Cal will have another game with a limited running back corps, but the Bears (3-4, 2-2 ACC) might also have issues at the wide receiver and offensive line positions based on the initial injury list released Wednesday night for the Bears’ game at 23rd-ranked SMU (5-1, 3-1 ACC) on Saturday.

Adam Mohammed, Cal’s leading rusher, and Carter Vargas, the Bears’ No. 2 running back, have both been ruled out for Saturday’s game. For Mohammed it will be the fourth straight game he has missed with a knee injury, while Vargas has not played since suffering an injury in the opener, and it’s looking more and more as though he might miss the restof the season.

However, third-string running back Ashten Emory, who left last week’s game against Wake Forest with a leg injury, is not on the injury list, so he is expected to be the Bears’ starting running back against the Mustangs.

None of the main Cal wide receivers have been ruled out for Saturday, but four of them are questionable.

Ian Strong, a starter and the Bears’…