One of the final touches for a football season in a pandemic was the threshold for games being cancelled due to players being out for a positive test or contact tracing.
The Big 12 Conference decided to let its numbers be known late Friday afternoon.
The minimum number of players to play a game is set at 53. This includes scholarship players and all the walk-ons.
A minimum number of available players at certain positions also exists. A team must have seven offensive lineman, four interior defensive lineman and one quarterback available.
The Big 12 put in bye weeks of its nine-game conference schedule for a reason—if a game receives a no-contest due to the minimum threshold being exhausted, the schedule provides two open weeks and the Big 12 Championship can get moved back a week if needed.
Big 12 teams will kickoff the 2020 season this Saturday with conference play beginning on Sept. 26. Oklahoma hosts Missouri State on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. CT.
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