The Big Ten conference is expected to announced that it will play a conference-only football schedule in the fall of 2020, according to The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach.
All fall sports are expected to be impacted by the decision, according to ESPN's Heather Dinich and Mark Schlabach.
According to ESPN, if college football can be played this fall, Big Ten administrations preferred to play a conference-only schedule to eliminate some long-distance travel and help ensure teams are being tested for COVID-19 universally.
The decision comes as a recent spike in coronavirus cases in various parts of the United States have created a new set of hurdles to the 2020 college football season.