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The Canadian Football League is getting close to the end of the regular season, with each of the 9 teams having 4 or 5 games left to play. The goal of every team in the league is to make it to the Grey Cup Final, which will be held in Winnipeg on November 16th. You would think that with just 9 teams playing in the league, picking the eventual champion would be easy, but the fact of the matter is that the teams that make it to the playoffs tend to be rather evenly matched, plus you will have a pair of teams that have a much smoother road.
Let’s break it down now.
CFL Regular Season and Playoff Format
The tegular season in the CFL is comprised of 21 weeks, with each team playing 18 games. Rather than wins and losses in the NFL, the teams are awarded 2 points for a win, which you could argue makes figuring out the standings a little bit easier. The league is split into two divisions, East and West, with 4 teams in the East and 5 in the West. The top 3 teams in each make the playoffs, but there is also a crossover option which comes into play this season. If the 4th place team in either division has a better record than the 3rd place team in the other division, they get the crossover spot. It should be noted that no crossover team has ever won the Grey Cup. The top teams in each division are automatically placed in the Division Final, with #2 and #3 (or crossover) playing one another in an effort to make the Division Final.
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Favorites To Win the 2025 Grey Cup
The Toronto Argonauts are the current champions, but as it stands now, they will not be in the playoffs this year. Here are the current favorites and their Grey Cup odds:
- Saskatchewan Roughriders +260
No real surprise here when you consider that the Roughriders have been excellent all season long, going 10-3 to this point in the season.
They have not locked up the West just yet, though, but they do look like a good bet to win the West and head to the Division Final. - Hamilton Tiger-Cats +290
The Tiger-Cats currently have a 4-point lead in the East Division, and while you would always favor the home team in a playoff game, the Tiger-Cats have actually won more games on the road than they have in their own building.
Still, they look likely to win the East Division. - Montreal Alouettes +405
Montreal is just 4 points behind Hamilton in the East Division, and they might actually be a better bet if they have to go on the road in the playoffs, as they are just 2-5 in their won building this season.
This is one of the few instances when going on the road might be a benefit. - Calgary Stampeders
There has been a bit of a drought for the Stampeders in terms of the Grey Cup, as they last won it in 2018 and have not been back to the final since.
If you want just one reason to like the Stampeders, how about they have the best defensive record in the league.
If defense does indeed win championships, then that cannot be ignored.
There are still a few weeks left in the season, so keep an eye on these odds and see what kind of form teams are in heading into the playoffs.
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