The 2018 U Sports football season began on August 24, 2018, with the St. Francis Xavier X-Men visiting the Saint Mary's Huskies in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[1] The Quebec Student Sport Federation teams played an hour later with the Laval Rouge et Or visiting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or and the McGill Redmen playing the Montreal Carabins.
[3] The conference championships were played on November 10 and the season will conclude on November 24 with the 54th Vanier Cup championship at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec.
Tyler Chow (Saskatchewan) Gabriel Polan (Sherbrooke) Trivel Pinto (UBC) Gordon Lam (Waterloo) Kaion Julien-Grant (St. Francis Xavier) Hunter Karl (Calgary) Samuel Thomassin (Laval) Jacob Czaja (St. Francis Xavier) Logan Bandy (Calgary) Carter O'Donnell (Alberta) Vincent Desjardins (Laval) Thomas Grant (Acadia) Kene Onyeka (Carleton) Tristian Koronkiewicz (Saskatchewan) Ben Hladik (UBC) Brian Harelimana (Montreal) Brad Herbst (Saint Mary's) Lukas Korol (Guelph) Will Amoah (Laurier) Nate Rostek (Mount Allison) Deane Leonard (Calgary) Bleska Kambamba (Western) The Vanier Cup is played between the champions of the Mitchell Bowl and the Uteck Bowl, the national semi-final games.
In 2018, according to the rotating schedule, the Canada West Hardy Trophy championship team will visit the Yates Cup Ontario championship team for the Mitchell Bowl.