Pac-12 reveals 7-week 2020 football schedule
All of the Power 5 conferences now have 2020 college football schedules.
The Pac-12 revealed its seven-game schedule on Saturday morning. Pac-12 teams have a set schedule for six straight weeks Nov. 7 to Dec. 11-12 and then a championship week Dec. 18-19. Similar to the Big Ten model, in addition to a conference championship game, all other conference teams will play crossover games based on where they finished in their divisions. The Pac-12 Championship Game is set for Dec. 18, the Friday before the SEC Championship Game.
As you’ll notice on the grid below, many of the Pac-12 games have been set for Fridays.
The schedule was revealed live on ESPN’s College GameDay. The show’s analysts debated whether a team like Oregon is part of the College Football Playoff conversation playing only seven games.
“That’s the big question. That’s up to the teams. They’ve got to go out there and put their best foot forward every time they have a game,” Desmond Howard said. “They only get seven shots. Oregon has enough cache to get voted in if they play well enough.”
“The Pac-12 and the Big Ten can’t afford any slip-ups because of that late start,” Kirk Herbstreit said. “Hopefully they’ll have a team at the end there to kind of state their case. I would’ve thought preseason before the opt-outs that Oregon might be an interesting team.”
[H/T 247Sports]