Mountain West officially adds Northern Illinois as football-only member for 2026 season
The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...
Northern Illinois agrees to join Mountain West as football-only member
The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday.
Why Ohio State or Notre Dame will be most deserving college football national champion ever
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Report: Mountain West to add Northern Illinois as football-only member for 2026 season
According to Brett McMurphy of the Action Network, Northern Illinois will leave the Mid-American Conference and join the ...
Mountain West adds Northern Illinois as football-only member
The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July ...
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Northern Illinois becomes football-only member of Mountain West
January 7 - Northern Illinois confirmed Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but ...
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Northern Illinois will join Mountain West as football-only member in 2026
(Former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA joined the Big Ten.) The Mountain West will also have other schools — ...