Saturday’s matchup between Oklahoma and West Virginia has been canceled due to COVID-19 within the Mountaineer program. Originally scheduled to play on Nov. 14, this is the second time the coronavirus has affected the game.
West Virginia’s entire football program will be shutting down until Dec. 17. Per SoonerScoop.com, Oklahoma will not attempt to find an opponent to play on Saturday. Dec. 19 is the final regular-season date across all of college football.
Since the Sooners are off to AT&T Stadium to play Iowa State in the Big 12 championship, the two schools will not play each other this season. This is the first time West Virginia will not play Oklahoma since they joined the conference in 2012.
Oklahoma will finish the season with a 7-2 record. If the game against Baylor on Dec. 5 had not happened, Lincoln Riley’s squad would not have been eligible for the Big 12 title with only eight games played.
Iowa State is the only thing in front of the Sooners winning their sixth straight conference championship. While neither team has a realistic shot at the College Football Playoff, a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl game will be up for grabs.
🗓️ 🖊️#Big12FB 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: @OU_Football at @WVUfootball scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12 has been cancelled as WVU is shutting down its football operations for seven days.
More details ➡️ https://t.co/mQJLVuGeXB
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) December 10, 2020
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