STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Mississippi State football team will not play No. 24 Auburn this week because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Bulldogs.
Head coach Mike Leach held his weekly press conference and gave an update on the team’s situation.
The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that Mississippi State does not have enough available players to compete this weekend because of positive coronavirus tests and subsequent quarantines within the program.
Leach said the Vanderbilt game last week was “close to having to cancel” as well because State was just one player above the 53-scholarship threshold.