The 2014 CIS football season began on September 1, 2014 with ten

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teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 29 with the

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championship at

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. This year, 27

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are scheduled to play

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, the highest level of

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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

;Offence : QB – Andrew Buckley – Calgary : RB – Dillon Campbell – Laurier : RB – Mercer Timmis – Calgary : IR – Brett Blaszko – Calgary : IR – Mikhaïl Davidson – Montreal : WR –

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– Regina : WR – Nathaniel Behar – Carleton : C –

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– Calgary : T – Karl Lavoie – Laval : T – Edmund Meredith – Western : G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval : G –

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– Western ;Defence : DT – Ettore Lattanzio – Ottawa : DT – Daryl Waud – Western : DE – Vincent Desloges – Laval : DE – Jesse St. James – Acadia : LB – Byron Archambault – Montreal : LB –

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– Calgary : LB –

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– Saint Mary's : FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison : HB – Kristopher Robertson – Concordia : HB – Chris Ackie – Laurier : CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary : CB – Paolo Edwards – St. Francis Xavier ;Special teams : P – Boris Bede – Laval : K –

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– McMaster : RET – Marcus Davis – British Columbia

Second team

;Offence : QB – Hugo Richard – Laval : RB – Chris Reid – Mount Allison : RB – Ronlee King-Fileen – Bishop's : IR –

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– Manitoba : IR – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster : WR –

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– Toronto : WR – Sébastien Blanchard – Sherbrooke : C – Jean-Christophe Labrecque – Montreal : T – David Beard – Alberta : T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier : G –

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– Calgary : G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval ;Defence : DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia : DT – Jacob LeBlanc – Mount Allison : DE – Ricky Osei-Kusi – Western : DE – Connor McGough – Calgary : LB – Curtis Newton – Guelph : LB – Drew Morris – Acadia : LB –

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– McMaster : FS – Mark Ingram – Saskatchewan : HB – Elie Bouka – Calgary : HB – Demetrius Ferguson – St. Francis Xavier : CB – Joey Cupido – McMaster : CB – Josh Woodman – Western ;Special teams : P – Ronnie Pfeffer – Laurier : K – Ryan Begin – Acadia : RET – Ryan Nieuwesteeg – Guelph

Championships

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the

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and the

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, the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference

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champions will visit the Ontario conference's

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champion for the Mitchell Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference

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will visit the

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Quebec championship team for the Uteck Bowl.

Playoff bracket

The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the

and the

, the national semi-final games. In 2014, according to the rotating schedule, the Quebec conference

champions will host the

Canada West championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The Atlantic conference

champions will visit the Ontario conference's

winner for the Mitchell Bowl. Number in parentheses represents seed in conference

Teams

References

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