In wake of the recent announcement by the NAIA that the college football regular season would be shortened to nine games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mid-South Conference Commissioner Eric Ward announced Wednesday, that the conference will revise its football schedule for the upcoming 2020 season following the return to play guidelines established by the NAIA.
NAIA President Jim Carr’s announcement on June 4 regarding return to play guidelines for all fall sports has necessitated a schedule adjustment for all Mid-South Conference football teams. As recommended by the conference Football Oversight Committee and approved by the football athletic directors and head coaches, the conference schedule will officially begin on September 12 with all 22 teams in action.
Ward noted that Mid-South schools “will face a number of challenges this fall, and the revised football schedule will make some of those challenges easier for our members to address.”
Teams will play primarily within their divisions in 2020, including playing some opponents in a home-and-home series. Only one of the games — as determined by the conference — will be considered a divisional game and count towards the divisional standings. Ward said he is incredibly proud of how everyone worked together to find a solution under difficult circumstances.
Sept. 12
St. Andrews (N.C.) @ Bluefield (Va.)
Faulkner (Ala.) @ Reinhardt (Ga.)
Kentucky Christian @ Union (Ky.)
St. Thomas (Fla.) @ Point (Ga.)
Bethel (Tenn.) @ Cumberland (Tenn.)
Campbellsville (Ky.) @ Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Cumberlands (Ky.) @ Pikeville (Ky.)
Thomas More (Ky.) @ Georgetown (Ky.)
Ave Maria (Fla.) @ Southeastern (Fla.)
Keiser (Fla.) @ Florida Memorial
Warner (Fla.) @ Webber International (Fla.)
Sept. 19
Bluefield (Va.) @ Kentucky Christian
Point (Ga.) @ Faulkner (Ala.)
Reinhardt (Ga.) @ St. Andrews (N.C.)
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) @ Bethel (Tenn.)
Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Campbellsville (Ky.)
Cumberlands (Ky.) @ Thomas More (Ky.)
Pikeville (Ky.) @ Georgetown (Ky.)
Florida Memorial @ Ave Maria (Fla.)
Southeastern (Fla.) @ St. Thomas (Fla.)
Webber International (Fla.) @ Keiser (Fla.)
Sept. 26
*Faulkner (Ala.) @ Union (Ky.)
*St. Andrews (N.C.) @ Kentucky Christian
*Pikeville (Ky.) @ Bethel (Tenn.)
*Campbellsville (Ky.) @ Thomas More (Ky.)
*Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Cumberlands (Ky.)
*Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) @ Georgetown (Ky.)
*Florida Memorial @ Webber International (Fla.)
*Keiser (Fla.) @ St. Thomas (Fla.)
*Warner (Fla.) @ Ave Maria (Fla.)
Oct. 3
*Point (Ga.) @ Bluefield (Va.)
*Faulkner (Ala.) @ Kentucky Christian
*Reinhardt (Ga.) @ Union (Ky.)
*Bethel (Tenn.) @ Thomas More (Ky.)
*Campbellsville (Ky.) @ Pikeville (Ky.)
*Cumberlands (Ky.) @ Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
*Georgetown (Ky.) @ Cumberland (Tenn.)
*Florida Memorial @ Keiser (Fla.)
*Warner (Fla.) @ St. Thomas (Fla.)
*Webber International (Fla.) @ Southeastern (Fla.)
Oct. 10
*Kentucky Christian @ Bluefield (Va.)
*Union (Ky.) @ Point (Ga.)
*St. Andrews (N.C.) @ Reinhardt (Ga.)
*Bethel (Tenn.) @ Campbellsville (Ky.)
*Georgetown (Ky.) @ Cumberlands (Ky.)
*Thomas More (Ky.) @ Cumberland (Tenn.)
*Pikeville (Ky.) @ Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
*Ave Maria (Fla.) @ Webber International (Fla.)
*Keiser (Fla.) @ Southeastern (Fla.)
*St. Thomas (Fla.) @ Florida Memorial
Oct. 17
*Bluefield (Va.) @ St. Andrews (N.C.)
*Reinhardt (Ga.) @ Faulkner (Ala.)
*Kentucky Christian @ Point (Ga.)
*Cumberlands (Ky.) @ Bethel (Tenn.)
*Campbellsville (Ky.) @ Georgetown (Ky.)
*Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) @ Cumberland (Tenn.)
*Thomas More (Ky.) @ Pikeville (Ky.)
*Florida Memorial @ Warner (Fla.)
*Southeastern (Fla.) @ Ave Maria (Fla.)
*Webber International (Fla.) @ St. Thomas (Fla.)
Oct. 24
*Reinhardt (Ga.) @ Bluefield (Va.)
*Faulkner (Ala.) @ Point (Ga.)
*Union (Ky.) @ St. Andrews (N.C.)
*Bethel (Tenn.) @ Georgetown (Ky.)
*Cumberlands (Ky.) @ Campbellsville (Ky.)
*Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Pikeville (Ky.)
*Thomas More (Ky.) @ Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
*Ave Maria (Fla.) @ Florida Memorial
*Warner (Fla.) @ Keiser (Fla.)
*St. Thomas (Fla.) @ Southeastern (Fla.)
Oct. 31
*Bluefield (Va.) @ Union (Ky.)
*St. Andrews (N.C.) @ Faulkner (Ala.)
*Kentucky Christian @ Reinhardt (Ga.)
*Cumberland (Tenn.) @ Bethel (Tenn.)
*Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) @ Campbellsville (Ky.)
*Pikeville (Ky.) @ Cumberlands (Ky.)
*Georgetown (Ky.) @ Thomas More (Ky.)
*Keiser (Fla.) @ Webber International (Fla.)
*Southeastern (Fla.) @ Warner (Fla.)
*St. Thomas (Fla.) @ Ave Maria (Fla.)
Nov. 7
*Bluefield (Va.) @ Faulkner (Ala.)
*Union (Ky.) @ Kentucky Christian
*Point (Ga.) @ St. Andrews (N.C.)
*Bethel (Tenn.) @ Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
*Campbellsville (Ky.) @ Cumberland (Tenn.)
*Thomas More (Ky.) @ Cumberlands (Ky.)
*Georgetown (Ky.) @ Pikeville (Ky.)
*Ave Maria (Fla.) @ Keiser (Fla.)
*Southeastern (Fla.) @ Florida Memorial
*Webber International (Fla.) @ Warner (Fla.)
Nov. 14
Union (Ky.) @ Faulkner (Ala.)
*Point (Ga.) @ Reinhardt (Ga.)
St. Thomas (Fla.) @ Warner (Fla.)
