Saturday’s game between Oklahoma State and Baylor has been moved from October 17 back to December 12 due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

Baylor on Thursday suspended all football-related activities because the school needed to evaluate recent positive tests and perform contact tracing of its team. The Big 12 said that the league’s championship game remains tentatively scheduled for Dec. 12 or Dec. 19, depending on the game results needed to determine the title game’s participants.

OSU (3-0, 2-0 Big 12) will host Iowa State on October 24.

This is the third game to be postponed on Baylor’s schedule this season.

Baylor (1-1, -) opened the season with a 47-14 win over Kansas. On October 3, Baylor lost to West Virginia, 21-27, in double overtime in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Last year, Baylor overcame OSU 45-27 in Stillwater even though OSU’s Chuba Hubbard, who was leading the nation in rushing at that time, carried the ball 32 times for 171 yards and a touchdown. OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders threw for 157 yards on 18-of-32 passing with one touchdown and one interception.

Les Miles has coronavirus

Kansas football coach Les Miles has tested positive for Chinese coronavirus and will go into quarantine.

“I am beginning the isolation process at my home and will continue to fulfill my head coach responsibilities remotely,” Miles said in a statement. “Although I will not physically be able to attend practice for the time being, I will be using the technology available for remote working to stay connected during staff meetings, meetings with players, etc.”

The Jayhawks (0-3) have a bye this weekend. They host Big 12 foe West Virginia on Oct. 17.

Hubbard gets 145 yards

Against Kansas, OSU running back Chuba Hubbard rushed 20 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Wide receiver Tylan Wallace caught nine passes for 148 yards and two scores.

Freshman quarterback Shane Illingworth was 17-23 passing for 265 yards, and three touchdowns. Illingworth has done a better than expected job after replacing starter Spencer Sanders who injured his ankle in the first game.

“We could have played (Sanders) in the last game,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “If we needed to play him, he could have played and played really close to full speed. We know exactly where we’re at with him, but when you have an ankle injury, you’re always better letting it get 100%. You go back on it at 85%, you take a chance on setting it back, and then those things can become chronic for six weeks.

“For that reason we just held him out. There wasn’t a reason to put him in the game. He practiced yesterday and looked just like he did the first weekend of August.”

Hubbard is gaining momentum, Gundy said.

“I think he got in a routine where he was in a practice where there wasn’t as much contact as he was early in his career,” Gundy said. “Football is a very, very non-forgiving sport when it comes to practice. It’s extremely difficult to not practice full speed and then be effective on game day.

“I think he felt, in his opinion, that he fell short the first few weeks of the season and last week he worked extremely hard and stayed in there. He was involved in the contact part of practice and I think you saw the result last Saturday.”