Wake Forest’s game against Notre Dame postponed due to coronavirus cases

Notre Dame will not be traveling to Wake Forest this weekend for the Duke’s Mayo Classic because of several positive COVID-19 tests among the Irish program in the past few days.

Notre Dame made the announcement Tuesday afternoon after seven positive tests from Monday’s testing. That brought the total cases among the football team to 13, with 10 of those players in quarantine.

Wake Forest and Notre Dame are working to reschedule the game, which was originally set for noon Saturday. Both teams are off on Oct. 3.

“With student-athlete health and safety our primary focus, we will continue to follow our prevention protocols and ongoing testing procedures,” said Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. “We managed an increase in positivity rates in August, and the players handled it wonderfully.”

Notre Dame is No. 7 in the latest AP poll after a 2-0 start, while Wake Forest is 0-2 after losses to No. 1 Clemson and N.C. State.

This story was originally published September 22, 2020 at 3:04 PM.