DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in which the easternmost school is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West. “This move will open new opportunities for our student-athletes, expand…

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Northern Illinois is set to join Mountain West for football only in 2026

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

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Northern Illinois becomes football-only member of Mountain West, leaving MAC

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, joining Air Force, Hawai'i, UNLV, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State and Wyoming.

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

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Northern Illinois set to join Mountain West for football only in 2026

Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially made the move to the Mountain West Conference.

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DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock can’t forget the date — Sept. 7 — that the Huskies stunned College Football Playoff semifinalist Notre Dame in its home opener. But Tuesday was an even better day for the university’s football program, Hammock said at a news conference after the school’s board of trustees unanimously approved a $2 million fee for the Huskies to compete in the Mountain West Conference beginning in the…

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Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026 after board approves $2 million fee

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The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams for the 2026 football season.

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Mountain West adds another member for football only

DEKALB — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026.The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in which the easternmost school is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They will join Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming in the Mountain West."This move will open new opportunities for our student-athletes, expand the reach an…

Northern Illinois is set to join Mountain West for football only in 2026

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