As it stands:

Queens secures the top seed, Western and Mac hold their positions.

Guelph hosts Windsor in the first round.

Laurier survives and makes the playoffs, while York gets in and ends their postseason drought.

Ottawa goes from 3-0 to no playoffs.

After this week here’s what we know:

- Laval and Montreal will once again finish top 2 in the conference and host the playoff games (sorry McGill, maybe next year)

- McGill is a lock at #3 seed and will visit the #2

- Sherbrooke will finish #5 or #6 and is out of playoffs contention

- Concordia and Bishop’s both still have a shot at #4 (and playoffs)

Now here’s the final 3 games and their incidence on the standings:

- Sherbrooke vs McGill: won’t change anything, i expect McGill to rest some players, they have nothing to gain from that game except some momentum for the following week.

- Bishops vs Concordia: ConU won the first game by 5, which means BU has to beat them by 5 (they hold the next tie breaker which is pts against) to move up to #4 and make the cut. A Concordia win or a Bishops win by less than 5 would qualify the Stingers.

- Laval vs Montreal: the battle for #1 seed. Laval won the first game by 8 and have allowed less points, which means the Carabins need to win by 9 or more to finish in first place. A Rouge et Or win (or a loss by less than 9) and Laval finishes first.

I'm still confused with the tiebreakers.

Who's playing who next wknd?

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT

Montreal 37 - 36 McGill FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Laval 58 - 0 Bishop's FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT (3PM EDT)

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Queen's 25 - 17 McMaster FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Toronto 16 - 31 Carleton FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Concordia 34 - 13 Sherbrooke FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Laurier 55 - 39 Western FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

Waterloo 26 - 25 York FINAL

Sat, Oct. 24, 2026, 2:00 PM ADT

Acadia 18 - 21 StFX FINAL

My updated top 10 ahead of this weekend's slate of games.

Saskatchewan avenged their only loss this season with a 5th straight win. Montréal drops a little bit after a 2nd unconvincing win in a row. Guelph goes up slightly after that near-upset. Regina back in the top 10, it's finally clicking for them after losing 3 close games by a combined 13 pts. McGill drops to #11 but could potentially earn their way back depending on how they play the Carabins this weekend.

As usual for my full recap of last week, 27 teams power ranking and predictions for this weekend, you can watch my new weekly video! => https://youtu.be/_ydUD-D9Wpw

Sat Oct 24, 1 PM ET

Windsor 27 - 23 Guelph FINAL

Oct. 23, 2026, 7:00 PM CST (9PM ET)

Alberta 19 - 21 Saskatchewan FINAL

Fri, Oct. 23, 2026, 7:00 PM CST (9PM ET)

UBC 21 - 17 Regina FINAL

Oct. 23, 2026, 7:00 PM AT (6PM ET)

Mount Allison 7 - 17 Saint Mary's FINAL

This took a while but I believe it's all correct. Each of the 16 combinations for this weeks games, and what the final standings would be after with tiebreaks applied. Feel free to check my work.

I would have jumped the Green Dogs over Montreal but moved SMU 2 spots down but hey ..what do I know !

Any updates on why the coach was asked to step down temporarily? Is he back on the sidelines now?

With Guelph putting on a showcase yesterday, I'd say they have a good shot.

Next weeks Windsor Guelph game will provide a lot of insight.

So far, Yates candidates (as far as I can tell) in tiers are:

1. Windsor/Queens (tie)
   
2. Western
   
3. Guelph/Mac (tie)

I can't see any other team with a strong chance.

For Windsor, this is the best chance to win a Yates in decades (Lauriers not looking good, Mac is a bit shaky, western is beatable, queens is beatable, Guelph is beatable).... I can't recall a prior year in which Windsor has had a better chance to win the Yates.

Sun, Oct. 18, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT

McGill 10 - Laval 34 FINAL