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Northern Illinois ... in a football-only capacity starting in 2026. The move puts the Mountain West Conference at nine teams: NIU, Air Force, Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose ...

As of now, the Mountain West has nine football members for 2026: Air Force, Hawai'i, Nevada, New Mexico, NIU, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming. NIU explained their reasoning for leaving the ...

NIU currently is No. 94 in the Sagarin Ratings, while Notre Dame is No. 2. NIU used that stunner as a springboard to leave the MAC and land in the Mountain West Conference as a football member ...

But three missed field goals and some NIU trickery ended the season on a heart-breaking loss. With the score tied at 13-13 and time winding down, the Bulldogs sent out the field goal unit for a 35 ...