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Mountain West Commissioner visits UTEP for first time since conference realignment
UTEP is set to join the Mountain West Conference ahead of the 2026-2027 academic school year. Accepting the official invitation back in October, the conference commissioner visited UTEP for the first time today since announcing the move.
It’s official, NIU football is saying “Good-bye” to the MAC and racing toward the Mountain West Conference
All of the changes we’re seeing in college football from conference realignments to the transfer portal and NIL has forced Northern Illinois University to make a move to keep up or to stay a step ahead.
Top MAC football program to join Mountain West
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. The league announced the addition of MAC powerhouse Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday. The Huskies will join the conference on July 1, 2026.
Northern Illinois to vote Tuesday on football-only Mountain West invitation
Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss and vote on the acceptance of an invitation to join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026.
Northern Illinois to join Mountain West as football-only member in 2026
NIU will officially join the Mountain West on July 1, 2026 and will compete in the conference as a football-only member. The Huskies’ remaining sports will either remain in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) or will move to another conference in the future.
Northern Illinois joining Mountain West and the 3 weirdest moves of conference realignment
There have been seismic shifts in college football and by the end of it all the landscape will be unrecognizable.
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Arizona State football loses two players to Mountain West schools
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