| 2025 U Sports football season | |
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| League | U Sports |
| Sport | Canadian football |
| Duration | August 22, 2025 – October 25, 2025 |
| Vanier Cup | |
| Date | November 22, 2025 |
| Venue | Mosaic Stadium (Regina, Saskatchewan) |
The 2025 U Sports football season began on August 22, 2025, with the McGill Redbirds hosting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or and the Saint Mary's Huskies playing host to the Acadia Axemen. [1] [2] On the following day, ten Ontario University Athletics teams open their schedules on August 23, 2025. [3] The Canada West conference will begin their season one week later on August 28. [4]
The conference championships will be played on the weekend of November 8, 2025, and the season will conclude on November 22, 2025, with the 60th Vanier Cup championship. The Vanier Cup game will be held at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan. [5] [6] 27 university teams in Canada are scheduled to play U Sports football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football. [7]
On January 30, 2025, the RSEQ released their schedule which featured no major changes from the 2023 season, with five teams playing eight regular season games over ten weeks. [1] The regular season will start on August 22, 2025, and end on October 25, 2025. The Dunsmore Cup game is scheduled to be played on November 8, 2025. [1] The OUA next announced their schedule on March 27, 2025, which featured 11 teams playing over nine weeks from August 23, 2025, to October 18, 2025. [3] The AUS announced their schedule on April 4, 2025, with their five teams playing the same ten weeks as the RSEQ. [2] On May 13, 2025, Canada West released their schedule with six teams playing eight games over nine weeks from August 28 to October 25, 2025. [4]
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The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2025, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the winners of the Yates Cup Ontario championship for the Mitchell Bowl. The Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team will visit the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup championship team for the Uteck Bowl. [5] These games are scheduled to be played on November 15, 2025, while the Vanier Cup is scheduled to be played on November 22, 2025. [5]
| November 15th Semi-finals | November 22nd Final | |||||
| 23rd Mitchell Bowl – Stadium TBD, ON | ||||||
| Yates Cup winner | ||||||
| 60th Vanier Cup – Regina, SK | ||||||
| Hardy Trophy winner | ||||||
| 22nd Uteck Bowl – Stadium TBD, QC | ||||||
| Dunsmore Cup winner | ||||||
| Loney Bowl winner | ||||||