In recent weeks, there have been plenty of talks as to what the future holds for the 2020 college football season.
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen multiple options presented regarding the 2020 season.
Delay the season, shorten the season, scrap the season altogether. We’ve heard it all, but for the time being all we can really do is just wait and see.
Quite honestly, I don’t care about your opinion on the matter and you probably don’t care about mine. If there’s a group of people who have an opinion worth caring about, it’s the college athletic directors — the ones actually faced with the task of making the best decision for the players, fans and coaches.
Thankfully, Brett McMurphy of Stadium reached out to all FBS collegiate athletic directors, receiving 114 out of 130 possible responses, to determine just how optimistic they are on if we will have a 2020 college football season.
Here are the numbers:
99% of the FBS athletic directors do believe we will have a 2020 season in one form or another. Only one anonymous Power Five AD does not believe there will be any college football played this year.
That’s a nice number, but that does not mean they don’t think the season will be delayed.
Only 24% of the ADs think the season will actually begin as scheduled.
20% predict the season will begin in October or November and will include only conference play. 41% predict the same timeframe (Oct. or Nov.) for the season kickoff, but expect a full 12 game schedule. In total, 61% of the ADs predict the season won’t begin until October or November.
14% do not expect the season to begin until the spring semester in January or February.
“Given the medical and governmental leadership opinions, it is reasonable to believe some compromise to the start of the season lies ahead,” a Power Five AD told McMurphy.
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