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.

NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.

Number in parentheses denotes number votes, after the dash number of first place votes.

Post-season awards

All-Canadian team

First team

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Second team

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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

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityHardy TrophiesVanier Cups
University of British ColumbiaThunderbirdsVancouverBC1923Blake Nill43,579$1.01BThunderbird Stadium3,500143
University of CalgaryDinosCalgaryAB1964Wayne Harris Jr.28,196$444MMcMahon Stadium35,650154
University of AlbertaGolden BearsEdmontonAB1910Chris Morris36,435$751MFoote Field3,500183
University of SaskatchewanHuskiesSaskatoonSK1912Brian Towriss19,082$136.7MGriffiths Stadium6,171203
University of ReginaRamsReginaSK1999Mike Gibson12,800$25.9MMosaic Stadium at Taylor Field32,84810
University of ManitobaBisonsWinnipegMB1920Brian Dobie27,599$303MInvestors Group Field33,422113

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityYates CupsVanier Cups
University of WindsorLancersWindsorON1968Joe D'Amore13,496$32.5MSouth Campus Stadium2,00010
University of Western OntarioMustangsLondonON1929Greg Marshall30,000$266.6MTD Stadium10,000306
University of WaterlooWarriorsWaterlooON1957Chris Bertoia27,978$172MWarrior Field5,20020
Wilfrid Laurier UniversityGolden HawksWaterlooON1961Michael Faulds12,394---University Stadium6,00072
University of GuelphGryphonsGuelphON1950Stu Lang19,408$164.2MAlumni Stadium4,10031
McMaster UniversityMaraudersHamiltonON1901Stefan Ptaszek25,688$498.5MRon Joyce Stadium6,00071
University of TorontoVarsity BluesTorontoON1877Greg Gary73,185$1.823BVarsity Stadium5,000252
York UniversityLionsTorontoON1969Warren Craney42,400$306MYork Stadium2,50000
Queen's UniversityGolden GaelsKingstonON1882Pat Sheahan20,566$657MRichardson Stadium8,500234
University of OttawaGee-GeesOttawaON1894Jamie Barresi35,548$128.4MGee-Gees Field4,15242
Carleton UniversityRavensOttawaON1945Steve Sumarah25,890$230MKeith Harris Stadium3,00000

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityDunsmore CupsVanier Cups
Concordia UniversityStingersMontrealQC1974Mickey Donovan38,809$54.4MConcordia Stadium4,00030
Université de MontréalCarabinsMontrealQC2002Danny Maciocia55,540$89.5MCEPSUM Stadium5,10021
McGill UniversityRedmenMontrealQC1898Ronald Hilaire32,514$973.6MMolson Stadium25,01231
Université LavalRouge et OrQuebec CityQC1996Glen Constantin37,591$105.3MPEPS Stadium12,257128
Université de SherbrookeVert et OrSherbrookeQC1971David Lessard35,000---Université de Sherbrooke Stadium3,35900
Bishop's UniversityGaitersSherbrookeQC1884Kevin Mackey1,817---Coulter Field2,20040

InstitutionTeamCityProvinceFirst seasonHead coachEnrollmentEndowmentFootball stadiumCapacityJewett TrophiesVanier Cups
Acadia UniversityAxemenWolfvilleNS1957Jeff Cummins3,770$40MRaymond Field3,000122
Mount Allison UniversityMountiesSackvilleNB1955Kelly Jeffrey2,614$110MMacAulay Field2,50050
Saint Francis Xavier UniversityX-MenAntigonishNS1954Gary Waterman4,871$59.4MOland Stadium4,000111
Saint Mary's UniversityHuskiesHalifaxNS1956Perry Marchese7,433$16.9MHuskies Stadium4,000243