The 2024 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The Huskies were led by Thomas Hammock in his sixth year as the head coach.

[1] On September 7, the Huskies notched their first-ever win over a top-10 ranked team, beating No.

25 in the AP poll released on September 9, the first time an NIU team had been ranked since December of 2013.

Northern Illinois was picked to finish tied for third in the conference.