Several smaller sized Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conferences likewise have canceled their fall football seasons. The NCAA revealed last week all Division II and III fall sports championships would be canceled.
The 26 schools that have decided not to play this fall as of Monday afternoon: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming of the Mountain West; Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo and Western Michigan of the MAC; ODU of Conference USA and independent UConn.
Earlier Monday, Stadium initially reported that Old Dominion, a member of Conference USA, had canceled football and all of its fall sports. Saturday, the Mid-American Conference canceled all fall sports, including football. Last week, UConn, an independent, ended up being the very first FBS school to announce it would not play this fall.
After the MAC canceled its season Saturday, a Power Five source informed Stadium that the “college football season ultimately is done. I dont think everyone always follows the MAC, however it provides other presidents one more factor to make an easier decision.
On Monday, there were numerous reports that the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences would cancel their fall football seasons on Tuesday.
As far as the Mountain West, last week, league presidents overwhelmingly desired to continue with plans to play football this fall. However, those opinions turned, sources said, with the increasing variety of positive COVID-19 cases in the Mountain West footprint along with the Mid-Americans choice to cancel its season.
The Mountain West Conference has actually canceled its football season this fall due to the fact that of gamer health and wellness issues regarding COVID-19, sources told Arena.
In a vote of league presidents Monday, the Mountain West became the second Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference to cancel all of its fall sports, sources said.
The Mountain West will consider playing football in the spring, sources said.
” The health and safety of our student-athletes was paramount in our decision,” a source said.
With the cancellation of the football season for the 12-member Mountain West, an overall of 26 FBS schools have actually now chosen not to play this fall.
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Earlier Monday, Stadium first reported that Old Dominion, a member of Conference USA, had actually canceled football and all of its fall sports. Saturday, the Mid-American Conference canceled all fall sports, consisting of football. After the MAC canceled its season Saturday, a Power Five source told Stadium that the “college football season ultimately is done.
