The 2015

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season began on August 30, 2015 with ten

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teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 28 with the

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defeating the

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26-23 in the

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championship at

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.Laval to host 2015 Vanier Cup in Quebec City
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played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, 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 – Mitch Hillis – Saskatchewan : IR – Ian Stewart – Ottawa : WR – Rashaun Simonise – Calgary : WR –

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– McMaster : C –

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– Calgary : G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval : G –

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– Western : T – Braden Schram – Calgary : T –

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– Laval ;Defence : DT – David Onyemata – Manitoba : DT – Samuel Narkaj – Concordia : DE – Mathieu Betts – Laval : DE – Jesse St. James – Acadia : LB – John Rush – Guelph : LB – Drew Morris – Acadia : LB – Doctor Cassama – Calgary : FS – Jesse McNair – Western : HB – Robert Woodson – Calgary : HB – Maïko Zepeda – Montreal : CB – Godrey Onyeka – Laurier : CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary ;Special teams : P – Quinn van Gylswyk – British Columbia : K – Johnny Mark – Calgary : RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton

Second team

;Offence : QB – Will Finch – Western : RB – Alex Taylor – Western : RB – Ashton Dickson – St. Francis Xavier : IR –

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– Acadia : IR – Jimmy Ralph – Alberta : WR – Yanic Lessard – Concordia : WR – Jacob Scarfone – Guelph : C – Matthew Van Praet – Western : G – Darius Ciraco – Calgary : G – Philippe Gagnon – Laval : T – Eddie Meredith – Western : T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier ;Defence : DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia : DT – Adam Melanson – Acadia : DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier : DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal : LB – Shayne Gauthier – Laval : LB – Jake Heathcote – McMaster : LB – Micah Teitz – Calgary : FS – Kwame Adjei – Mount Allison : HB – Nicholas Parisotto – Guelph : HB – Mikaël Charland – Concordia : CB – Alex Hovington – Laval : CB – Devante Sampson – Mount Allison ;Special teams : P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal : K – Gabriel Ferraro – Guelph : RET – Jamel Lyles – Manitoba

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 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West

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championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's

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championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference

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will visit the

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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

References

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