In an agenda for an NIU board meeting 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 fee: ...

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 ...

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They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West.

Northern Illinois University's football program will join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, bringing about a significant ...

Northern Illinois heavily redacted its membership agreement to join the Mountain West before providing the document to Nevada ...

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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.

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will ... to eight full-football members by 2028 to maintain conference recognition. The Mountain West’s football members would include Air Force, Hawaii ...

LAS VEGAS — Northern Illinois has been formally approved as a football-only member of the Mountain West by the conference’s board of directors and school administrations.

Northern Illinois says that it expects for the conference change to be more than lucrative enough to offset the membership fee: "The costs to support the transition to the (Mountain West ...

Northern Illinois appears headed to the Mountain West as a football-only member. The school has officially accepted an invite from the conference and its board of trustees is set to vote on the ...