The Cal Bears have known for months that they were hosting the first Big Game of the ACC era, and Monday the rivalry game against Stanford was assigned a kickoff time: 12:30 p.m.

The 127th Big Game on Nov. 23 at Memorial Stadium will also be broadcast on the ACC Network, the league and the schools announced Monday.

Cal (5-4, 1-4 ACC) has won the past three Big Game matchups and four of the last five, including a 27-15 victory at Stanford Stadium last season in their final game as members of the Pac-12 conference.

Stanford (2-7, 1-5 ACC) last won the Axe during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, holding on for a 24-23 victory when Thomas Booker blocked Cal’s potential game-tying extra-point attempt with 58 second remaining after the Bears had just completed a 90-yard scoring drive. Because of the pandemic, the only fans in the stands for the game were two Cal students guarding the Axe from the front row behind the Cal bench.

This year’s Big Game will be the final regular home game of the regular season for the Bears, who can become bowl eligible by winning one of their final three games. Cal plays host to Syracuse (6-3, 3-3 ACC) on Saturday at noon and ends the season on Nov. 30 at SMU.

Stanford also has three regular season games remaining. Stanford plays its final home game Saturday at 12:30 against No. 22 Louisville and ends the season at San Jose State on Nov. 29 in the first Bill Walsh legacy game since 2013.

-- Laurence Miedema

MVSU player killed after police chase >> A Mississippi Valley State University football player who was a passenger in a car involved in a police chase was killed in a crash that left the driver injured, authorities said.

Ryan Quinney, 20, of Mobile, Alabama, was killed Friday as the car he was in was fleeing the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers said.

The chase started in Flora and continued into Yazoo City, where the driver lost control of the car, WAPT-TV reported. Shivers told the television station that the car left the road, went through a ditch and hit a parked vehicle before going airborne. It then took out a light pole and flipped several times before coming to rest in a yard, he said.

Authorities used a Jaws of Life tool to rescue the driver, whose name was not released. The driver was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Their condition was not immediately available.

Quinney, a junior linebacker, was pronounced dead at the scene.

In a Facebook post Saturday, the school sent its condolences to the player’s family and friends.

Alabama edge rusher out for season >> Alabama’s defense suffered a major blow heading into the final games of the regular with edge rusher Que Robinson out for the rest of the season with a left arm injury.

Robinson, who’s tied for the team lead with four sacks, was injured in the second half of No. 9 Alabama’s 42-13 victory over then-No. 14 LSU on Saturday night. Coach Kalen DeBoer confirmed that the fifth-year senior’s injury was season-ending, but didn’t elaborate on the nature of it.

The win over LSU pushed the Crimson Tide more firmly into playoff and Southeastern Conference contention. Alabama closes the season with games against Mercer, Oklahoma and Auburn.