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 trustees meeting Tuesday.
The Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's board of trustees approved the MWC's $2 million membership fee on Tuesday.
[Editor’s note at 3:21 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 7, 2024: updated to insert press statements from NIU president Lisa C. Freeman and Mountain West Conference commissioner Gloria Nevarez.] ...
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The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference ... day for Northern Illinois University, for the NIU football program, and for Huskie fans throughout ...
With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time to start looking around at who could be on the target sheet for expansion.
“In evaluating NIU, the MW board of directors and directors ... a prestigious group of universities to compete in the Mountain West Conference.” Northern Illinois is the only team to defeat ...
The conference is set to lose Boise State ... There is hope within the Mountain West that NIU’s location in the Central time zone could help the league with its next TV deal, which is up ...
“In evaluating NIU, the MW Board of Directors and Directors ... The 2024-25 academic year has seen a seismic shift of the Mountain West Conference. With multiple conferences positioning ...
The Mountain West is undergoing a major transformation ... and meet FBS requirements, the conference has aggressively restructured, adding NIU, UTEP (all-sports), and converting Hawaii to full ...
Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said NIU's "history of football success ... It was in the Big West Conference in football from 1993 to 1995 and operated as an independent from 1986 ...