Ole Miss shifts game to Sunday as FAA ground stop disrupts college football travel
Flight disruptions affect teams
The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop Friday as many college football teams were traveling to upcoming games. Thousands of flights were canceled, creating travel problems and forcing schedule adjustments across college sports.
The agency said Saturday that airports were returning to normal operations, but warned that delays and cancellations would continue through the day. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the disruption affected the college football schedule and that some games had been moved.
Saturday games start late
Utah, ranked No. 2 in the College Football Playoff Rankings, was scheduled to play Arizona in Tucson at 8:30 p.m. local time, three hours later than planned. Auburn and Mississippi State were set to begin at 3:15 p.m. local time in Mississippi, more than four hours behind schedule.
Florida Atlantic could not fly to Oklahoma on Friday for its game against Tulsa. The matchup, originally scheduled for 2:30 p.m. local time Saturday, was moved to 6:15 p.m. local time.
Ole Miss game moves Sunday
Ole Miss, ranked No. 19, was unable to fly to Oklahoma as planned for its game against the University of Oklahoma Sooners. The Southeastern Conference said the matchup would take place Sunday at 1 p.m. ET instead.
Key points
- The FAA ground stop on Friday led to flight cancellations and college football schedule changes.
- Utah-Arizona, Auburn-Mississippi State and Florida Atlantic-Tulsa were all delayed Saturday.
- Ole Miss and Oklahoma will play Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
- Oklahoma offered free student admission and discounted concessions for the rescheduled game.