With Colorado and Minnesota delaying the start of the 2020 high school football season to next year, there are now twenty-eight states that have decided to start the season later than scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia and Washington. Washington D.C. has also moved the high school football to next year.
On the positive side of the coin is the fact that some states have “officially” said they are trying to start on-time — Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Utah.
Below, you can click on each state to read our story on the new regular season start dates:
State – Proposed State Date
Arizona – Regular season starts September 11
California – each of the ten sections will announce start dates
Colorado – Season moved to Spring
Connecticut – Regular season starts September 24
Florida – moved the start of Fall camps to August 24
Georgia – Regular season starts September 4
Hawaii – PPD start of regular season, but no start date yet
Kentucky – Regular season starts September 11
Maine – Regular season starts September 18
Maryland – Season moved to Spring
Massachusetts – Shooting for September 14 start for practice
Minnesota – Season moved to Spring
Mississippi – Regular season starts September 4
Nevada – Season moved to Spring
New Jersey – Regular season starts October 2
New York – Regular season starts October 1
New Mexico – Season moved to Spring
North Carolina – PPD start of regular season, but no start date yet
North Carolina Association of Independent Schools – Regular season starts September 18
Oregon – Season moved to Spring
South Carolina – Regular season starts September 25
Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools – Regular season starts September 24
Vermont – PPD start of regular season, but no start date yet
Virginia – season will be moved to the Spring
Washington – season moved to March 2021
Washington Catholic Athletic Association – season moved to 2021
Washington D.C. (DCSAA) – Plans to play in March-April 2021