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

All of the changes we’re seeing in college football from conference realignments to the transfer portal and NIL has forced ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference was inspired by another major college football realignment move, and it ...

The athletic director at a mid-sized school that’s making a splash this season has a modest proposal that might offer one way ...

Here's one personal memory of covering Northern Illinois University football. The school introduced new head coach Joe Novak ...

Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock, who just finished his sixth season at the helm, isn’t jealous in the least of Notre ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WIFR) - The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees approved the $2 million membership fee for the school to join the Mountain West Conference. On July 1, 2026, NIU will join the ...

A Fighting Irish title would make the inexplicable defeat to the Huskies an afterthought, while an Ohio State championship would rectify the flop vs. Michigan.

Ohio was the best of the MAC this season, finishing 11-3 and winning the Cure Bowl against Jacksonville State. But losses to ...

SOUTH BEND — After watching Notre Dame football dismantle Georgia’s budding dynasty in the Sugar Bowl, Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock found himself offering the enthusiastic praise the ...