Karl Dorrell’s first season as Colorado head football coach will have to wait, as will the start of the college basketball season.

On Tuesday, the Pac-12 Conference announced that its CEO group has unanimously voted to postpone all sports competitions through Dec. 31 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Big Ten was the first Power 5 conference to announce a cancellation of the fall season Tuesday afternoon and the Pac-12 quickly followed.

CU was scheduled to open the football season Sept. 26 at Oregon, with an Oct. 3 home opener against Utah at Folsom Field.

The college basketball season typically gets started the first week of November, but will now be delayed nearly two months at least.

In its announcement, the Pac-12 stated: “The decision was made after consultation with athletics directors and with the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee who expressed concern with moving forward with contact practice.”

The announcement added that “when conditions improve, (the Pac-12) would consider a return to competition for impacted sports after January 1, 2021.”

All Pac-12 student-athletes impacted will have the scholarships guaranteed and the conference “strongly encourages that the NCAA grant students who opt out of competition this academic year an additional year of eligibility.”

“The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott.  “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.”

Within the past few days, the Mid-American Conference and Mountain West Conference and three separate schools – Connecticut, Massachusetts and Old Dominion – have also canceled their fall sports seasons.

In all, 41 of the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools have canceled the fall season and turn their attention to possibly playing next spring (although Nebraska, from the Big Ten, issued a statement that it is holding out hope that “it may be possible for our student athletes to have the opportunity to compete.”)

Six other FBS conferences, including the ACC, Big 12 and SEC, remain hopeful of playing this fall, according to reports.

For the past couple of months, the Pac-12 and other conferences have operated with optimism – or at least hope – by bringing players back to campus for workouts and releasing revised schedules. On July 31, the Pac-12 announced its revised, 10-game conference-only schedule, but did so knowing that it may not be played.

“We also recognize that the best-laid plans may not come to fruition,” Scott said at the time.

This story will be updated.