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

The conference will expand to the Central Time Zone as it welcomed Northern Illinois as a football-only member on Tuesday. The Huskies, whose Board of Regents voted to accept an invitation that comes with a $2 million entry fee, will officially join the Mountain West on July 1, 2026.

Either Ohio State or Notre Dame will not just be a worthy champion, but one that deserves recognition for surviving a gauntlet of four playoff games.

Northern Illinois looks to break its four-game slide with a win over Bowling Green. Saturday's meeting is the first this season between the squads. Bowling Green is 2-3 against the

(Former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA joined the Big Ten.) The Mountain West will also have other schools — UC Davis and Grand Canyon — joining in some sports in 2026. Northern Illinois has played 39 seasons in the MAC over two stints ...

January 7 - Northern Illinois confirmed Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member. The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but ...

The 2025 CFP national championship game between the Fighting irish and Buckeyes will kick off on Monday, Jan. 20, set for a 7:30 p.m. EST. January 20th is the latest national title game in the sport's history, thanks to the expanded 12-team playoff extending the season by a few weeks.

With just one game to go to close out the 2024-25 college football season, we’ve seen enough to call it: The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has been an undeniable success. There are minor issues that need to be addressed or tweaked,

Ohio State and Notre Dame are a pair of college football programs rooted in history and tradition. For the Buckeyes, iconic names range from coach Woody Hayes and running back Archie Griffin to coach Ryan Day and defensive end Jack Sawyer.

At the end of the grind, was it Ohio State all along? Everything – and we mean everything – you really need to know about Monday night’s College Football Playoff Championship Game between Ohio State (-8.

The path to Monday’s college football championship game has not been an easy one for either Notre Dame or Ohio State. For the Fighting Irish, troubles began on Sept. 7, when they suffered a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois.

The path to Monday’s college football championship game has not been an easy one for either Notre Dame or Ohio State. For the Fighting Irish, troubles began on Sept. 7, when they suffered a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois.