The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American ...

LARAMIE — After weeks of internal discussions, Northern Illinois University agreed to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only ... news broke of a 4-team departure to the Pac-12 ...

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026.

Loren Orr/Getty Images Share DEKALB — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football ... clear which conference Northern Illinois’ other teams will compete ...