The Holiday Bowl has been canceled after a wave of positive COVID-19 cases affected the UCLA program as the Bruins were preparing to face No. 18 NC State. UCLA announced it wound not participate in the game less than five hours before the game was scheduled ti kick off on Tuesday, and the Holiday Bowl released a statement on Wednesday announcing the game would be scrapped after a frantic search to find a replacement team came up short.

The Bruins were down to just two interior defensive lineman in the days leading up to the game, according to The Athletic's Bruce Feldman, but had more positive tests on Tuesday. Without enough players in the unit, UCLA felt unable to safely field a prepared team for the game in San Diego. These two teams have not played since 1960.