California and Washington's season-opening game on Saturday has been canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the Golden Bears' program, the Pac-12 announced on Thursday.
“This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Cal not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a positive football student-athlete COVID-19 case and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols," the statement read.
The game will be declared a no-contest since there are no bye weeks built into the Pac-12's shortened schedule.
Saturday's game status was already up in the air after Cal announced on Wednesday that a member of the team had tested positive for COVID-19.