NIU has also submitted a request to the MAC to allow its wrestling and gymnastics teams to remain in the league because the Horizon does not sponsor those sports. Northern Illinois has played 39 ...

By leaving the MAC in football, NIU needed to find a home for other sports, although it has applied to keep wrestling and gymnastics as affiliate members of the MAC because the Horizon League does ...

There is moving forward or moving back.” Wrestling and gymnastics are not sponsored by the Horizon League, and will still be looking for a landing spot after the 2025-26 academic calendar.

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 has been ...

Action Network's Brett McMurphy reported NIU's new home in the Horizon League for non-football sports, which excludes wrestling and gymnastics—both sports which aren't sponsored by the new ...

Northern Illinois accepted an invitation to join the Horizon League in basketball and most other sports except football on Thursday. The Huskies are set to become the league’s 12th member and compete ...

NIU has also submitted a request to the MAC to allow its wrestling and gymnastics teams to remain in the league because the Horizon does not sponsor those sports. Northern Illinois has played 39 ...