miércoles, 22 de julio de 2020

College football 2020: Here’s what each conference has decided ... so far

FILE: New Mexico running back Ahmari Davis (28) lunges for the goal line against New Mexico State defensive back Rodney McGraw (21) and linebackers Rashie Hodge (23) and Devin Richardson (3) during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico won 55-52. On Tuesday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addressed a letter to leadership at both universities, urging the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State to suspend contact sports this fall, including football and soccer, according to the Albuquerque Journal. | Andres Leighton, AP

Editor’s note: Check back for updates as conferences and individual schools make announcements.

SALT LAKE CITY — The status of the 2020 college football season is in flux with novel coronavirus numbers surging throughout the United States.

Here’s a look at where conferences and teams stand right now in regard to their 2020 football schedules:

The latest

New Mexico and college football

A COVID-19-related development in New Mexico could have ramifications for both the Mountain West and BYU.

On Tuesday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham addressed a letter to leadership at two state universities — the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State — urging both schools to suspend contact sports this fall, including football and soccer, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

Lujan Grisham pointed to the rise of positive COVID-19 cases among young people in the state — nearly half of the state’s newly identified cases in recent weeks are individuals between the ages of 20 to 39 — as a major concern, in her letter shared online by the Journal.

“I know what I am asking you to contemplate is difficult and unprecedented, but these are difficult and unprecedented times,” Lujan Grisham said in concluding the letter. “Fighting COVID-19 is a team sport. I am asking each of you to join me and take it upon yourselves to do everything you can to fight COVID-19. Together we can protect all New Mexicans, and if we are successful, we can resume contact sports and reengage in the camaraderie and joy they bring all of us in a safe manner as soon as we can.”

New Mexico competes in the same conference — the Mountain West — as Utah State, and New Mexico State, like BYU, is a Football Bowl Subdivision independent.

The MWC hasn’t announced any plans for possible football schedule changes this fall, while it did release a statement after the Pac-12’s decision to play a conference-only schedule this fall that read in part, “We were aware of this possibility and will continue to evaluate the appropriate decisions and the proper timing going forward. The safety, health, and wellness of our student-athletes, coaches, staff members and campuses remain our top priority.”

The University New Mexico shared a joint statement from school president Garnett Stokes and athletic director Eddie Nunez with the Journal that thanked the governor and her office as they’ve worked together over the past few months.

“The health and well-being of our student athletes and our Lobo community is, first and foremost, our top consideration in how we approach our fall athletic programs,” the statement read, while adding, “... we expect discussions with the NCAA and the Mountain West Conference to continue over the next couple of weeks as plans for the fall are finalized.”

The Deseret News’ Jay Drew explored the possibility of the FBS independents — which, in addition to BYU, include Notre Dame, Army, Liberty, UConn, UMass and New Mexico State — lining up additional games against each other this fall, if more conferences join the Big Ten and Pac-12 and go league-only, which could force the independents to rely on themselves for scheduling.

NMSU athletic director Mario Moccia told Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel he is proceeding with caution, saying, “We’re anxious to get word from the other schools and the NCAA to see what they’re going to do.”

USA Today’s Dan Wolken noted the significance of Lujan Grisham’s letter in the college football realm.

“If New Mexico and New Mexico State didn’t play, the rest of college football would move on without them. But at some point, there could very well be a critical mass of states that decide it is simply not appropriate to play college football in the fall,” Wolken wrote.

“Whether Lujan Grisham can or will actually force the schools to postpone football season is unclear. But it’s notable that she is the first significant political voice to enter a conversation where nobody has wanted to speak up first.”

Big Sky’s loss from P5 conference-only play so far

Big Sky commissioner Tom Wistrcill called it “a real kick in the teeth for us, quite frankly,” in regards to his league having seven games canceled so far against Power Five programs that have decided to eliminate nonconference games this fall, according to The Oregonian’s John Canzano.

That includes two games canceled for Portland State, which would have received $950,000 this season to play at Arizona and Oregon State, Canzano reported.

So far, there hasn’t been a cancellation impact for Utah’s two programs in the Big Sky, Weber State and Southern Utah, as neither team had a game against a Pac-12 or Big Ten opponent scheduled. The Wildcats would be impacted if Mountain West goes conference-only, as they are set to open the 2020 season at Wyoming on Sept. 5.

“I think a lot has been made for the different testing procedures for the virus and how teams are going to prepare for that,” Wistrcill told Canzano. “I think it was disappointing that we weren’t even given the opportunity to meet the standards they set (for testing). Set the money aside, those games are good for everybody.”

The Big Sky will have its media days over the next two days, with Wistrcill’s commissioner address Thursday morning at 10 a.m. MT.

Pac-12 and Mountain West media days postponed

On Monday, both the Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences announced they have postponed their respective football media days until further notice. The Pac-12 event was scheduled for July 29-31, while the MWC media day was set for July 27-29.

Timeline for SEC

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey joined ESPN’s “College Football Live” Tuesday and gave the latest on a timeline for his league to make a decision on college football this fall.

“I haven’t put a deadline (on it), I’ve actually put dates out there,” Sankey said, according to 247 Sports’ Brad Crawford. “I wrote out the timeline way back in May and I realize how much has changed since then. We look at next week as an important milestone. The way I’ll explain it: I’ve finished 41 marathons in my life and I realize you’re going go mile by mile and we are on that journey. The challenge right now is to understand where that finish line may be.”

20171111 Utah runs onto the field as they and Washington State play a college football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Among the changes to the 2020 college football season so far due to novel coronavirus safety concerns is the Pac-12 announcing its members will only play against league opponents this fall.

Conference-only competition this fall

Big Ten

The Big Ten became the first Football Bowl Subdivision-level conference — a Power Five league, no less — to make a move in regards to COVID-19 and the 2020 season, when it announced all the league’s members would only play conference opponents this fall. That meant BYU’s games against Michigan State (home opener on Sept. 12) and at Minnesota (Sept. 26) were canceled.

Pac-12

One day after the Big Ten announced its decision, the Pac-12 followed suit and moved ahead with its league members playing conference-only games this fall. That has greater significance in the state, canceling Utah’s nonconference slate (Sept. 3 vs. BYU, Sept. 12 vs. Montana State, Sept. 19 at Wyoming) — it’s unknown at this time exactly how a Pac-12-only schedule will look, with a decision coming by July 31 — while also canceling three BYU games (Sept. 3 at Utah, Sept. 19 at Arizona State and Nov. 28 at Stanford) and two for Utah State (home opener Sept. 3 vs. Washington State and Sept. 19 at Washington).

Bruin Report Online, which covers UCLA for the 247 Sports network, reported last Thursday that a likely schedule scenario for the Pac-12 — which announced last week it will play conference-only games this fall — would be to play a 10-game schedule. That would require each Pac-12 team to add one more game to its nine-game league slate against a team it isn’t already scheduled to play.

Davidson, Dayton

Two members of the FCS-level Pioneer Football League, Davidson and Dayton, announced they will not play nonconference games this fall. Both Davidson and Dayton are a part of the Atlantic-10 Conference primarily in other sports, and the news came on the same day the A-10 announced it would cancel all fall competition. The Pioneer Football League has yet to announce any details on the fall season, while both schools acknowledged their football season may be postponed “without a dramatic improvement in the COVID environment.”

Division II

  • Great American Conference
  • Mountain East Conference: The league announced that, in addition to eliminating nonconference games this fall, it will delay the start of fall competition in all MEC sports until no earlier than Oct. 1. Any contests scheduled for Sept. 4-30 will be played in the spring.
  • Note: The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association pushed back the start of fall competition for its member institutions until the week of Sept. 28. The league also postponed its football media day until Aug. 19.

Division III

Canceled/suspended/postponed all fall competition

Dixie State game canceled

Dixie State, in its first season as a Division I (FCS) member, has an open spot on its schedule now, after the Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference suspended its fall competition late last week. The Trailblazers were scheduled to host the GNAC’s Azusa Pacific at Greater Zion Stadium on Oct. 24 in the program’s homecoming game.

The cancellation leaves Dixie State with 10 scheduled games for 2020, including its season opener Sept. 5 at Southern Utah.

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association, one of the top conferences at the FCS level, is suspending conference competition in football this fall while expressing it will look into conducting a football season in spring 2021. The CAA will also allow its 10 member institutions to pursue playing an independent football schedule this fall, if they so choose, while the league continues to determine fall participation in other sports.

James Madison, a CAA member which won the FCS national championship in 2016 and has been runners-up two of the past three seasons, expressed its desire to pursue an independent schedule this fall. Other CAA members Villanova and Elon also said they will pursue compiling an independent schedule.

James Madison beat Weber State 30-14 in last year’s FCS national semifinals. The Dukes lost to North Dakota State 28-20 in the national championship game. Weber State also faced James Madison in the 2017 FCS playoffs, falling to the Dukes 31-28 in the quarterfinals.

Ivy League

The Ivy League became the first Division I conference to cancel all fall sports, and that move started a domino effect. The league indicated it will look into determining if it’s feasible to move fall sports to the spring.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The MEAC — a Division I conference which competes at the FCS level in football — announced it has canceled all fall athletic competition for its league members, including championships, for 2020. “A decision is yet to be made on whether fall sports schedules will be moved to the 2021 spring semester,” a league statement said, while adding the winter sports season is not affected as of now.

Patriot League

The Patriot League, another FCS-level conference, also canceled fall competition for its league members. Army and Navy — who both play at the FBS level — are a part of the league in other sports, but not in football, and the league said they are exempt from the cancellation.

Southwestern Athletic Conference

The Southwestern Athletic Conference became the fifth Football Championship Subdivision-level conference to cancel fall competition in football. The league announced it has started the process of formalizing plans to move its fall sports to spring 2021, including a seven-game schedule in football with six conference games and the option for one nonconference game.

Of the 127 schools who compete at the FCS level, 47 have their fall schedule canceled now, or 37% of the entire subdivision. That includes the 10 SWAC member institutions, 12 from the Colonial Athletic Association, nine from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, eight in the Ivy League, seven in the Patriot League, and Hampton, a member of the Big South Conference that independently suspended its fall sports competition.

Division II

Division III

Junior college

Schools who have canceled competition in all sports this fall, including football

(with information courtesy Mat Talk Online)

Other news

Atlantic-10

The Division I Atlantic-10 conference, which does not sponsor football, has canceled all fall competition in conference-sponsored sports and A-10 championships, with the intent to move fall competition to the spring. The league’s winter sports are currently unaffected: “As a basketball-centric conference, the league acknowledged basketball contests begin in November, however determined it would be premature to make decisions on their competitive schedules at this date,” the A-10 said in a statement.

Big East

While the Big East no longer sponsors football, it’s still a Division I conference with 11 member institutions and is known for its basketball excellence. On Thursday, the Big East announced it has canceled nonconference play for its league members in six fall sports — including men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball and field hockey — while leaving the door open that further cancellations to conference play and championships could occur. The Big East said plans for its winter sports are currently unaffected. Butler, a member of the Big East that competes in the FCS Pioneer Football League, did not announce any football-related plans the day of the Big East news.

West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference postponed the start of fall competition for its league schools — in sports including men’s and women’s cross-country, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball — until Sept. 24. This does not impact the two member institutions with football programs — BYU (FBS, independent) and San Diego (FCS, Pioneer Football League). The PFL has not yet announced any details on the fall season.

Hawaii’s schedule

Like BYU, which has had its first four games canceled by conference decisions about fall play, the University of Hawaii is being forced to find alternative plans with its first four games being canceled — Aug. 29 at Arizona, Sept. 5 vs. UCLA, Sept. 12 vs. Fordham and Sept. 19 at Oregon. On Monday, Hawaii added a nonconference game and will now play FCS Robert Morris on Sept. 26.



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