One college football head coach who has garnered some interest from NFL teams is Northern Illinois' Thomas Hammock, per Ian ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season. Northern Illinois was officially introduced as the latest member of the conference on Tuesday. The Huskies ...

NIU football's move to the Mountain West Conference was inspired by another major college football realignment move, and it might mean more change is coming for Northern Illinois athletics.

Northern Illinois had some fun with their video of support to Notre Dame. As Notre Dame prepares for its National ...

Northern Illinois wished Notre Dame good luck in Monday night's title game but also reminded the Irish of their lone loss ...

NIU’s football program left the MAC behind once before in 1985 to become an independent. It eventually joined the Big West conference in the early ’90s. That experiment didn’t work out, so ...

Something NIU football coach Thomas Hammock said after his team’s 28-20 win over Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl got me thinking. No, not the dump quote. After being showered in ...

The Northern Illinois Huskies' football program is officially joining the Mountain West Conference for the 2026 season. NIU's board of trustees approved the MWC's $2 million membership fee on Tuesday.

The Northern Illinois Huskies’ football team will be joining the Mountain West Conference, leaving the Mid-American Conference that it had been a member of for nearly 30 years. The Huskies will ...

After completing their last season competing for Yale this fall, seven Bulldog seniors have announced their decision to ...

“We are excited about adding Northern Illinois football to the Mountain West,” MWC commissioner Gloria Nevarez said in a press release. “In evaluating NIU, the MW Board of Directors and ...