Hurricane Ian forces changes to Florida-Eastern Washington, 2 other college football games

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With Hurricane Ian expected to hit Florida late Wednesday or early Thursday, the storm is affecting the college football slate this weekend.

So far, three games have changed times and/or locations.

The Florida Gators were scheduled to host Eastern Washington at noon Saturday, but that game has been pushed back 24 hours. It will still be played Sunday in Gainsville.

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A view before the start of a game between the Florida Gators and the Samford Bulldogs at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Nov. 13, 2021, in Gainesville, Fla.  (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

The University of South Florida and East Carolina were scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Raymond James Stadium, the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Saturday at 7 p.m. Instead, the game will be played at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton. 

"With Hurricane Ian building into a powerful and potentially very impactful storm on the Bay Area, the people and resources in our community, we felt it was in everyone's best interest to move our game out of the Tampa Bay area," USF Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly said Tuesday.  

"We are very grateful to our friends and colleagues at FAU for their tremendous assistance and cooperation in using their facility to play Saturday's game and to ECU and the conference for working with us during this time."

The Hurricane Ian forecast track. (Fox News)

The storm will move north later in the week, which is forcing the South Carolina Gamecocks to move up their game against South Carolina State.

The in-state rivalry has been moved from noon Saturday to 7 p.m. Thursday and will still be played at