The Horizon League got a massive boost when Butler made back-to-back NCAA championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011.

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

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NIU's board of trustees approved the MWC's $2 million membership fee on Tuesday. "We are excited about adding the Northern Illinois University football program to the Mountain West," said MW ...

"We are excited about adding the Northern Illinois University football program to the Mountain West," Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez said in a news release. "In evaluating NIU, the MW Board ...

“This is a truly exciting day for Northern Illinois University, for the NIU football program and for Huskie fans throughout the country,” NIU President Lisa C. Freeman said via press release.

NIU has agreed to leave the MAC to join the Mountain West in football only and the NIU Board of Trustees will discuss the move this week. Here's what that move means for the Huskies.

“This is a truly exciting day for Northern Illinois University, for the NIU football program, and for Huskie fans throughout the country,” NIU President Lisa C. Freeman said in a release.