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Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020

Another Power Five conference has canceled its teams’ non-conference football games.

Days after the Big Ten said its teams would only play other teams within the conference in all fall sports — if those sports seasons happen — the Pac-12 is following suit. The conference is set to announce later Friday that it will play a conference-only schedule in 2020, Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel can confirm. The Athletic first reported the news.

The Pac-12’s decision extends to all sports like the Big Ten’s. It’s also postponing the start of mandatory athletic activities for all fall sports “until a series of health and safety indicators, which have recently trended in a negative direction, provided sufficient positive data to enable a move to a second phase of return-to-play activities.