LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Friday moved the football season to next spring but said other fall sports would proceed as scheduled during the coronavirus pandemic.

The move came days after the Big Ten postponed all fall sports and said it hoped to make them up in the second semester.

The MHSAA had previously allowed lower-risk fall sports — golf, tennis, cross country, and swimming and diving — to start. Competition guidelines for soccer and volleyball — moderate-risk sports that were in limbo — and swimming and diving will be announced next week.

MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl said the decision to delay football — considered to be a high-risk sport for the spread of the COVID-19 virus due to the amount of face-to-face contact — was made after consulting state health department officials and surveying high schools following the first four days of practice.