Hurricane Florence: College Football Games Canceled, Postponed Due to Storm

Hurricane Florence threatens to cancel several sports events throughout the weekend.

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Hurricane Florence is approaching the East Coast and has already impacted the schedule for sports events throughout the weekend.

As of Wednesday morning, Hurricane Florence is a Category 4 hurricane that is 500 miles southeast of Cape Fear, N.C. with winds up to 130 mph.  

The storm may make landfall on the East Coast on Thursday with a life-threatening storm surge and heavy winds expected. Inland flooding is also expected. In anticipation, a mandatory evacuation was ordered for the entire South Carolina coast.

Below is a roundup of upcoming sports events that may be affected. All times are in Eastern Time:

• Coastal Carolina's home football game against Campbell has been rescheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. instead of its originally scheduled Saturday date. The location has also been moved from Conway, S.C. to Barker-Lane Stadium in Buies Creek, N.C.

• Boston College at Wake Forest (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) — Game moved to 5:30 p.m.

• No. 18 UCF at North Carolina (Saturday, noon) — Game has been canceled and the two teams will discuss playing at a later date this season.

• East Carolina at No. 13 Virginia Tech (Saturday, 12:20 p.m.) — Game has been canceled.

• Ohio at Virginia (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.) — UVA announced Tuesday that the university moved its home game to Nashville at Vanderbilt Stadium.

• Georgia Southern at No. 2 Clemson (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.) — The start time has been moved to noon.

• No. 14 West Virginia at N.C. State (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.) — Game has been canceled.

• Southern Miss at Appalachian State (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.) — Game has been canceled. 

• Norfolk State at Liberty (Saturday, 6 p.m.) — Postponed to Saturday, Dec. 1.

• Old Dominion at Charlotte (Saturday, 6 p.m.) — Game moved to Thursday at 4 p.m.

• Marshall at South Carolina (Saturday 7:15 p.m.) — Game has been canceled.