High school fall sports are still scheduled to take place as the pandemic rages on, but seasons have been delayed until early 2021. The schedule shift has created many questions, and here’s what we know so far.

Q: Will Bay Area high schools play football and other fall sports this year?

A: They’ll play — if public health officials allow — but not in the fall. The California Interscholastic Federation, the body that oversees and coordinates high school sports in the state, decided on July 20 that no traditional fall sports will be played in their usual seasons.

Instead, seasons will be moved to early next year with football starting no earlier than Jan. 8. Practices can start Dec. 14. The same general schedule applies for other fall sports including cross country, volleyball, water polo and field hockey.

Q: Will high school football be played in the fall anywhere else in California?

A: Maybe, but it’s a long shot. CIF divides the state into 10 sections and one of them — the Northern Section, which covers the northern Sacramento Valley east to the Nevada border — plans to play fall sports, but only if health officers in each county approve. Those parts of the state have lower numbers of cases and infection rates, but winning the support of health officers is still uncertain. The lack of coordination with the other CIF sections means Northern Section teams won’t be eligible for state championships.

Q: What are other states doing?

A: While final decisions are still being made, 37 states plan to play football as scheduled in the fall, with nine pushing back their starting dates by a few weeks. So far, six states, plus the District of Columbia, have decided to postpone their seasons until 2021.

Q: Will some Bay Area athletes move or transfer to places where football will be played in the fall?

A: Some athletes and their parents are considering moving to states that are scheduled to play fall football. For seniors, it’s a chance to get in a final season and catch the eyes of recruiters. Most recruiting is done via video now and seniors won’t have video clips to provide schools until at least January.

At Campolindo High School in Moraga, one top player’s family is considering moving to Florida so their son can play this fall, head football coach Kevin Macy said. But the decision to kick off in January could keep most of the talent here at home.

“I think now that we’ve announced we’re going to play (in January),” he said, “all of the other kids are thinking they’ll stay home and play football.”

Transferring to a Northern Section school could be tougher and riskier. Not only is it unclear whether county health officers will OK fall football, but athletes switching schools inside the state face strict requirements to prove the move is legitimate.

Q: Will high school football be the same in the winter?

A: It will be chillier with more rain, and in some places snow, than the typical fall season. But players and coaches say it will still be high school football.

“It will be a strange feeling, but if we get Friday night lights in January, it will feel the same, it will just be colder.” Alumbaugh said. “Everyone will just be excited to be out there.”

Maxwell Weaver, 17, a team captain at Campolindo High School in Moraga who plans to play at Davidson College in North Carolina next year, is looking forward to taking the field — whenever it happens.

“At this point, we’ll play anytime, anywhere with fans or without fans, in the rain, anywhere,” he said. “If we get a season anytime, it’s better than nothing. We can’t wait.”

Mitch Stephens, who covers high school sports for The San Francisco Chronicle, contributed to this report.