The Big 12 Conference is pressing on with college football and other fall sports. They’ll be joining the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences and playing through the coronavirus pandemic.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t be participating. There is a chance the other two Power Five leagues will push their seasons to the spring, but that hasn’t happened yet.
The Big 12 board of directors approved a plan to begin fall sports after September 1. For football, each team can play one non-conference game before league play begins Sept. 26. The schools will all play each other to give them 10 total games with the Big 12 title game scheduled for Dec. 12.
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The league’s schools have agreed to enhanced COVID-19 testing that includes three tests per week in “high contact” sports such as football, volleyball and soccer. All non-conference opponents also must adhere to Big 12 standards.
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