Middle Tennessee's home Conference USA game against UAB set for Sunday has been canceled due to injuries, COVID-19 and contact tracing within the Blue Raider program.

"The most important aspect is the health and safety of our student-athletes and we felt it was not fair to them or our program to be able to play this game," said Middle Tennessee director of athletics Chris Massaro. "We were down to 49 scholarship players and would also have to play guys coming right off injuries. That is not a situation we want to put them in.

"It's a disappointing day for our program and fan base, but this is an unfortunate outcome of the pandemic. Our players have done a remarkable job all year in navigating all these uncertainties."