Pac-12 postpones football, other fall sports due to pandemic

The Pac-12 is the second Power 5 conference to announce that it will not play football this fall. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Pac-12 postpones football, other fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 11, 2020 4:25 PM ET

The expected Tuesday cancellations of the Big Ten and Pac-12 football and other fall seasons were confirmed by those organizations on Tuesday.

While the Big Ten officially announced at around 3 p.m. ET, Stadium's Brett McMurphy confirmed the Pac-12 decision roughly an hour later. McMurphy added that, like the Big Ten, the Pac-12 may attempt to schedule a springtime football format:

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

Pac-12 will try and play football in spring “if (COVID) conditions improve, we will try,” source told @Stadium
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 11, 2020

ESPN confirmed McMurphy's tweets:

Breaking: The Pac-12 CEO group voted Tuesday to cancel fall sports, including football, and will look at options to play in the spring, first reported by Stadium and confirmed to ESPN. pic.twitter.com/qM5pV2pIGI
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 11, 2020

McMurphy was the first to report on Monday that the Mountain West had postponed football and all other fall sports due to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. The Mountain West later confirmed the news.

The Mid-American Conference canceled fall schedules on Saturday.

The SEC, ACC, and Big 12 all still intend to conduct football seasons this fall as of the afternoon of Aug. 11.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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