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2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season information


2020 NCAA Division I FBS season
Number of teams128[a]
DurationSeptember 3, 2020[1] – December 19, 2020[b]
Preseason AP No. 1Clemson
Post-season
DurationDecember 21, 2020 – January 11, 2021
Bowl games26[c]
AP Poll No. 1Alabama
Coaches Poll No. 1Alabama
Heisman TrophyDeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama
College Football Playoff
2021 College Football Playoff National Championship
SiteHard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, Florida
Champion(s)Alabama
NCAA Division I FBS football seasons
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2021 →

The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 151st season of college football games in the United States. Organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision, it began on September 3, 2020.

The season was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; all of the Power Five conferences initially announced plans to play a fall football season beginning on August 29, but greatly reducing non-conference games to limit the extent of interstate travel. The ACC, Big 12, and SEC, as well as several other Group of Five conferences, began their seasons in September (though with some conferences delaying their start, and all "Week 0" kickoff games were scratched due to the aforementioned restrictions on non-conference play), while independent Notre Dame agreed to play a full conference schedule with the ACC.

In August, the Big Ten, Pac-12, MAC, Mountain West, and several independents announced that they would delay their football seasons indefinitely due to concerns regarding the pandemic, targeting the possibility of playing in the spring of 2021 instead. By late September, however, the four conferences had reversed their decisions and announced plans to play shortened seasons.

Aside from all-star games, the postseason concluded on January 11, 2021, with the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida; this was the seventh season of the College Football Playoff championship system. Some postseason activities, including the final CFP rankings and the Heisman Trophy nominations, were delayed in order to provide flexibility for conferences to finish delayed seasons in mid-December. A number of bowl games were canceled due to recommendations by local health officials, or because they were unable to secure teams after multiple programs opted out of bowl games due to COVID-19 concerns. Additionally due to COVID-19, the Rose Bowl was played outside of Pasadena, California for the first time since 1942, while the New Mexico Bowl was played in Texas.


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  1. ^ "The college football fan's guide to Week 1 games". NCAA.com. September 4, 2020.

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