The 2016

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season began on August 28 with ten

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teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 26 with the

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championship at

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. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur

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. During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of

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, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.

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 – Noah Picton – Regina : RB – Tyler Chow – Saskatchewan : RB – Alex Taylor – Western : IR – Kaion Julien-Grant – St. Francis Xavier : IR – Mitchell Picton – Regina : WR – Louis-Mathieu Normandin – Montreal : WR –

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– Carleton : C – Matthew Van Praet – Western : G – Geoff Gray – Manitoba : G – Zach Intzandt – McMaster : T – Vernon Sainvil – St. Francis Xavier : T – Jean-Simon Roy – Laval ;Defence : DT – Rupert Butcher – Western : DT – Vincent Desjardins – Laval : DE –

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– Laval : DE – Michael Kashak – McMaster : LB – DeAndre Smith – Saint Mary's : LB – D. J. Lalama – Manitoba : LB –

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– Laurier : FS – Stavros Katsantonis – British Columbia : HB – Malcolm Thompson – Laurier : HB – Malcolm Brown – Western : CB – Godfrey Onyeka – Laurier : CB – Samuel Polan – Sherbrooke ;Special teams : P – Félix Ménard-Brière – Montreal : K – Sean Stenger – Saskatchewan : RET – Tunde Adeleke – Carleton

Second team

;Offence : QB – Derek Wendel – Ottawa : RB – Jordan Socholotiuk – St. Francis Xavier : RB – Jayde Rowe – Carleton : IR – Austen Hartley – Calgary : IR – Mitchell Baines – Ottawa : WR – Dejuan Martin – St. Francis Xavier : WR –

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– McMaster : C – Levi Hua – British Columbia : G – Samuel Lefebvre – Laval : G – Ryan Sceviour – Calgary : T –

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– Saskatchewan : T –

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– Western ;Defence : DT – Donovan Dale – British Columbia : DT – Junior Luke – Montreal : DE – Kwaku Boateng – Laurier : DE – Jonathan Boissonneault-Glaou – Montreal : LB – Frédéric Chagnon – Montreal : LB – Jean-Gabriel Poulin – Western : LB – Alexandre Gagné – Sherbrooke : FS – Brandon Jennings – Acadia : HB –

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– Calgary : HB – Adam Auclair – Laval : CB – Adam Laurensse – Calgary : CB – Robbie Yochim – McMaster ;Special teams : P – TJ Morton – Toronto : K – Adam Preocanin – McMaster : RET – Marcus Davis – UBC

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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 2016, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West champions host the AUS champions in the Mitchell Bowl and be the home team at the Vanier Cup, while the RSEQ champions host the OUA champions in the Uteck Bowl.

Conference Playoffs

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National Semifinals

National Championship

References

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