In March, during the early days of the pandemic, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby spoke about the cooperation among the Power 5 conferences and how they planned to work together to ensure football in the autumn.
That cooperation is fractured. The Big Ten announced Thursday that it will play conference games only in 2020, and various reports say the Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast conferences plan to follow suit. A Big 12 source told The Oklahoman that he was told the ACC has not voted.
That would leave only the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference forging ahead with nonconference games.