Six of the nine CFL teams reach the playoffs. Each division holds three playoff spots, and the crossover rule can fill one of them with a club from the other division. The Labour Day Classics start this weekend and the regular season ends October 24. No team has clinched a spot and no team has been eliminated.
Records below are through the games of Friday, September 4.
East Division
Montreal sits at 10-2 and 20 points. The Alouettes beat BC 37-30 on Friday night.
Toronto is 5-6 and holds second at 10 points. Hamilton is 4-8 and holds third at 8 points. Ottawa is 0-11 and has no points.
The East has produced one team above .500. That shapes the rest of the season, because the second and third East seeds are within reach of clubs that would finish fourth in the West.
West Division
Edmonton leads at 8-3 and 16 points. Saskatchewan is 7-4 and 14 points. Winnipeg is 6-5 and BC is 6-6, both on 12 points. Calgary is 5-6 and 10 points.
All five West clubs sit within six points of each other. The full table is on the 2026 CFL standings page.
The crossover is live
A fourth-place team in one division takes the other division’s third playoff spot when it finishes with more points. Right now the fourth-place West club has 12 points. Hamilton holds third in the East with 8. That gap is the reason a West team that misses its own division bracket can still play in November.
Canadian readers comparing odds across the Labour Day slate can check provincial sportsbook listings at Canada Bet Guide.
Labour Day Classics
Three games carry the weekend, and each one is a home-and-home that repeats the following week:
• Sunday, September 6: Winnipeg at Saskatchewan
• Monday, September 7: Toronto at Hamilton
• Monday, September 7: Edmonton at Calgary
Ottawa is on a bye and returns September 12 in Toronto.
Saskatchewan and Winnipeg meet with 14 points and 12 points on the line in a division where second place hosts a semifinal. Edmonton can build its lead on the West with a win in Calgary. Toronto and Hamilton are separated by two points in the East.
Attendance
Through 13 weeks the CFL has drawn 1,116,037 fans across 50 games, an average of 22,321. That is below the 2025 regular season mark of about 22,950, and the gap has closed each week since Week 10. Saskatchewan posted the top gate of the season in Week 13 at 33,350. Figures come from @CFLAttendance on X and are self-reported by each club.
Labour Day weekend historically produces the season’s largest crowds. Saskatchewan, Hamilton and Calgary all host.
What is left
The regular season runs to October 24. Division winners skip the semifinal round and host the division final. Second place hosts a semifinal. Third place, or a crossover club, plays that semifinal on the road.
Montreal and Edmonton control their own seeding. Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, BC, Toronto and Calgary do not. Hamilton needs its own results and help from the West. Ottawa needs to win to stay in the conversation at all.
Grey Cup
The 113th Grey Cup is November 15 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.