Canadian Football League Betting
The Canadian Football League (CFL) enters its 67th season in 2025 with nine teams vying to become Grey Cup Champions. Last year the Toronto Argonauts knocked off the first place finisher from each division to secure their second Grey Cup in three years. The Argos finished second in the East Division beating Ottawa in the first round then knocking off the CFL’s best team Montreal, 30-28, in the East Final. Toronto completed the playoff run upsetting Winnipeg 41-24 in the Grey Cup.
Winnipeg has built a dynasty reaching the Grey Cup in each of the previous five editions winning the championship in 2019 and 2021. The 2020 season was canceled due to COVID. However, they have come up empty in the previous three Grey Cups despite having a better regular season record than the team that eventually won. Montreal’s win in 2023 was sandwiched around wins by Toronto in 2022 and 2024 that increased their record setting number of Grey Cup wins to 19. Winnipeg’s 29 Grey Cup appearances are the most of any CFL franchise.
2025 Grey Cup Odds
Winnipeg Blue Bombers +325
Montreal Alouettes +330
Saskatchewan Roughriders +350
Toronto Argonauts +450
Ottawa Redblacks +1000
British Columbia Lions +1050
Calgary Stampeders +1075
Hamilton Tiger-Cats +2100
Edmonton Elks +2900
During their current run of five straight Grey Cup appearances, the Bombers have been the best team in the CFL. They’ve won at least 11 regular season games in each of those years while winning more than 72 percent of their games. So I guess it isn’t a surprise to see them at the top of the Grey Cup odds board for the 2025 season. It’s a close race with four teams boasting odds of +450 or shorter at the time of this writing. BC holds the longest current Grey Cup drought with their last championship game appearance coming in 2011, a 34-23 win over Winnipeg.
East Division Teams
| TEAM |
HEAD COACH |
HOME STADIUM |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Scott Milanovich |
Tim Hortons Field |
| Montreal Alouettes |
Jason Maas |
Percival Molson Stadium |
| Ottawa Redblacks |
Bob Dyce |
TD Place |
| Toronto Argonauts |
Ryan Dinwiddie |
BMO Field |
West Division Teams
| TEAM |
HEAD COACH |
HOME STADIUM |
| BC Lions |
Rick Campbell |
BC Place |
| Calgary Stampeders |
Dave Dickenson |
McMahon Stadium |
| Edmonton Elks |
Chris Jones |
Commonwealth Stadium |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Corey Mace |
Mosaic Stadium |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Michael O’Shea |
Princess Auto Stadium |
Nine teams spread across two divisions are competing in 2025. Every team is scheduled to play 18 regular season games over 21 weeks with three byes from June to late October followed by a three-week, six team playoff. The season concludes with the Grey Cup championship game scheduled for Sunday, November 16 at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.
List of Grey Cup Champions (2000)
| YEAR |
WINNING TEAM |
LOSING TEAM |
SCORE |
| 2024 |
Toronto Argonauts |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
41-24 |
| 2023 |
Montreal Alouettes |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
28-24 |
| 2022 |
Toronto Argonauts |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
24-23 |
| 2021 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
33-25 |
| 2020 |
Season Canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 2019 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
33-12 |
| 2018 |
Calgary Stampeders |
Ottawa Redblacks |
27-16 |
| 2017 |
Toronto Argonauts |
Calgary Stampeders |
27-24 |
| 2016 |
Ottawa Redblacks |
Calgary Stampeders |
39-33 |
| 2015 |
Edmonton Eskimos |
Ottawa Redblacks |
26-20 |
| 2014 |
Calgary Stampeders |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
20-16 |
| 2013 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
45-23 |
| 2012 |
Toronto Argonauts |
Calgary Stampeders |
35-22 |
| 2011 |
BC Lions |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
34-23 |
| 2010 |
Montreal Alouettes |
Saskatchewan Roughriders |
21-18 |
| 2009 |
Montreal Alouettes |
Saskatchewan Roughriders |
28-27 |
| 2008 |
Calgary Stampeders |
Montreal Alouettes |
22-14 |
| 2007 |
Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
23-19 |
| 2006 |
BC Lions |
Montreal Alouettes |
25-14 |
| 2005 |
Edmonton Eskimos |
Montreal Alouettes |
38-35 |
| 2004 |
Toronto Argonauts |
BC Lions |
27-19 |
| 2003 |
Edmonton Eskimos |
Montreal Alouettes |
34-22 |
| 2002 |
Montreal Alouettes |
Edmonton Eskimos |
25-16 |
| 2001 |
Calgary Stampeders |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
27-19 |
| 2000 |
BC Lions |
Montreal Alouettes |
28-26 |
The Toronto Argonauts have won more Grey Cups than any other team in the CFL. They won their first Grey Cup in 1914, defeating the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 14-2, and Toronto won its 10th title in 1952. The Argos overcame a three-decade title drought to win in 1983, and they have now won seven Grey Cups in the last three decades.
A handful of franchises have three-peated, but only the Edmonton Elks have won five straight Grey Cups. Edmonton dominated the CFL in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as Warren Moon lit up the league. Moon led Edmonton to its last four Grey Cups, and it took five years for the Eskimos to win again after he left for the NFL.
The unluckiest team in the history of the Grey Cup is Saskatchewan. The Roughriders have made 19 appearances in the Grey Cup final, but they have just four championships to show for it. They have lost some heartbreakers over the years too, none more painful than losing the 2009 Grey Cup to Montreal after too many men on the field penalty with no time left.
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