Baylor's season opener against Louisiana Tech will not be played on September 12 and has been postponed, the schools announced Tuesday.
"We are obviously very disappointed that we will not be able to open the season this weekend at Baylor," Louisiana Tech director of athletics Tommy McClelland said in a statement. "However, with the number of recent positive COVID19 results and contact tracing, it is simply not possible. We would be putting our student-athletes at risk."
Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel noted that Louisiana Tech had an outbreak of positive COVID-19 tests this past weekend in the wake of Hurricane Laura as 38 players tested positive.