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22
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5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The Calgary Stampeders will be playing for much more than the season series with the B.C. Lions on Saturday night.
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Stampeders → play → night
Calgary (8-9) visits B.C. (10-6) with the two teams having split their previous two contests this season.
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teams → visit → contests
The Lions can cement a home playoff game with a victory.
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Lions → cement → victory
Calgary doesn’t control its playoff fate.
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Calgary → control → fate
It can neither clinch a post-season berth with a victory nor be eliminated from contention with a loss, thanks to last week’s 33-28 setback to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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It → clinch → Bombers
That loss gave Winnipeg the season series with Calgary 2-1.
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loss → give → Calgary
The Bombers split their series with Saskatchewan 1-1 but have a better point differential in those two contests, giving them the tiebreaker with the Riders.
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Bombers → split → Riders
If Calgary beats B.C., there exists the possibility of a tie among three teams at 9-9 in the West Division.
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Calgary → beat → Division
The tiebreaker would be combined head-to-head records involving the tied teams.
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tiebreaker → combine → teams
Winnipeg would get third based upon a 3-2 record, Saskatchewan would be fourth (2-2) while Calgary (2-3) would finish fifth and out of the playoffs.
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Calgary → get → playoffs
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If the Stampeders and Riders were to end the season with identical records, Calgary would finish ahead of Saskatchewan on point differential.
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Calgary → get → differential
The Stamps outscored the Riders 74-71 in their head-to-head contests.
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Stamps → outscore → contests
Calgary could still reach the playoffs with a loss to B.C., so long as Saskatchewan (8-8) drops both of its final two regular-season games.
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Saskatchewan → reach → games
But a Riders victory — either Saturday versus Montreal or versus Edmonton on Oct. 24 — would eliminate the Stampeders from playoff contention.
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victory → eliminate → contention
Either a Calgary loss or a Winnipeg win over Edmonton (12-4) on Friday would clinch a playoff berth for the Bombers.
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loss → clinch → Bombers
Edmonton can clinch first in the West — and home field for the division final Nov. 7 — with a win over Winnipeg next week over Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton → clinch → Saskatchewan
The Elks would also cement top spot if the Lions were to lose either of their final two regular-season contests.
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Lions → cement → contests
If Edmonton cements first, B.C. can secure second — and host the West semifinal Oct. 31 — with one more victory or a Winnipeg loss.
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B.C. → cement → victory
The Bombers still have an outside chance of capturing second if they finish tied with the Lions at the end of the season, but would need to beat B.C. by 17 points in the final week of the season.
B.C. won the first meeting of the teams 35-19 at Princess Auto Stadium on July 30.
The East Division playoff picture is settled.
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picture → have → July
The Toronto Argonauts (9-7) will host the West’s fourth-place finisher in the semifinal contest Oct. 31, with the winner visiting Montreal (13-3) on Nov. 7.
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winner → host → Nov.
The Grey Cup will be held Nov. 15 at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium.
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Cup → hold → Stadium
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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