The California Department of Public Health updated its interim guidance for collegiate athletics and will start allowing teams to practice in groups as large as 75 when outdoors, if the team is able to provide daily antigen testing for COVID-19.
Under the previous guidelines, the state limited teams from practicing in groups larger than 12, which prevented football teams from holding the types of practices necessary to prepare for the upcoming season. The change has been expected for two weeks, since California Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated the state wouldn't prevent a fall football season from taking place.
USC, UCLA, Stanford and California are the schools most impacted because their respective local governments had been waiting for the state to update the guidelines before issuing clearance at the local level.