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Big Ten Cancels All Fall Sports

The Big Ten has formally announced that all fall sports - men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball - are cancelled.

The Full Announcement is below.

Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In making its decision, which was based on multiple factors, the Big Ten Conference relied on the medical advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee.