Author: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY

The push by college football coaches in the Big Ten to delay cancellation of the season illustrated the lack of cohesion among the league’s leaders.

Breaking down the scheduling plans for college football’s Power Five conferences as they attempt to maneuver through the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the Big 12 now complete, every conference in the Power Five has agreed to schedules that lean heavily toward conference games.

The first weekend of college football games involving ACC schools will take place in Week 2 with Notre Dame playing a full league schedule.

The only way to play football amid this pandemic is to accept that transmitting the coronavirus to teammates and opponents alike is inevitable.

While attention has shifted in college sports to the state of the fall season, the clearest sign of the pandemic’s impact is the number of teams cut.

The Big Ten’s move to a conference-only schedule has merit, medical experts say, even if the plan doesn’t address ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.

The Pac-12 joined the Big Ten in scheduling conference-only games for its fall teams, foreshadowing similar decisions to come across the Power Five.

Caleb Williams has a plan that starts with finishing high school and ends with going No. 1 in NFL draft. He says Oklahoma will help him get there.

The Big Ten will play conference-only schedules “based on medical advice” under the caveat that the league is “able to participate in fall sports.”