Alabama Coach Nick Saban stresses the importance of football as his school confirms more than 500 coronavirus cases since classes resumed on campus Aug. 19.

If the season starts, Ohio States and 53 other FBS teams will no longer be eligible for inclusion in the Top 25 because they have postponed their seasons to the spring.

Already stung by news that the 2020 season was canceled because of coronavirus, team members are reeling from the academy’s decision to indefinitely suspend the program.

Championships in soccer, field hockey, women’s volleyball, cross country and water polo won’t be held because not enough schools plan to compete this fall.

More than 70 of the 127 Football Championship Subdivision schools have said they will not play this fall, after decisions Friday by the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League.

The ACC announces its schedule and Notre Dame, which is giving up its football independence and competing for the conference title, loses its annual game with Navy.

Commissioner Kevin Warren still says ‘we’re approaching this entire process on a day-to-day basis’ and the conference remains ‘prepared to delay or cancel competition.’

COVID-19 is the driving factor, but the decision was made a bit easier for independent UConn when other schools – including UMaine – took the Huskies off their schedules.