The Mountain West is set to add a new school to its conference if all goes well. The Mountain West has invited Northern Illinois University to join the ...

Northern Illinois appears headed to the Mountain West as a football-only member. The school has officially accepted an invite ...

Northern Illinois called a board meeting for Tuesday regarding an invitation to join the Mountain West in July 2026, ...

Northern Illinois University accepted a formal invitation to join the Mountain West Conference, but one thing is left in the ...

DeKalb, Illinois isn’t known for its mountains, but that isn’t stopping Northern Illinois from sending its football program ...

In the meeting agenda, shared by Bryan Fischer on SI, Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fe ...

No one will hang quarterback Luke Altmyer's Citrus Bowl performance in the Louvre, but it had a certain beauty in its effectiveness – especially given the absence of No. 1 receiver and offensive ...

Northern Illinois will ask its Board of Trustees on Tuesday to allow the school's football program to move into the Mountain ...

North Dakota State was reportedly "considered" for the Mountain West as a football-only member at one point this past fall.

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss and vote on the acceptance of an invitation to join the ...

Northern Illinois is reportedly set to accept an offer to join the Mountain West as a football-only member beginning in 2026.

NIU, a flag-bearing school for the Mid-American Conference over the last two decades, reportedly departs once again for the allure of the West.