DEKALB, Ill. — In front of a backdrop sporting the Northern Illinois and Horizon League logos Thursday at the NIU Convocation Center, Huskies athletic director Sean Frazier declared a second ...

Northern Illinois’ board previously authorized $2 million for an entrance fee to join the Mountain West in football. The Mountain West will pay the Huskies an incentive payment to join the ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in July 2026, the school announced Tuesday, following approval of the $2 million membership fee from its board of trustees.

Northern Illinois has played 39 seasons in the MAC over two stints from 1975 to 1985 and since 1997. It was in the Big West Conference in football from 1993 to 1995 and operated as an independent ...