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I can't link from my phone, but Inside Higher Ed has an article that university presidents are asking the Feds to protect them from lawsuits if they reopen. They claim that's the only way they can go back to traditional teaching.

So, why would any student be so stupid to attend a school that says you're on your own if you get sick? How many imbecilic football fans exist that would attend games that aren't up to current health standards? If the Feds don't go along with this bullshit, unis will remain closed, no matter what they publicly state. Seems as if the CalStates understand they cannot assure the health safety of their campuses. Other schools are too dependent on big time sports money to give up that quickly...

While I wouldn't be surprised that many schools will do only virtually in the fall but, to date, the only official announcement has come from the Cal State system which does not include schools like USC, UCLA, U Cal etc.

As for Washington used as one of your examples, it is quite the opposite as " among colleges moving toward resuming in-person teaching for the fall is the University of Washington, which was the first university in the nation to shift to online teaching as the pandemic arrived in the U.S." Also.. "Both Arizona schools, both Washington schools and Oregon anticipate holding in-person classes in the fall, but that leaves seven others still mulling whether to follow suit or continue holding online classes."

I live in Illinois and there have been no announcements one way or the other as to whether Illinois colleges/universities will be open as usual in the fall. I know a few people in my are who have kids that go to Michigan colleges and there have been no decisions and the only statements are that they are preparing for both virtual classes as well as precautions (social distancing, testing, reducing density etc.) assuming campuses are "normally" open.

I don't think there will be many official decisions made until the middle of June.

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If CFB is cancelled. The CalStates have nearly half a million students on 23 campuses. Only six schools have football teams. Of those six, only three teams, Fresno, San Diego, and San Jose, are FBS. Cal Poly SLO and Sacramento are FCS. Humboldt is D-2. None are P5, none are receiving huge money from networks. Frankly, they don't need CFB because enrollments have increased without big time sports programs.

But schools like Washington, UOwe, Ucla, and Cal are P5. They received hella money for broadcast rights. If they're forced to cancel football, the networks are going to look for a significant refund of broadcast right money. Already, major advertisers have begun to cancel their advertising agreements. No way P5 networks allow the unis to keep that money if the networks have seen a collapse is ad revenue. The P5s aren't saying anything until they've negotiated some agreement with networks. But if the CalStates, which is the largest American public uni system, is saying screw it, not worth the risk, it would be hard to believe all other uni systems would be stupid enough to ignore that same risk.

None of the other states you mentioned are "closing down universities" as of now. There is no trend to do so at this point.

And California is just so typical a state that other systems are going to look to their example?

To protect them from lawsuits prior to reopening. As stated above, InsideHighetEd published an article that uni president are lobbying the Trump administration for legal protection regarding lawsuits. They're claiming they cannot go back to traditional teaching if they don't receive that help....

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If for instance Patrick Mahomes develops this COVID 19 sh't then watch the scramble to close the NFL.

Link: Patrick Mahomes