- College football’s top conference confirms scaled-down plan
- SEC title game to be pushed back two weeks to 19 December
- Season to start on 26 September; schedule to be announced
The powerhouse Southeastern Conference announced Thursday that it will play only league games in 2020, a pandemic-forced decision that pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths.
The SEC’s university presidents agreed on a 10-game schedule that eliminates all nonconference opponents and is set to begin on 26 September. The SEC championship game, originally scheduled for 5 December, will be pushed back to 19 December.
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