The Big Ten will not play football this fall, instead moving its sports schedule -- including football -- to the spring.
Other Power-5 conferences, however, remain either on the fence or intent on moving forward with football starting in September.
Sources: Big Ten is announcing that the fall is cancelled. League will attempt to play in the spring.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 11, 2020
Commissioners of the Power-5 conferences -- the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Pac-12 and Big-12 -- met over the weekend via conference call to discuss the possibility of not holding the football season in the fall.
But reports from the SEC, ACC and Big-12 say those conferences will move forward with a fall football season. The Pac-12 is reportedly considering a spring season, as well.
Penn State plays in the Big Ten and would be forced to move its schedule to the spring -- unless the school decides to play on its own this fall. Pitt competes in the ACC, while West Virginia is a member of the Big 12.
Previously, the MAC and Mountain West conferences announced they were postponing playing football this fall.
Just hours after the Big Ten's decision was made public, the Pac-12 announced that it will be taking a similar route, canceling all fall sports competition.
Pac-12 has canceled fall football season, source told @Stadium. “We’re done,” source said. Official announcement at 4:30 p.m. ET
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 11, 2020
Similar to the Big Ten, the Pac-12 will examine if college football can take place in the spring. The announcement from the two Power-5 conferences brings the total number of schools not playing this fall to just over 50 of the NCAA's 130 major programs.
Of the many programs to find out their season was put on hold this afternoon, at least one of them is taking alternative action. The University of Nebraska released a statement saying the school's athletic program is disappointed with the Big Ten's decision and is currently searching for another route to compete this fall.
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