The entrance fee for joining the Horizon League will cost NIU $1.4 million over six annual installments. It will not be the first time NIU’s non-football programs have played outside the MAC.

College football is closer than ever to allowing widespread usage of helmet communication and sideline tablets, finally catching up to the technology available at other levels of the sport. The ...

It’s almost as if that 16-14 home loss to Northern Illinois never happened. How stupid we were, to think the committee would get heavy-handed on the South Bend glory boys.

The Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday that Northern Illinois University will join the league as a football-only member beginning July 1, 2026. The 2026 Mountain West football lineup will ...

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 ...

Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock, who just finished his sixth season at the helm, isn’t jealous in the least of Notre Dame football's success.

Northern Illinois has played 39 seasons in the MAC over two stints from 1975 to 1985 and since 1997. It was in the Big West Conference in football from 1993 to 1995 and operated as an independent ...

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is poised to join UNLV in the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, a decision expected to pass during a board of trustees meeting Tuesday.

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.

Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock, who just finished his sixth season at the helm, isn’t jealous in the least of Notre Dame football's success.

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.

Northern Illinois went into South Bend never beating a top-10 team. They upset Notre Dame in historic fashion. Here are the instant reactions ...