2016 CIS football season
| 2016 CIS football season | ||||
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| Regular season | ||||
| Duration | August 28 – October 29 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||
| Start date | October 29 | |||
| Hardy Trophy | Calgary Dinos | |||
| Yates Cup | Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | |||
| Dunsmore Cup | Laval Rouge et Or | |||
| Loney Bowl | St. Francis Xavier X-Men | |||
| Mitchell Bowl | Calgary Dinos | |||
| Uteck Bowl | Laval Rouge et Or | |||
| Vanier Cup | ||||
| Date | November 26 | |||
| Site | Hamilton, Ontario | |||
| Champions | Laval Rouge et Or | |||
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| 2016 Canada West standings | |||||||||||
| (Rank) Team | W | L | PF | PA | PTS | Playoff Spot | |||||
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| #4 Regina | 6 | - | 2 | 277 | - | 218 | 12 | † | |||
| #6 Calgary | 6 | - | 2 | 294 | - | 167 | 12 | X | |||
| #9 Saskatchewan | 5 | - | 3 | 261 | - | 205 | 10 | X | |||
| UBC | 3 | - | 5 | 250 | - | 245 | 6 | X | |||
| Manitoba | 3 | - | 5 | 276 | - | 323 | 6 | ||||
| Alberta | 1 | - | 7 | 155 | - | 355 | 2 | ||||
| † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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| 2016 RSEQ standings | ||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | |||||||||||||
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| (Rank) Team | W | L | PF | PA | PTS | W | L | Playoff Spot | ||||||
| #2 Montréal | 7 | - | 1 | 296 | - | 72 | 14 | 6 | - | 1 | † | |||
| #1 Laval | 7 | - | 1 | 289 | - | 78 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | X | |||
| Concordia | 4 | - | 4 | 182 | - | 227 | 8 | 3 | - | 4 | X | |||
| McGill | 4 | - | 4 | 156 | - | 173 | 8 | 4 | - | 4 | X | |||
| Sherbrooke | 3 | - | 5 | 148 | - | 168 | 6 | 3 | - | 5 | ||||
| Bishop's | 1 | - | 7 | 100 | - | 341 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | ||||
| † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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| 2016 OUA standings | ||||||||||
| (Rank) Team | W | L | PF | PA | PTS | Playoff Spot | ||||
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| #3 Western | 7 | - | 1 | 393 | - | 148 | 14 | † | ||
| #5 Laurier | 7 | - | 1 | 341 | - | 126 | 14 | X | ||
| #7 McMaster | 6 | - | 2 | 260 | - | 87 | 12 | X | ||
| #8 Carleton | 6 | - | 2 | 318 | - | 150 | 12 | X | ||
| Ottawa | 6 | - | 2 | 303 | - | 227 | 10 | X | ||
| Guelph | 3 | - | 5 | 244 | - | 227 | 6 | X | ||
| Queen's | 3 | - | 5 | 236 | - | 210 | 6 | |||
| York | 2 | - | 6 | 171 | - | 384 | 4 | |||
| Windsor | 2 | - | 6 | 164 | - | 380 | 4 | |||
| Toronto | 2 | - | 6 | 155 | - | 288 | 4 | |||
| Waterloo | 0 | - | 8 | 77 | - | 435 | 0 | |||
| † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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| 2016 AUS standings | ||||||||||||||
| Overall | Conf | |||||||||||||
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| (Rank) Team | W | L | PF | PA | PTS | W | L | Playoff Spot | ||||||
| #10 St. FX | 7 | - | 1 | 299 | - | 129 | 14 | 7 | - | 0 | † | |||
| Mount Allison | 3 | - | 5 | 157 | - | 238 | 3 | - | 4 | X | ||||
| Acadia | 2 | - | 6 | 124 | - | 214 | 4 | 2 | - | 5 | X | |||
| Saint Mary's | 2 | - | 6 | 126 | - | 239 | 4 | 2 | - | 5 | ||||
| † – Conference Champion Rankings: CIS Top 10 |
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The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.
During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes.
NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.
Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West champions host the AUS champions in the Mitchell Bowl and be the home team at the Vanier Cup, while the RSEQ champions host the OUA champions in the Uteck Bowl.
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