The Huskies are a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The athletic program is made up of seven men's sports (baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and wrestling) and 10 women's sports (basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track, and volleyball).

A member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), NIU sponsors teams in seven men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.

They currently play home games at the Ralph McKinzie Field in Dekalb, Illinois.

They currently play home games at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois.

Championships NIU men's golf team currently plays its home matches at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, where it hosted the 2017 NCAA Men's Golf Championship.

They currently play their home games at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

With the MAC discontinuing its men's soccer league after the 2022 season, NIU moved that sport to the Missouri Valley Conference for 2023 and beyond.

[7] Completed in the fall of 2008, the NIU Wrestling Training Complex features everything a student-athlete needs to reach the highest levels on and off the mat.

They currently play home games at the NIU Convocation Center in Dekalb, Illinois.

They currently play their home games at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.

Championships NIU women's golf team currently plays its home matches at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, where it hosted the 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship.

The women's indoor track and field team competes at NIU Convocation Center.

[1][11] The Mission program establishing a series of live dogs as mascots was started by the NIU Foundation in 2012.