It’s been a good week for high school football with Colorado and Delaware reversing original decisions to play the sport in the Spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. Michigan is opening the regular season this weekend after making that same decision earlier this month.
Read: Delaware reverses its decision
Read: Colorado to play Fall and Spring high school football
With Michigan playing this weekend, there are now 25 states playing through COVID-19.
Playing High School Football NOW
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Eight more states will join the party over the coming weeks.
States Starting High School Football in the Coming Weeks (Regular Season Start Date)
- Arizona (September 30)
- Colorado (October 8)
- Delaware (October 23)
- Louisiana (October 1)
- New Hampshire (September 25)
- New Jersey (October 2)
- South Carolina (September 25)
- Wisconsin (September 25)
Right now, 17 states, plus Washington, D.C. are sticking with their plans to play the 2020 season in 2021.
Not Playing in 2020
- California
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
