The NIU wrestling team will join the Pac-12 Conference beginning in the 2026-2027 season, the school announced on Wednesday.

The move leaves only the Huskies’ gymnastics program without an announced conference after the school’s exit from the Mid-American Conference at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. The football program will join the Mountain West next year in a move revealed in January. In March, the school joined the Horizon League as the home for all Huskies sports except football, wrestling, and gymnastics.

All new conferences become official on July 1, 2026.

“We continue to find our place in this new landscape and are pleased to have our wrestling program join the Pac-12 Conference,” NIU athletic director Sean Fraizer said. “It has been a thorough process to ensure tha

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