This observational study looks at the risk of contact and COVID-19 transmission during the 2020 Southeastern Conference (SEC) college football games using remote-sensing technology that evaluated the frequency and duration that players came into close contact (within 6 feet) with the opposing team. The study observed 109,672 interactions among 1190 football players during the 64-game season. Of the hundreds of thousands of interactions, only 13 met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of close contact (greater than 15 minutes and less than 6 feet). None of these interactions led to COVID-19 transmission despite players not wearing masks. While there were cases of COVID-19 among the athletes, none were attributed to gameplay and instead reflected the transmission risk among the community. These findings suggest that playing college football does not contribute to COVID-19 transmission.