Will college football be played this fall? - April 22

When will sports be back? College football? What about college hoops? It’s the daily question on our minds at Deceptive Speed and yours as well. Our daily updates will go up every morning, bringing you the latest coronavirus college sports news, opinions and data.

We saw mostly bad news yesterday, but the question must be asked. WILL COLLEGE FOOTBALL BE PLAYED THIS SEASON? Here are headlines:

Boise State football furloughs coaches

UConn president says fall sports will likely be canceled

Coronavirus by Power 5 Conference

We tallied the active cases of coronavirus from each Power 5 conference using the Worldometers coronavirus report. The number in parentheses is the difference from yesterday’s data, which we recorded Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. CST.

Numbers are as of April 22 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

ACC

States (9): South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia

Syracuse: 207,269 (-2,009)
Pittsburgh: 33,029 (+1,113)
Boston College: 31,120 (+1,404)
Miami/Florida State: 26,316 (+767)
Georgia Tech: 19,317 (+724)
Virginia/Virginia Tech: 7,982 (+616)
Duke/North Carolina/NC State/Wake Forest: 5,989 (+215)
Louisville: 1,899 (+125)
Clemson: 1,735 (+158)

Total active cases: 334,656 (+3,113)

Big 10

States (11): Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska

Rutgers: 86,363 (+3,205)
Penn State: 33,029 (+1,113)
Illinois/Northwestern: 30,985 (+1,432)
Michigan/Michigan State: 26,995 (-2,300)
Maryland: 13,096 (+911)
Ohio State: 13,048 (+758)
Indiana/Purdue: 11,453 (+350)
Wisconsin: 4,184 (+109)
Iowa: 2,265 (+672)
Nebraska: 1,662 (+69)
Minnesota: 1,153 (+28)

Total active Cases: 224,233 (+6,095)

SEC

States (11): Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas

Florida: 26,995 (+1,446)
LSU: 23,399 (+254)
Georgia: 19,317 (+724)
Texas A&M: 15,262 (+1,115)
Missouri: 5,174 (+95)
Auburn/Alabama: 5,145 (+251)
Ole Miss/Mississippi State: 4,553 (+210)
Tennessee/Vanderbilt: 3,409 (-443)
Kentucky: 1,899 (+125)
South Carolina: 1,735 (+158)
Arkansas: 1,370 (+238)

Total active cases: 108,258 (+3,809)

Pac-12

States (6): Oregon, California, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Colorado

UCLA/USC/Cal/Stanford: 31,184 (-104)
Washington/Washington State: 9,818 (+167)
Colorado: 9,402 (+243)
Arizona/Arizona State: 4,973 (+166)
Utah: 2,376 (-130)
Oregon/Oregon State: 1,924 (+43)

Total active cases: 59,677 (+385)

Big 12

States (5): Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, West Virginia

Texas/Baylor/TCU/Texas Tech: 15,262 (+751)
Iowa State: 2,265 (+420)
Kansas/Kansas State: 1,598 (+152)
Oklahoma/Oklahoma State: 941 (-62)
West Virginia: 678 (+25)

Total active cases: 20,744 (+1,286)

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