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 competing in the conference in 2026,

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NIU has agreed to leave the MAC to join the Mountain West in football only and the NIU Board of Trustees will discuss the move this week. Here's what that move means for the Huskies.

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation ... commissioner Gloria Nevarez said NIU’s “history of football success and its commitment to academic excellence” were draws. Related Articles College Sports | Nikola Jokic, Nathan MacKinnon, Travis ...

adapt to this new national model of college athletics and prepare to start a new chapter in the history of NIU Football," Northern Illinois athletic director Sean T. Frazier said in a news release.

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The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday. The Huskies, whose Board of Regents voted to accept an invitation that comes with a $2 million entry fee, will officially join the Mountain West on July 1, 2026.

The move is another fallen domino in college sports' ongoing conference ... "We are excited about adding Northern Illinois football to the Mountain West," commissioner Gloria Nevarez said in ...