It is now official- Wisconsin's game at Nebraska that was scheduled for this Saturday is cancelled due to high COVID-19 positive test rates for the Wisconsin team.

The Badgers will be pausing all football activities for, at minimum, the next 7 days and, according to B1G protocols, the game should be declared no contest and will be neither a victory nor a loss for either team. The joint decision to pause football activities and cancel Saturday’s game was made by Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, in consultation with the Big Ten Conference. The game will not be rescheduled.

As of Wednesday morning, a total of 12 people within the football program had tested positive for COVID-19 in the past five days. That figure includes six players and six staff members, including head coach Paul Chryst. Additional test results are pending.