Niu reveals 2025 football plan – Northern Star

DEKALB -With his last season in the Mid-American Conference on Horizon, the NiU released its football plan from 2025 on Wednesday, which contains matchups with two Power Four opponents and both Mac Championship competitors last season.

Niu, who will Enter the Mountain West conference Only a football member in 2026 followed in 2025 after taking successive Bowl winner seasons. The Huskies ended an 8-5 campaign in 2024 with their Double overtime victory In the famous Idaho potato shell.

Big Ten, SEC battles in non-Con

Since Thomas Hammock took over the management of the head coach in 2019, the Niu has opened the season against a subdivision opponent of the soccer championship at home three times (2019, 2023 and 2024). The 2025 season will continue this tradition, since the huskies will start the campaign on August 30 against the College of the Holy Cross in the first meeting between schools.

The NIU will then be confronted with its two hardest tests in the next three weeks and compete against the University of Big Ten Conference at the University of Maryland (September 6) and the Mississippi State University of the Southeasters Conference (September 20) with a Tschüss week in between. The Huskies will claim their 20th Boneyard victory in mind to track their tracking historical annoyance From No. 5 University of Notre Dame last season.

The non-conference game ends on September 27 with a home state against San Diego State University in the first matchup of the teams since 2017.

“[Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation] Sean Frazier and our administration do a great job to put together a non -conference plan ” Press release. “Two of the leading leagues of the country, which we look forward to, have two of the leading leagues of the country a chance to play a large 10 and a second opponent. Then we get a high -quality opponent in the state of San Diego here at home before we start the conference game. “

Rivalry extension

In addition to matchups with powerful non-conference opponents, the 2025 schedule also enables the Niu with its three largest opponents: Ball State University, Miami University and the University of Toledo.

The huskies will open on October 4 against Miami (Ohio) Mac game, which will serve as the 118th home return game of the NiU.

After a two-week road trip to Eastern Michigan University (October 11th) and the reigning Mac-Champion Ohio University (October 18), Niu will return home on October 25th to take over the Bronze-Talk against Archrival Ball.

The middle of the week starts the following week when Niu collapses with long -time sparring partner Toledo. The Huskies will then compete against the new Mac member University of Massachusetts on Wednesday, almost 1,000 miles – on Wednesday, November 12th, before going home to Battle Western Michigan University on Tuesday, November 18.

The NiU will complete its 124th football season on Friday, November 28th when it is launched with Kent State University in Huskie Stadium as a Mac cohort.

Niu 2025 football plan:

Sat, August 30: Holy Cross

Sat, September 6th: in Maryland

Sat, September 20: In the state of Mississippi

Sat, September 27: San Diego State

Sat, October 4: Miami (Ohio)*

Sat, October 11: Michigan* in Eastern*

Sat, October 18: in Ohio*

Sat, October 25: Ball State*

Wed, November 5: At Toledo*

Wed, November 12: at Umass*

Tue, November 18: Western Michigan*

Fri, November 28: Kent State*