Extreme heat forces game changes during college football opening week

Extreme heat across the United States has disrupted college football games during the opening week of the season. At Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, officials shortened the fourth quarter of the season-opener between South Carolina and Kent State to 10 minutes as temperatures reached triple digits. Meanwhile, a Division II contest between Washburn and Colorado School of Mines in Topeka, Kansas, ended early in overtime with a 16-16 tie due to dangerous heat conditions. Other programs, including Georgia during its game against Tennessee State, played in record-setting 100-degree weather. Surface temperatures on artificial turf in some stadiums have exceeded 150 degrees. The NCAA is currently considering a potential calendar adjustment to move the season start date forward, which would be subject to a Division I Cabinet vote this October.

• 8:32 PMCBS Sports — College football Week 1 heatwave forces game changes as temperatures top 100 degrees