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School leader: Big Ten football on hold until questions answered

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressSeptember 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Louisiana-Lafayette linebacker Tyler Guidry celebrates on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Ames, Iowa. Louisiana-Lafayette won 31-14. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

AP Top 25: La.-Lafayette leads 10 new teams in rankings

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressSeptember 13, 2020

FILE - Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell, center, walks off the field with quarterback Brock Purdy after the Camping World Bowl NCAA college football game against Notre Dame Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. Iowa State enters this season off its second-best three-year stretch in program history and with its sights set on doing something it's never done — make the Big 12 championship game. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

College Football Week 2 Preview: Trevor Lawrence launches Heisman campaign

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressSeptember 11, 2020September 11, 2020

FILE - Fans rush the field after Auburn defeated Alabama in the Iron Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. What is most commonly referred to as major college football (aka NCAA Division I Bowl Subdivision or FBS) is compromised of 130 teams and 10 conferences. Seventy-seven of those teams are scheduled to play throughout the fall, starting at various times in September. The other 53, including the entire Big Ten and Pac-12, have postponed their seasons and are hoping to make them up later. That means no No. 2 Ohio State, No. 7 Penn State, No. 9 Oregon and six other teams that were ranked in the preseason AP Top 25. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

College football embarks on uncertain season of COVID-19

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2019, file photo, Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons (11) tackles Rutgers tight end Johnathan Lewis (11) in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game, in State College, Pa. Parsons was selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America first-team, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Parsons and Oregon tackle Penei Sewell are among 11 players selected who are not slated to play this fall. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Micah Parsons, Penei Sewell among AP preseason All-Americans not playing

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2020, filephoto, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence poses during media day for the NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, in New Orleans. Clemson is preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what’s already been taken from an uncertain college football fall by the pandemic. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

AP Top 25: Clemson No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Alabama

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in Norman, Okla. Whether college football players play a lot in the fall, a little in the spring or not all over the next 10 moths, some athletic administrators want to give them a mulligan on the 2020-21 season. “I think the most forgiving, flexible plan would be the best,” Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said. (AP Photo/Sue...

Mulligan: Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Gates leading into Memorial Stadium are padlocked, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move was announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

NCAA’s top doctor: COVID-19 testing needs to improve to play

by Ralph D. Russo AP College Football WriterAugust 16, 2020August 16, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs with the ball against Wisconsin during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game, in Indianapolis. The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, comes six day after the conference that includes historic programs...

College football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays?

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo, Alabama's Najee Harris reaches for the end zone during the first half the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Clemson, in Santa Clara, Calif. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall college football amid pandemic

by Ralph D. Russo Associated PressAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020