IRVING, Texas –– The American Athletic Conference has announced that the regular-season football game between Tulsa and Cincinnati scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 12, will not be played. The game has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati, the ensuing contact tracing of student-athletes, and the recommendation of the conference's Medical Advisory Group.
The regular-season game will not be rescheduled. Cincinnati and Tulsa are scheduled to meet Saturday, Dec. 19, in the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
Both teams will have 6-0 conference records at the conclusion of the regular season. In the absence of a regular-season head-to-head result to break the tie, the site of the championship game will be the home stadium of the team that is ranked higher in the Dec.