Northern Illinois University's football program will join the Mountain West Conference in 2026, bringing about a significant ...

Notre Dame heads to the College Football Playoff National Championship after taking out Penn State, 27-24, in Thursday night's Orange Bowl. The Fighting Irish erased a 10-point deficit and prevailed ...

There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.

The Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's ...

Northern Illinois University announced Tuesday their intention to leave the Mid-American Conference in the summer of 2026.

Northern Illinois’ leaders took the podium Tuesday to discuss the football team’s groundbreaking move to the Mountain West in ...

Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry react to the surprising news that Northern Illinois University will join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member in 2026, analyzing what this means for ...

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The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July ...

An Illinois State Police trooper was struck and killed by a vehicle near Joliet Monday evening. Trooper Clay M. Carns, 35, was removing debris from a lane on southbound I-55 when he was hit by a ...

In the fourth quarter and overtime alone, the game saw two missed go-ahead field goals (one from each team), three quick overtime touchdowns, endless overtime trickeration from NIU and ...