In a somewhat surprising move, the Horizon League has announced that all member institutions will opt-in to the preliminarily approved House v. NCAA settlement. Most notably, the settlement ...

It’s interesting. When I joined the Horizon League 10 years ago, we had nine members, then we grew to 10, to 11, to 12—not all at once, but over time. With each new member, it was really a ...

Northern Illinois, a longtime member of the Mid-American Conference, is joining the Horizon League for most of its sports offerings starting with the 2026-27 academic year. That includes men's and ...

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 ...

The Horizon League is making Northern Illinois University a new member of the conference, the league is formally announcing today. “We are thrilled to welcome Northern Illinois University into # ...

Frazier said the decision to join the Horizon League was “a comprehensive process” that included consideration of “many” conferences. Ultimately NIU landed on becoming the 12th member of ...

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 ...

Northern Illinois is scheduled to be the newest member of the league, according to Brett McMurphy of Action Network. Robert Morris and the rest of the Horizon League will welcome in a 12th member ...

The Horizon League required the university to pay a total of $1.4 million to enter the league with that coming in six yearly ...

The university has applied for gymnastics and wrestling to remain affiliate members of the MAC because the Horizon League doesn’t have those sports. The move to become the 12th member of the ...