Pac-12 Football Is Back; Conference Opts To Begin Play In November

A hand sanitizing station is placed behind a statue of football players outside Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., on, Sept. 15, 2020. Nati Harnik/AP Photo

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—The University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) will be playing football, basketball, and other fall sports after all.

The Pac-12 Conference, which had earlier suspended all athletic competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reversed course on Sept. 24 and decided to allow the sports seasons to begin.