Pack-12 Announced August 11th After the calendar shifts to 2021 it will be considered a return to sports. However, the events of last week and this Wednesday opened the door to the league Join the Big Ten To return to the field earlier than expected.

Leaders in California and Oregon moved Wednesday to ease state health restrictions, which would prevent six of the league’s 12 teams from training. Citing a source, ESPN’s Heather Dinich It was reported Pack-12 could return to play by the end of October if county officers at the location of each program eased restrictions on allowing teams to train.

CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd hears from Pack-12 sources that the league may gain more in early November. However, efforts are set to begin by the end of October, with the final date of the season’s final college football play-off rankings set for December 20th.

The Pak-12 up is likely to match the Big Ten by the end of October, with the football season set to begin on the weekend of October 24, it was announced on Wednesday.

Despite being the first Power Five League Announce a plan For daily rapid COVID-19 testing, Pac-12 faces more obstacles than its Power Five cohorts. Some of them began to fall on Wednesday as governors in California and Oregon made statements paving the way for events in both states to return to practice.

Some programs also require local health permits, and USC Athletic Director Mike Bone and UCLA Athletic Director Martin Jarmont spoke with health officials in Los Angeles County at the same time and encouraged them to practice, but two people in the same continent received it late Wednesday. A return to play Pac-12 is scheduled, John Wilner comments San Jose Mercury News.

The league welcomes the statements of the governors of California and Oregon after Pak-12 Commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement Wednesday stating that the way to contact training. Scott added that universities will soon reach out to local health authorities.

“We are excited to have the opportunity for our student-athletes to play this season, and it can be done safely and in accordance with Public Health Authority approvals,” Scott said.

If Pac-12 gets the necessary permissions to start training for the football season by the end of October, it could restore the 2020 college football slate to its normal level after it seemed that only three of the five conferences of power will appear at the start. Play this fall.

The 14-team Big Ten fits into eight regular-season games before the conference title game (the other six consolation games) on December 19th. Pack-12 has less than two members and could accommodate up to eight games starting October. 24 or seven games if starting October 31st.