The SEC has had several teams reach the 85% vaccination threshold that relaxes some of the COVID-19 restrictions put in place for other squads.

But, should an outbreak happen during the regular season, the team that has the outbreak will have to forfeit.

On Monday, the league released its COVID-19 policies. If 1 team can’t play, it will forfeit and be assessed a loss. If both teams can’t play, they’ll both be assessed losses:

In the event a team is unable to begin or complete a regular season Conference event due to the unavailability of participants (due to COVID-19, injuries or other reasons), that team will forfeit the contest and will be assigned a loss in the Conference standings. The opposing team that is ready to play will be credited with a win in the Conference standings. Both teams will be deemed to have played and completed the contest for purpose of the Conference standings.

If both teams are unable to compete due to the unavailability of participants (due to COVID-19, injuries or other reasons), both teams shall be deemed to have forfeited the game, with a loss assigned to both teams and applied to the conference standings. Both teams will be deemed to have played and completed the contest for purpose of the Conference standings.

The Commissioner retains discretion to declare a “no contest” for any event if extraordinary circumstances warrant.

Hopefully these policies will not need to be enacted and every team can play a full schedule. We’ll see what happens as the season gets underway this week.