The majority of the Northern Illinois athletics department is set to join the Horizon League in 2026, pending approval by the university’s board of trustees Thursday. NIU announced in January ...

Led by fifth-year head coach Russell Payne , the Northwestern University men's soccer program announced its schedule for the ...

DEKALB, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Northern Illinois University continues to evolve to keeps its sports programs financially stable ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.. The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but remains ...

Northern Illinois will join the new-look Mountain West Conference in football, which could net the university $5 million a year, significantly more than what the MAC gets every year from its TV ...

Northern Illinois will play one last season in all sports in the 2025-26 academic season in the 13-member configuration of the MAC before their departure. This is a developing story and will be ...

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 ...

Until the NIU announcement, the MAC had avoided the conference shuffling that has reshaped Division I athletics. The Huskies weren’t the only MAC program to flirt with another suitor — the MWC was ...

The University is asking the Board to approve $2M for the required membership fee to join the MWC. In intercollegiate ...

Northern Illinois appears set ... “The University is asking the Board to approve $2M for the required membership fee to join the MWC,” the board agenda says. “In intercollegiate athletics, ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of the conference on Tuesday.

Northern Illinois University is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in May 1985. As well as the main campus is DeKalb, there are ...