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Right now, FBS football is still planned in 5 B1G states
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The B1G football season may have been postponed until spring, but a few states within the conference’s footprint will still see the sport played in the fall — for now.
With six conferences at the FBS level still pushing forward with a fall football season, there are five B1G states that still have schools preparing for the upcoming year. Those states include:
- Indiana — Notre Dame (ACC)
- Iowa — Iowa State (Big 12)
- Maryland — Navy (AAC)
- Ohio — Cincinnati (AAC)
- Pennsylvania — Pitt (ACC), Temple (AAC)
The states in which there will be no football at the FBS level for the fall 2020 season are:
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Wisconsin
As of Friday, four conferences at the FBS level have opted out of a fall season and will attempt again in the spring: MAC, Mountain West, B1G and Pac-12. There are six conference still moving ahead with a planned fall season: AAC, ACC, Big 12, C-USA, SEC and Sun Belt.
Changes could come at any point between now and the first scheduled kickoff.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB