College football schedule adjusted as Hurricane Isaias approaches Gulf Coast
Several Week 6 college football games have been moved, postponed or canceled as Hurricane Isaias, a Category 3 storm, nears landfall between Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
Hurricane Isaias, a Category 3 system expected to make landfall between Alabama and the Florida Panhandle late Friday night or early Saturday, has prompted adjustments to multiple Week 6 college football contests.
The Florida A&M-Alabama State matchup in Montgomery has been moved up a day to Friday, Oct. 9, with a 12:00 p.m. ET kickoff streamed on SWAC TV. The Northeastern State-West Florida non-conference game in Pensacola was canceled and is unlikely to be rescheduled.
In South Carolina, the South Carolina State-Charleston Southern game in North Charleston will now start at noon ET on ESPN+, while the Davidson-Presbyterian contest in Clinton has also been shifted to a noon ET kickoff on ESPN+. The ETSU-The Citadel game in Charleston will begin at noon ET on Nexstar and ESPN+, and the Rice-East Carolina clash in Greenville is set for 1:00 p.m. ET on Nexstar and ESPN+.
Bethune-Cookman-Alabama A&M in Huntsville will start at 1:00 p.m. ET on SWAC TV.
Two high-profile games remain on the schedule for Saturday, Oct. 10, including Alabama’s 7:30 p.m. ET home game against Georgia in Tuscaloosa and Alcorn State’s 3:00 p.m. ET contest with Arkansas Baptist in Lorman, Mississippi. Both are still slated to proceed as planned.