Drew Pyne passed for two touchdowns and 150 yards in his first career start and Notre Dame overcame numerous mistakes to beat California 24-17 Saturday to give Irish coach Marcus Freeman his first victory.

California’s game against Southern California has become the first major college football postponed this season because of COVID-19.

Friday's announcements from the Pac-12 capped the most tumultuous week of COVID-19 disruptions of the college football season. Fifteen games of the 59 games (25%) scheduled for Week 11 have been called off. The Sun Devils' home opener was nixed because of several positive COVID-19 tests among the team's players and coaching staff, including head coach Herm Edwards. The Pac-12 said the canceled games will be declared a no contest. So far, 63 games involving schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision have been canceled or postponed because of the pandemic since late August.

California doesn’t have the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of the positive test and the need for other players to isolate under contact tracing protocols, the Pac-12 said in a statement Thursday. Wilcox had said Wednesday night that the game was in jeopardy because of the large number of players needing contact tracing. The school said the player with a positive test is asymptomatic. This marked the first positive test on Cal’s football team since practices began last month. This is the fourth time a Tulsa game has been postponed or canceled because of COVID cases.

23 California will need an early wake-up call Saturday when the Bears visit Ole Miss for the 9 a.m. Pacific time kickoff. The Bears boast a strong ground game but will be matched up against an improving Ole Miss defense that held both Arkansas and Southeastern Louisiana to fewer than 70 yards rushing. Cal is 20-9 against Power Five non-conference opponents since 2002 including a 27-16 home win over Ole Miss in 2017. Ole Miss hasn't lost a non-conference home game since 2012. PREDICTION: Cal 21, Ole Miss 17More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.