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COVID-19 and the potential disruption to the College Football Playoff

The most powerful people in college football have been working quietly behind the scenes to figure out how to delay the College Football Playoff -- but only if the coronavirus pandemic forces them to. Following an unprecedented, tumultuous week during which 15 games were canceled or postponed, the most important ones remain unchanged: the Jan. 1 semifinals and the Jan. 11 national championship game in Miami Gardens, Florida.

"We're not going to move off of that schedule unless we're forced to move off of it," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said, "and we aren't going to know that for quite a while."