“Breaking: NIU considering offer to join Mountain West as football-only school ... conference; NIU had previously been a part of the MAC from 1975 to 1986. In between its MAC stints, Northern ...

Northern Illinois is weighing an offer to leave the MAC and join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member, a source told Sports ... and the school has been weighing its options.

Northern Illinois officials issued a statement Wednesday that the university is in talks to join the Mountain West Conference ... A representative of the school said athletic director Sean Frazier ...