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If Pac-12 eliminates nonconference football games, other conferences will need a Plan B

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The Power 5 Conferences all seem to be at least considering a conference-games-only schedule for 2020, but the Pac-12 is the most likely to adopt such a plan, because of state-ordered closures in California and Oregon, states which house half of the league’s members.

So even if the other leagues are attempting to play full schedules, they would be affected by a Pac-12 change.