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Both Fresno State and Northern Illinois are inside the top 50 in explosive play rate allowed and particularly sturdy at shutting down each team’s primary source of offense.

DEKALB, Ill. (WIFR) - Engineering students at Northern Illinois University (NIU) presented their senior capstone projects Friday. The 2025 Senior Design Showcase at the NIU Convocation Center ...

Northern Illinois hopes to move all of its sports teams except football, women’s gymnastics and men’s wrestling to the Horizon League in 2026.

Northern Illinois hasn't made the NCAA Tournament in men's basketball since 1996. The Huskies were coached by Mark Montgomery, who now is the head coach at Detroit Mercy, from 2011-21. The ...

Northern Illinois University officially announced its decision to leave the Mid-American Conference behind to become a football-only member of the Mountain West Conference, effective July 1, 2026.

Northern Illinois went 8-5 overall and 4-4 in the MAC this season and posted a stunning upset of then-No.5 Notre Dame in September. That was the program's first-ever victory over a Top 10 program.

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American Conference that it had been a member of for nearly 30 years.