STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s Thursday contest against No. 18 Tennessee has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Volunteers’ program a source with knowledge of the situation told The Dispatch.
MSU officially announced the cancellation Wednesday afternoon.
No makeup date between the two schools has been announced of yet. It’s expected MSU will look to fill its hole in the calendar with a game on Sunday, though an opponent for that potential contest has not been determined as the Bulldog staff works through its options.
If a game is not added, MSU would next be in action Feb. 11 against No. 16 Arkansas.
With the cancelation of Thursday’s game, MSU will have had more than a week off between SEC games for the second time this season. The Bulldogs previously had a 10-day layoff between losses to No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 2 South Carolina after Vanderbilt decided to opt out of the rest of the season.
MSU currently sits at 8-5 and 3-4 in the SEC after falling to South Carolina last week. The Bulldogs sit under.500 in SEC play for the first time since the 2014-15 season and have fallen to No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25. Should the Bulldogs fall out of the poll, it would break a 125-week streak.
Ben Portnoy reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @bportnoy15.
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