The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...

The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

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

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) ...

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026, the school and conference ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, joining Air Force, Hawai'i, UNLV, Nevada, ...

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

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

The Mountain West was well represented during this year's bowl season, with a total of five teams participating in a bowl game, including the Boise State Bronco ...