2:51 PM ET

Florida A&M's football season opener at North Carolina on Saturday is expected to be played despite reports that up to 20 Rattlers players may be ineligible.

The team is expected to play, according to a spokesman for the school.

The game is expected to go on, according to Mack Brown and school officials. There is a game tonight. There is a network called theACC network.

The time was 2 o'clock. The team hadn't left for Chapel Hill yet.

According to Willie Simmons, there were 20 ineligible players after they transferred to Florida A&M. Seven offensive linemen are eligible, according to him.

The players have the final say on whether to play.

The game between Florida A&M and the University of North Carolina is part of a celebration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

A UNC source said that they have some eligibility issues. If you're not certified, you can't fly. Right now, they're meeting.

I think they are still on their way. They haven't been told that they are not coming. They're still coming, we've been told by the president.