Argos and Elks are winners on Labour Day Monday
Argos and Elks are winners on Labour Day Monday
Hi all! The 2026 CFL season is underway! And so is our first pool of the season. First, a handful of announcements. Then scroll down for pool docs, results and helpful links!
NEW IN 2026:
Yes, in the flurry of rule changes the CFL administrators are bringing in to fix something that ain't broke, the Board of Governors has decided, NO MORE TIES! Since 2024, our pool has been awarding TRIPLE points for correctly predicting a tie. Since they are rare. Just four in the last decade. BUT, as of 2026, NO MORE TIES. So you can only pick winners and losers now in the regular season games. If your copy of the electronic entry form still allows ties, it's the old form, you need a new one! Or, just ignore the ties. Don't pick one! Because they ain't gonna happen.
Here's a link to read about this and other 2026 CFL rule changes: CFL ratifies rule changes for 2026
So first off, here's the SCHEDULE for 2026's pools! Another normal CFL season this year, with 21 regular season weeks, followed by the usual playoff schedule!
POOL 1: Covers CFL weeks 1 to 7, Thursday, June 4 to Sunday, July 19. This one is 26 games, two 3-game weeks followed by five full 4-game weeks!
POOL 2: Covers CFL weeks 8 to 14: Starts Thursday, July 23 and goes to Labour Day Monday, September 7! That's another 28 games!
POOL 3: The final pool of the season! Covers the remaining CFL regular season weeks 15 to 21, plus the playoffs! Starts Saturday, September 12, and goes right to Grey Cup Sunday, November 15! And this one is the last 27 regular season games, plus 5 playoff and Final games = 32 games! Includes the semifinals, East and West finals, AND the 113th Grey Cup Final! This year played in Calgary, Alberta!
If you've been in on the Curling pools, you know those are now 5 bucks each. Same with our Football pools now! 5 bucks, up from $2. As of 2022. Two and 1/2 times the price. BUT, likewise, two and 1/2 times the PRIZES! So the 2019 Pool 3 first prize was $35. With the new entry fee, that would have been... $87.50!! So... Even MORE better than a kick in the pants!!
And speaking of entry fees, with Stupid Covid, we really got into e-Transfers! To my email address, glenmoor@shaw.ca! Worked rather well! Might as well continue that as well!
(For Pool 2 just scroll down a bit)
ALERT! ALERT! We're doing another Pool Party! By popular demand! Seems they've been fairly popular with some so... why not!
When? Friday, September 4th! That's THIS FRIDAY.
Time? Oh... 6:30 PM! The start of this Friday's BC vs Montreal game.
Where? Boston Pizza, 690 St James St., Winnipeg! (They'll have the game on!)
Interested? Let me know so I can know how big a table to get! Or if you're keen, beat me there already!
It's ready! The final CFL Pool of the season! This one covers the rest of the 2026 CFL season, from Week 15 up to and including the playoffs and of course the GREY CUP!! And it's all ready!
Who's Entered So Far? Entries are trickling in... See who's in and then get your entries in why not!
The 2026 Pool 3 Entry Form! So here it is! The third and final pool of the 2026 season! Yes the entry form is all ready! Enter once, enter often! Entry deadline is 12 NOON Our Time, Saturday, Sept. 12! That's the start of September 12th's 4-game CFL marathon day! And this pool goes right through to the GREY CUP on Sunday, November 15! A whopping 32 games!
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
As I've said before, to fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you must save the form on your computer. Then do your picks and email that form to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! That's because the form is not a true online form. But it's still very easy to use. If you have something that will work with Excel spreadsheets!
The 2026 Pool 3 Entry Form, in web page format! Here's the entry form again, in web page format. Again the entry deadline is 12 NOON Our Time, Saturday, Sept. 12! This entry form is not interactive, sorry. But you can print it off and it looks good man!
PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS: Remember, in the playoffs and the Grey Cup, you score bonus points for picking the losers of these games! Or just placing teams in these games! Make sure to see the PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS section of the ** POOLS MASTER RULES DOCUMENT ** below for details of the bonus half and quarter points available in the playoff games!
THE CFL Pools RULES Document!
NEW IN 2026: NO MORE TIES IN REGULAR SEASON GAMES! They're gone. Sorry! There were SO many of them and they were SUCH a problem! :-P
** POOLS MASTER RULES DOCUMENT ** Here's all the rules and information you need to help you do your entry! If ya want it! You can still just ask me too, of course. Updated as of the 2026 Pools!
(For Pool 1 just scroll down a bit)
Official Final Standings Yes, we're done! Click to see how we all did! All hand-verified and official!
The Master Spreadsheet! This is where to look for everybody's picks! You can even do your own projections and stuff! (190K Excel Spreadsheet)
The Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format Here's the master sheet again, but in web page format so anyone can look at it. (230K bytes)
The 2026 CFL Pool 2 Zip File All of the Pool 2 docs in a zip file for quick downloading! Only 80K bytes! Great download value!
The 2026 Pool 2 Entry Form! So yes the entry form is all ready! Deadline is 8:00 PM our time, Thursday, July 23rd! The start of the Edmonton at Saskatchewan game! As usual, the entry form is the same cool format, an Excel spreadsheet with drop-down everything! (size: 85K)
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
To fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! It's not a true online form but it sure makes entering easy!
The 2026 Pool 2 Entry Form in web page format. If you're not into interactive, this is the entry form in web page format. Print it off and fill it out in pen! (of course you can do the same with the Excel entry form) But for this one you don't need a spreadsheet app! (60K web page doc)
Note, you can use any method you like to get your entry to me! Including leaving a long phone message! Text me a pic! Whatever works!
So okay, here it is, CFL Pool 1, the first pool of the 2026 season! And it is now complete!
Official Final Standings Yes, it's all over! The pool is done! Click to see how we all did! Results are now verified and declared official!
The Master Spreadsheet! This is where to look for everybody's picks, all the games, so you know who picked who, or what! It's got everything! (175K Excel Spreadsheet)
The CFL Mini Pool 1 Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format Here's the master sheet again, with everybody's picks and the standings, but this one's in web page format so anybody can see it! (210K bytes)
The 2026 Pool 1 Entry Form! Here is where you make your picks! Enter once, enter often! Deadline for Pool 1 is Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 PM our time, the start of the first game of the CFL regular season! Which is Montreal at Hamilton! The entry form is the same cool format as usual, an Excel spreadsheet with drop-down everything! (Credit for the original form goes to a guy who worked at MTS who did hockey pools.)
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
To fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! That's because the form is not a true online form. But it's still very easy to use.
The 2026 Pool 1 Entry Form -- in web page format! This is the same as the Excel spreadsheet, except in web page format. Not interactive though, but you can print it off and fill it out if you like doing it the old-fashioned way!
The above docs can be downloaded in the following ZIP file!
The 2026 CFL Pool 1 Zip File All the Pool 1 docs in a 80K byte compressed file. Your best download value!
THE SAME FORMAT: Yeah, this is yet another year of CFL "MINI" pools! Each one based on a different part of the season. Continuing with the usual 3 pools as of 2022. And all you gotta do is predict the results of all the CFL games! Every game of the CFL season, except the Pre-Season, makes up the 3 pools!
WHAT TO DO: If you're new to the pools, what you do is: Using the entry form, predict the winners of all the games in the pool. You can NO LONGER predict a TIE for regular season games, since they are abolished as of 2026! (Scroll way down for a summary of TIES in the CFL.) When we get to Pool 3, you will also have to predict what teams will play in the Playoff and Grey Cup Final games as well, and of course the winners of these! (And as always NO TIES in the playoffs.)
THEN: After choosing all the game winners, you apply RANK POINTS to each prediction, based on how sure you are of each. Apply the highest points to the games you're most sure of, and the lowest points to the games you're least sure of! Using each number ONLY ONCE. For ALL the games you picked. Then get your entry in!
GETTING YOUR ENTRY IN: It don't matter how you get your entry to me. Email it. Print it off and hand it to me, or take a picture of it and text or email that to me! One warning, I don't do Apple "numbers" documents. I'm a Microsoft, Android only person! Sorry! I just don't think Apple plays well with others. By choice. BUT that's another story!!!
THAT'S IT in a nutshell. For more detailed description, see the RULES document using the links above. Or check out the ENTRY FORM, and just go for it already!
This space reserved for advertising. HAHAHA just kidding NO WAY man!! All I "advertise" is the CFL, its website, and a couple other helpful websites. See links below!
Yes, why not get some of your friends or family into this, it's only 2 oops uh 5 bucks, and hey that will make the pot a little sweeter for the winners! Which will be YOU, right? Sure, of course! We welcome anybody with money, and who thinks they can predict CFL Football! Or not predict it! Hahahaa!
Recent and Upcoming Games!
(Date and time or result, attendance where available.)
Complete: 2026 CFL Week 14 (Last week of Pool 2!)
Fri Sept 4 Final BC 30 @ 37 MTL
Sun Sept 6 Final/OT WPG 26 @ 32 SSK
Mon Sept 7 Final TOR 37 @ 22 HAM
Mon Sept 7 Final EDM 38 @ 28 CGY
Coming up: 2026 CFL Week 15 (First week of Pool 3!)
All 4 games back-to-back in one day!!
Saturday, Sep 12 12:00 p.m. CT Ottawa at Toronto
Saturday, Sep 12 3:00 p.m. CT Saskatchewan at Winnipeg
Saturday, Sep 12 6:00 p.m. CT Calgary at Edmonton
Saturday, Sep 12 9:00 p.m. CT Montreal at BC
Helpful LinksIf you need CFL information, check out these important links:
The CFL's OFFICIAL Web Site This has the stats, schedule, results, plus all the players, team Rosters, transactions, depth charts... Everything you need to predict who will win all the games! And guarantee you a win in the pool! (Guarantee not actually valid)
The CFL's Schedule and Results Page This year, plus you can get to previous seasons from here too!
TSN's CFL Site There's information and Broadcast schedules here!
* TSN's CFL Broadcast Schedule * Looks like ALL CFL regular season games are on "TSN"! Whether that's TSN 1, 3, Plus, or whatever, not sure. Click for details! But Spoiler Alert though! They've got the latest scores at the top of the page!
Canoe.com's CFL Site (Formerly SLAM.ca)
Hey why not take a CFL trivia quiz? See how much you know about our game! Mostly I think it's accurate.
Calvillo Sets All-Time CFL TD Pass Record
// Stegall All Time Receiving Yards King
Bruce Boa: Former Calgary Stampeder and Waldorf Salad ordering actor from British sitcom Fawlty Towers
Who the heck is Luther Selbo? Clue #1
Clue #2
Farrell Funston makes the catch!
Kapp & Mosca: Can't we just get along? I guess not. Try to understand it here!
When was the last tie game in the CFL? (Regular season - pre-season don't count. And NO MORE TIES in 2026!) Well! Updated as of May 2026... The CFL had two ties in the 2024 season! Before that though, gotta go back to Friday, June 23rd, 2017, Calgary at Ottawa! 31 - 31 tie in overtime. Before that, Friday, July 8, 2016! Calgary at Ottawa again! Final score 26 - 26. Which was the first tie since 2009: October 17, 2009, Sask 44 @ Calgary 44. And before that, there were two in 2007: June 28, 2007, Wpg 39 @ Edm 39; and August 17, 2007, BC 45 @ Cal 45. And another in 2004. So there you go! There's your recap as of May 2026... when the CFL decided NO MORE TIES in regular season games! Duke it out until there's a winner!
That’s all I’ve got for now. Remember, you can contact me by phone or text, if you know my land line or cell numbers; or email: glenmoor@shaw.ca!
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