2015 CIS football season

The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City. This year, 27 university teams in Canada played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

Regular season standings

Top 10

Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. <br />NR = Not ranked, received no votes. <br />Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Post-season awards

All-Canadian team

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First team

Offence

QB – Andrew Buckley – Calgary

RB – Dillon Campbell – Laurier

RB – Mercer Timmis – Calgary

IR – Mitch Hillis – Saskatchewan

IR – Ian Stewart – Ottawa

WR – Rashaun Simonise – Calgary

WR – Daniel Vandervoort – McMaster

C – Sean McEwen – Calgary

G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval

G – Sean Jamieson – Western

T – Braden Schram – Calgary

T – Jason Lauzon-Séguin – Laval

Defence

DT – David Onyemata – Manitoba

DT – Samuel Narkaj – Concordia

DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval

DE – Jesse St. James – Acadia

LB – John Rush – Guelph

LB – Drew Morris – Acadia

LB – Doctor Cassama – Calgary

FS – Jesse McNair – Western

HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary

HB – Maïko Zepeda – Montreal

CB – Godrey Onyeka – Laurier

CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary

Special teams

P – Quinn van Gylswyk – British Columbia

K – Johnny Mark – Calgary

RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton

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Second team

Offence

QB – Will Finch – Western

RB – Alex Taylor – Western

RB – Ashton Dickson – St. Francis Xavier

IR – Brian Jones – Acadia

IR – Jimmy Ralph – Alberta

WR – Yanic Lessard – Concordia

WR – Jacob Scarfone – Guelph

C – Matthew Van Praet – Western

G – Darius Ciraco – Calgary

G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval

T – Eddie Meredith – Western

T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier

Defence

DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia

DT – Adam Melanson – Acadia

DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier

DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal

LB – Shayne Gauthier – Laval

LB – Jake Heathcote – McMaster

LB – Micah Teitz – Calgary

FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison

HB – Nicholas Parisotto – Guelph

HB – Mikaël Charland – Concordia

CB – Alex Hovington – Laval

CB – Devante Sampson – Mount Allison

Special teams

P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal

K – Gabriel Ferraro – Guelph

RET – Jamel Lyles – Manitoba

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Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.

Playoff bracket

The seed of the OUA Semi-Final is done so that the first-place team play the weakest team still alive.

Teams

References