In the world of major college football, the Pac-12 appears to be on its own island.
For now.
Wednesday's much-anticipated decision by the Big Ten to reverse course and start its football season on Oct. 24 left the Pac-12 as the only Power 5 conference with no current plan to return to the field this calendar year.
The Big Ten's decision put pressure on the Pac-12 to join the other major conferences, and developments later on Wednesday seemed to indicate that playing football in 2020 might still be a possibility.
At issue is the status in California and Oregon, home to half of the Pac-12 and states where there have been public health restrictions keeping sports teams from returning to the practice field.