With the 2020 college football season set to kick off amid the coronavirus pandemic, players, coaches, and fans are all hoping to avoid “Hut, Hut, Spike.”

There’s no precedent for this. Unlike the professional sports leagues — where very well-compensated athletes were able to negotiate, via their unions, the terms of their participation and safety protocols before resuming play — student athletes are at the mercy of their individual schools and conferences. For the governing officials in the Big Ten and Pac-12, the risk was deemed too great, and the conferences decided to cancel fall sports, although they’re facing pressure to reconsider and resume play in October. The SEC, ACC, and Big 12 decided to go on with a revised schedule, as have most of the smaller FBS conferences, with the exception of the MAC and Mountain West, who hope to play in the Spring. All told, 54 of the 130 FBS teams have decided not to play this fall.

The ramifications are significant. Several top NFL prospects from the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already decided to opt out of the season to get ready for the draft. The Big 12 has been forced to postpone three of its games this weekend, while #21 UCF postponed its opener against Florida International all the way back on August 13. Like so many issues around the pandemic, there are no easy answers or clear solutions. We’ll just have to wait and see.

As the Big 12 and ACC get underway this weekend, here’s a full schedule of the college football games available on Sling, along with the current Top 25 rankings.

         Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020

*Games may be restricted based on market

AP Top 25 Rankings

1. Clemson
2. Ohio State*
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. LSU
7. Penn State*
8. Florida
9. Oregon*
10. Notre Dame
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin*
13. Texas A&M
14. Texas
15. Oklahoma State
16. Michigan*
17. USC*
18. North Carolina
19. Minnesota*
20. Cincinnati
21. UCF
22. Utah*
23. Iowa State
24. Iowa*
25. Tennessee

*Indicates a team not scheduled to play this fall

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