2025 U Sports football season

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2025 U Sports football season
League U Sports
Sport Canadian football
DurationAugust 22, 2025 – October 25, 2025
Vanier Cup
DateNovember 22, 2025
Venue Mosaic Stadium
(Regina, Saskatchewan)
Seasons
  2024
2026  

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 opened their schedules on August 23, 2025. [3] The Canada West conference began their season one week later on August 28. [4]

Contents

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]

Schedules

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]

Regular season

Standings

TeamW L PF PA PtsPly
#7 Saint Mary's 30 12421 6
#8 St. FX 20 690 4
Bishop's 11 5040 2
Acadia 02 770 0
Mount Allison 03 14123 0
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
TeamW L PF PA PtsPly
#4 Montréal 20 8521 4
#1 Laval 20 6520 4
Concordia 11 4160 2
McGill 12 7286 2
Sherbrooke 03 34110 0
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
TeamW L PF PA PtsPly
#1 Laurier 30 11069 6
#3 Western 30 153104 6
Ottawa 21 9584 4
York 21 8189 4
Carleton 11 4256 2
#9 Queen's 12 11296 2
#10 Guelph 12 92103 2
Waterloo 12 5269 2
Toronto 12 9782 2
Windsor 02 2661 0
McMaster 02 2869 0
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10
TeamW L PF PA PtsPly
#5 Saskatchewan 20 8034 4
#6 Regina 20 8059 4
Calgary 11 5157 2
British Columbia 11 3560 2
Alberta 02 4376 0
Manitoba 02 2336 0
† – Conference Champion
Rankings: U Sports Top 10

Post-season

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]

National Championship

 
November 15th
Semi-finals
November 22nd
Final
 
      
 
23rd Mitchell Bowl – Stadium TBD, ON
 
 
Yates Cup winner
 
60th Vanier CupRegina, SK
 
Hardy Trophy winner
 
 
 
22nd Uteck Bowl – Stadium TBD, QC
 
 
 
Dunsmore Cup winner
 
 
Loney Bowl winner
 

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Announcement of the 2025 RSEQ University Football Schedule". RSEQ. January 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "2025 AUS football schedule released". Atlantic University Sport. April 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "2025 OUA Football Schedule". Ontario University Athletics. March 26, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "FB: Canada West reveals 2025 football schedule". Canada West. May 13, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Championship Calendar". U Sports. June 28, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  6. "Regina, Laval to host 2025 and 2026 Vanier Cups". U Sports. November 25, 2023.
  7. "2024 U Sports Football Standings". U Sports . Retrieved February 2, 2025.