Thomas Hammock isn’t one to handout starting spots on NIU’s football team. He constantly wants his guys competing for jobs.

NIU, one of the 30 winningest Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams in the country over the last 15 seasons, comes into 2025 after finishing last season with its second straight bowl championship ...

Northern Illinois football is also headed to a new league, the Mountain West. The Huskies start playing football in that ...

I participated in that" just like the football players." shares Gudino. Northern Illinois University's Huskie Stadium is where it all began. They've grown from the 20 participants in 2019 to ...

Last time it was for the football program joining the Mountain ... the Horizon League became official earlier Thursday when the NIU Board of Trustees approved a $1.4 million payment to join ...

When Northern Illinois football left the Mid-American Conference for the Mountain West in January, many wondered what would happen to the rest of the school’s athletic programs. That question ...

Northern Illinois will move its basketball and other non-football programs to the Horizon League in 2026, the Board of Trustees approved in a vote Thursday. The move is the result of NIU recently ...

James Dent Jr. led Northern Illinois with 36 points, including the game-winning jump shot with one second remaining in double overtime, and the Huskies took down Central Michigan 83-81 in the ...

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. “We are excited about adding ...

[UPDATED at 5:40 p.m. EST to include new developments regarding NIU’s wrestling and gymnastics programs, as well as the reported entrance fee.] [UPDATED Thursday at around 3 p.m. EST to include ...

Northern Illinois’ non-football sports are joining the Horizon League, per Action Network. There are two exceptions, as wrestling and gymnastics aren’t represented in the Horizon. The move is ...