Football | July 13
DeKALB, Ill. – The kickoff times for the three remaining home games for the Northern Illinois University football team have been announced. NIU will kick off against Hawai'i, Nevada and UTEP at 2:30 p.m. CT with all three games broadcasted on MW+.
The Huskies game against Hawai'i on Saturday, Oct. 24 will be Hall of Fame Weekend and NIU will recognize its 2026 Athletics Hall of Fame Class.
The final two home games of the 2026 season will be against Nevada on Saturday, Nov. 14 and UTEP on Saturday, Nov. 28 in the season finale.
Game times for the Huskies remaining two road games against Georgia State and San José State will be released at a later date.
As previously announced, NIU's home opener against Illinois State on Saturday, Sept. 12 will kickoff at 6 p.m. while NIU and Air Force will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, Oct. 10 as part of NIU's 119th Homecoming celebration.
Single game tickets are now on sale, starting at just $35 for east side general admission tickets while west side general admission seats are $40. Season tickets for all five home games of NIU's first season in the Mountain West start at just $102. Tickets are available online at NIUHuskies.com/tickets or by calling 815-753-PACK (7225).
MW+ is now live and Huskie fans can sign up to catch live games, replays, extra content and more. Subscriptions to MW+ by Huskie fans will also directly support NIU Athletics as a majority of each subscription purchased through a member school's dedicated page will support that institution. Fans who purchase an annual subscription in July, August, and September will receive a $67.99 rate, a 15% discount off the standard annual price.
2026 NIU Football Regular Season Schedule, Kickoff Time | Broadcast
Saturday, Sept. 5 – at Iowa, 3:15 p.m. CT | Big Ten Network
Saturday, Sept. 12 – vs. Illinois State, 6 p.m. CT | MW+
Saturday, Sept. 19 – at Arizona, 9:30 p.m. CT | TNT/HBO Max
Saturday, Sept. 26 – at Georgia State, TBA | TBA
*Saturday, Oct. 10 – vs. Air Force, 6:30 p.m. CT | CBS Sports Network
*Saturday, Oct. 17 – at Wyoming, 3:30 p.m. CT | The CW
*Saturday, Oct. 24 – vs. Hawai'i, 2:30 p.m. CT | MW+
*Saturday, Oct. 31 – at UNLV, 9:30 p.m. CT | CBS Sports Network
*Saturday, Nov. 7 – at San José State, TBA | MW+
*Saturday, Nov. 14 – vs. Nevada, 2:30 p.m. CT | MW+
*Saturday, Nov. 21 – at North Dakota State, 3 p.m. CT | The CW
*Saturday, Nov. 28 – vs. UTEP, 2:30 p.m. CT | MW+
