois University, for the NIU football program, and ...
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