Pac-12’s football season canceled?

Administrators could vote as early as today, follow same decision expected by Big Ten

Pac-12 Conference administrators are expected to cancel the 2020 football season as early as today, when the university presidents and chancellors convene to discuss the feasibility of playing amid the pandemic.

Multiple sources expect the conference to mirror the Big Ten’s decision.

“They move in lockstep,’’ a source said. According to a report by radio personality Dan Patrick, the Big Ten presidents voted 12-2 on Sunday night to cancel the season, with the conference making a formal announcement on Tuesday.

Patrick reported that the Pac-12 was expected to do the same.

But hours later, multiple media outlets reported that no vote had taken place in the Big Ten — an indication of the highly fluid news cycle that has overtaken the sport in the past 48 hours.

Multiple sources said to this news organization that the Pac-12 presidents had not made a decision as of Monday morning and were not expected to vote until today at the earliest.

The Pac-12 presidents align more closely with the

Big Ten than any other conference, in part because of the long association in the Rose Bowl.

If the Big Ten delays its announcement for a few days or weeks, the Pac-12 might follow — for a standoff has developed at the highest levels of college football power.

On one side: the Big Ten, which has been more hesitant to attempt to play than any other conference, and the Pac-12.

On the other side: the SEC and the ACC, which are not ready to call it quits.

The Big 12 is believed to be considering both options.