Minas Panagiotakis/CFL.ca
TORONTO — The Montreal Alouettes and the BC Lions are playoff-bound.
With the Ottawa REDBLACKS’ loss on Friday night, the Als have secured a playoff spot and a home playoff date. The Lions punched their ticket with a 38-24 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders had the chance to clinch a home playoff date, but BC’s win keeps both top spots in the West Division in play for at least another week.
With Ottawa’s loss and the Toronto Argonauts’ loss on Saturday afternoon, the West Division crossover has been confirmed.
The following scenarios were in play this week.
EAST DIVISION
- OTT LOSS = MTL clinches post-season berth and a home playoff date
- OTT LOSS and TOR LOSS = West Division crossover confirmed
WEST DIVISION
- SSK WIN and BC LOSS = SSK clinches home playoff date
- BC WIN = BC clinches post-season berth
- In Week 15, Saskatchewan booked its ticket to the Grey Cup Playoffs for a second straight season.
- In Week 16, Hamilton secured a post-season berth and a home playoff date.
CROSSOVER RULE
If the fourth-place team in Division A – A4 – has more points than the third-place team in Division B – B3 (they cannot be tied), A4 will cross over and take the place of B3 in terms of playoff seeding. A4 will then compete against B2 in the Division B Semi-Final.
WEEK 18 SCHEDULE
- Fri., Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. ET | SSK at OTT
- Sat., Oct. 4 at 3:00 p.m. ET | HAM at TOR
- Sat., Oct. 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET | CGY at BC
