Pac-12 establishes plans for cancellations, tiebreakers

The Pac-12 has established cancellation and tiebreaker policies for its virus-truncated season.

The conference said Monday that a minimum threshold of at least 53 scholarship players — with various position minimums — must be available for any team to participate in a game. If a school does not elect to play the game short-handed, the game will be rescheduled or declared a no contest.

To be eligible for the Pac-12 championship game, teams must play no less that one game fewer than the average played among all Pac12 teams. Division winners will be determined by best winning percentage for all games and head-to-head results will take precedent in the event of a tie in the loss column if there is an unbalanced schedule.

■ Purdue: Coach Jeff Brohm will miss the opener against Iowa after testing positive for COVID-19 twice. Offensive coordinator Brian Brohm will replace his older brother and will continue calling plays.

■ Nebraska: Adrian Martinez was named the starting quarterback for the opener at No.5 Ohio State. Martinez beat out Luke Luke Mccaffrey.

■ Michigan State: Linebackers Luke Fulton and Charles Willekes have been suspended after being charged with assault early last month. A team spokesman said the two have been suspended from the program indefinitely.

■ Kansas: Running back Pooka Williams announced he is opting out the rest of the season for personal reasons.

■ Tennessee: Defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh, hired earlier this year, was fired by coach Jeremy Pruitt.