COVID-19 outbreak at Mizzou forces postponement of Georgia game Saturday

No. 12 Georgia at Missouri is now the fourth Southeastern Conference game scheduled for Saturday to be postponed because of COVID-19.

The conference announced Wednesday the game cannot be played because of positive COVID-19 tests and individuals in quarantine after contact tracing within the Mizzou program.

Earlier this week, No. 24 Auburn at Mississippi State, No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee were all forced to reschedule. Georgia and Missouri share no open dates the rest of the way, but the game could be made up Dec. 19, which is the day of the SEC title game.

The conference has said it is considering using Dec. 19 as a makeup date for teams that are not involved in the league championship game, but that has not been finalized.

Six games across major college football have been postponed so far this week. Memphis at Navy out of the American Athletic Conference and Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State in the Sun Belt were also postponed Tuesday.

Overall, 54 games involving FBS teams have been canceled or postponed since Aug. 26.