NOTRE DAME’S GAME AT WAKE FOREST GETS POSTONED

Seven positive COVID-19 tests among Irish players land 13 more players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine.

Notre Dame’s game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another10 in quarantine.

The seventh-ranked Fighting Irish said Tuesday the game would be rescheduled. Both teams are off Oct. 3.

Notre Dame said 94 football players were tested for COVID-19 on Monday and of those, seven were positive. Those players were in isolation along with others who tested positive last week.

The school is pausing all football-related activities until further testing is complete.

“We managed an increase in positivity rates in August, and the players handled it wonderfully,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “We knew COVID would present challenges throughout the season, and we’ll always put student-athlete health and safety at the forefront of our decision making. We look forward to resuming team activities and getting back on the playing field.”

Notre Dame ( 2- 0) opened the season with two home games and held several players out of last week’s victory against South Florida without explanation.

The game is the 18th involving major college football teams to be postponed or canceled by COVID-19 issues since Aug. 26 and the third ACC game (North Carolina State at Virginia Tech and Virginia at Virginia Tech were rescheduled).

The game was originally scheduled to be played in

Charlotte at the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. It was moved to Winston-Salem as Wake Forest planned to open football and other fall sports with essentially no fans in attendance due to health guidelines amid the pandemic.

Also Tuesday, No.18 BYU announced that its first next two games will be played without fans at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah.

BYU had to postpone its game last week at Army after having players test positive for COVID-19.