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DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — 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 in 14 of its 19 sports starting with the 2026-27
academic year. One notable exception is football, with that
program moving from the MAC to the Mountain West in 2026. 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 seasons in the MAC over two
stints from 1975 to 1985 and since 1997. It was independent in
basketball from 1986 to 1990, spent four years in the
Mid-Continent Conference and played in the Horizon League from
1994 to 1997 when it was known as the Midwestern Collegiate
Conference.
Northern Illinois joins Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Indiana
University-Indianapolis, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, Purdue
University Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, Wisconsin-Green Bay,
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State and Youngstown State in the
Horizon.
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