The Big Ten announced it will adopt a conference-only schedule for the 2020 fall sports season, according to a press release.
Presidents and athletic directors within the conference spoke Thursday morning to discuss the plan to eliminate all nonconference games this season in hopes of minimizing travel distances and regulating testing protocols for all teams amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
The conference announced that there is still no guarantee a season will be played this fall, but in effort to increase the likelihood of having games, football as well as men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball will all turn to the conference-only model.