The Pac-12 expected to get six, maybe even a record-tying seven teams, into last season’s NCAA Tournament. The conference’s hopes, like those of leagues and teams across the country, were dashed when March Madness was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the pandemic-delayed 2020-21 season is set to start, […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 has established cancellation and tiebreaker policies for its virus-truncated football season. The conference announced Monday that a minimum threshold of at least 53 scholarship players — with various position minimums — must be available for any team to participate in a game. If a […]
As the last Power Five conference to jump into the college football season, the chances that a Pac-12 team can reach the national championship, even the playoffs, seem slim. But never say never. Especially in a season as odd as this one. “Nobody knows,” said Stanford coach David Shaw. “Nobody […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-The return of football isn’t likely to make a dramatic dent in the losses athletic departments across the Pac-12 will ultimately incur because of the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with large budget shortfalls, most schools in the league have already resorted to layoffs, furloughs, and cutting some sports entirely. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — No. 12 Oregon has been picked by the media as the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship when the conference resumes its season. The Ducks received 21 votes to capture a title game that’s slated to be played Dec. 18. Others receiving votes to win […]
A major college football season that was in peril six week ago as conferences succumbed to concerns about COVID-19 is reconstituting. The West Coast got back in the game Thursday night, The Pac-12 set Nov. 6 to start a seven-game season, joining the Big Ten in overturning August decisions to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Any plans for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in returning to football are on hold due to health policies in two states within the conference. The Big Ten changed course Wednesday and said it will begin an eight-game football schedule on Oct. 23. The Pac-12 has […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-While the Pac-12 will soon be able to rapidly test athletes, hopes that a fall football season might be salvaged remain premature. Navigating the coronavirus has been uneven among the league’s athletic programs, often because of a patchwork of local regulations. There is also disagreement about whether test […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 has reached an agreement with a diagnostic testing company to implement up to daily COVID-19 testing for all close-contact sports across the conference. The deal with Quidel Corporation announced Thursday is a major step toward safe resumption of Pac-12 sports, Commissioner Larry Scott said. […]
ROSEMONT, Ill/SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—The Big Ten and Pac-12 won’t play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season amid the pandemic. About an hour after the Big Ten’s announcement, the Pac-12 called a news conference to say […]
