The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of the conference on Tuesday. The Huskies ...
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 ...
Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it ... West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez and the membership of the Mountain West Conference for this invitation and to NIU President Lisa Freeman for ...
Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: "The costs to support the transition to the (Mountain West ...
On Friday afternoon, The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy reported via Twitter that Northern Illinois’ board is expected to accept an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference as an ...
Northern Illinois heavily redacted its membership agreement to join the Mountain West before providing the document to Nevada ...
Nasir Muhammad had 19 points, James Dent Jr. and Quaran McPherson added double-doubles and Northern Illinois defeated Ball ...
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I wrote an article titled, "One major hurdle that could keep Nevada athletics out of a rebuilt Pac-12." At the time, the ...
Notre Dame's independent status is the best thing for them and they have no reason to abandon it to join a conference.
Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez defended her conference after the lawsuit was initially ... UC Davis and Grand ...
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Northern Illinois set to join Mountain West for football only in 2026
They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West.