Here's why all of the local college football programs, from Illinois to NIU and Notre Dame, can – and can't – make the ...

History will look back and see two different versions of college football: the era where players played for their school, and the era where players played for money. The Name, Image and Likeness era ...

Northern Illinois' Najul Ervin (2) drives the baseline past Illinois' Mike Davis (24) and Dominique Keller during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at Assembly Hall in Champaign ...

Northern Illinois University officially announced its decision to leave the Mid-American Conference behind to become a football-only member of the Mountain West Conference, effective July 1, 2026 ...

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 Huskies Football shares a spirited rivalry with Ball State, marked by the annual battle for the Bronze Stalk Trophy. With a series lead of 25–23–2 through the 2022 season ...

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard (13) falls backwards into the end zone to score a touchdown during a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Northern Illinois at Notre Dame Stadium ...

Mike Uremovich has not led a FBS program. Here's how he's adjusting to the transfer portal, NIL, scholarships and life in the ...

The Northern Illinois University Huskies plan to shift all non-football programs, including basketball, from the Mid-American Conference to the Horizon League in 2026. The move is pending a vote ...

Here's 10 things to know about the Northern Illinois football team, which has the most wins of any Group of Five team since 2010 (65, .783 percentage) ...

The movement of the Northern Illinois football program from the Mid-American Conference to the Mountain West will affect the university’s 16 other athletic programs.