Pac-12 Reverses Decision to Play College Football This Fall

The University of Southern California (USC) Trojans play football against the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2019. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Leaders of the Pac-12 Conference have voted unanimously to move forward with the fall football season, reversing an earlier decision not to play any sports for the remainder of 2020 in response to the CCP virus pandemic.

The Pac-12 announced on Thursday that its football teams will join other Power 5 conferences to play a seven-game season: five against the other teams within the conference, one against an opponent from one of the other conferences, and a final game the weekend of the conference championship game on Dec. 18.