Notre Dame should have reasons to feel great about the national title game, but it also should have cause for concern against Ohio State.

The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees approved the move on Tuesday. Northern Illinois, which will begin competing in the conference in 2026,

SOUTH BEND — After watching Notre Dame football dismantle Georgia’s budding dynasty in the Sugar Bowl, Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock found himself offering the enthusiastic praise the Irish weren’t ready to accept four months ago.

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.

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DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026. The Huskies will go from the Midwest-based Mid-American Conference to a league in ...

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.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies are 4-2 on their home court. Northern Illinois is 4-9 in games decided by 10 or more points.

On Thursday night, Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock ... consecutive victories over No. 10 seed Indiana, No. 2 seed Georgia and No. 6 seed Penn State. “I really can say it's ...

Not since the 2004 and ’05 seasons has the South been shut out of the championship field, and the Big Ten has a chance to win back-to-back titles.

Five local Massachussets football players head to the college football championship as a part of the Notre Dame unit.

“At the end of the day, the kid deserves the compensation and support,” Frazier said in an interview with The Associated Press at the NCAA convention this week. “But the institution, to keep the cycle going, they deserve something as well. We're not in the situation to continue to do that if we keep losing our best and brightest.”