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

Northern Illinois’ leaders took the podium Tuesday to discuss the football team’s groundbreaking move to the Mountain West in 2026. With the shock departure of Northern Illinois and the ...

The Mountain West Conference was formed by a breakaway ... Grand Canyon and UC Davis in non-football sports and then Northern Illinois as a football-only member. A quicker rebuild made those ...

The Mountain West Conference men’s basketball landscape will look quite a bit different during the 2025-26 season. Of the 11 underclassmen who received all-MWC recognition last season ...

“We believe continuing our membership with the Mountain West Conference ... including Northern Illinois and Toledo from the Mid-American Conference. That would enable the league to sell a ...

The bizarre streak will not continue as Calhoun is set to become the second-highest-paid coach in the Mountain West Conference behind ... 3-pointer that helped Northern Iowa knock off top-seeded ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026. The 2026 MW football season will include the Air Force Academy ...

The Mountain West Conference men’s basketball landscape will look quite a bit different during the 2025-26 season.  Of the 11 underclassmen who received all-MWC ...

Northern Illinois Intends Jump to Horizon League for All Non-Football Teams After NIU’s football program left the MAC for the Mountain West, the school’s other programs have a new home.