2016 CIS football season

The 2016 CIS football season began on August 28 with ten Ontario University Athletics teams playing that day. The season concluded on November 26 with the 52nd Vanier Cup championship at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2016, 27 university teams were scheduled to play Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, the highest level of amateur Canadian football.

During the 2016 season, CIS adopted the new name of U Sports, with the name change officially taking effect on October 20.

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 – 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 – Nathaniel Behar – 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 – Mathieu Betts – Laval
 * DE – Michael Kashak – McMaster
 * LB – DeAndre Smith – Saint Mary's
 * LB – D. J. Lalama – Manitoba
 * LB – Nakas Onyeka – 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 – Danny Vandervoort – McMaster
 * C – Levi Hua – British Columbia
 * G – Samuel Lefebvre – Laval
 * G – Ryan Sceviour – Calgary
 * T – Evan Johnson – Saskatchewan
 * T – Sean Jamieson – 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 – Robert Woodson – 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

Championships
The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, 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.