2015 CIS football season

The 2015 CIS football season began on August 30, 2015 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 28 with the UBC Thunderbirds defeating the Montreal Carabins 26-23 in the 51st Vanier Cup championship at Telus Stadium in Quebec City. This year, 27 university teams in Canada played Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

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.

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 – Daniel Vandervoort – McMaster
 * C – Sean McEwen – Calgary
 * G – Charles Vaillancourt – Laval
 * G – Sean Jamieson – Western
 * T – Braden Schram – Calgary
 * T – Jason Lauzon-Séguin – 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 – Brian Jones – 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 Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games. In 2015, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Atlantic conference's Loney Bowl championship team for the Uteck Bowl. The winners of the Québec conference Dunsmore Cup will visit the Yates Cup 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.