Start date October 29, 2011 | ||
Duration September 1, 2011 – October 29, 2011 Yates Cup McMaster Marauders2011-11-12 Dunsmore Cup Laval Rouge et Or2011-11-12 Loney Bowl Acadia Axemen2011-11-12 | ||
The 2011 CIS football season began on September 1, 2011, with the Montreal Carabins hosting the McGill Redmen at CEPSUM Stadium. The season concluded on November 25 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia with the 47th Vanier Cup championship. This year, 26 university teams in Canada played CIS football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.
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Top 10
Ranks in italics are teams not ranked in the top 10 poll but received votes. NR = Not Ranked, received no votes.
Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2011, according to the rotating schedule, the Atlantic conference Loney Bowl champions will meet the Ontario conference's Yates Cup champion for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Canada West conference Hardy Trophy will host the Dunsmore Cup Quebec championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.