Mike and Lynn Hoff, Freeport residents who attended Lorado Taft in 1969, walk through the retreat’s campus in Oregon on Nov. 10, 2024. Northern Illinois University announced it would be closing ...

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 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.