NIU has agreed to leave the MAC to join the Mountain West in football only and the NIU Board of Trustees will discuss the ...

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

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

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

In the meeting agenda, shared by Bryan Fischer on SI, Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be ...

Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees will vote on whether NIU's football team will leave the Mid-American ...

By now, the idea of regional conferences in college football is long gone. Conference realignment killed that dream years ago ...

Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees are holding a special meeting this afternoon and are expected to approve the ...

Northern Illinois University has accepted a formal offer to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member, according to a Board of Trustees agenda item for a meeting scheduled for 1:30 ...

The university has accepted a formal offer to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member, effective July 1, ...

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, a decision expected to pass during a board of ...

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 conference.