After two sensational semifinal clashes last week, we’re down to the final four in the CFL, with the division finals on tap this weekend on TSN.

It’s a doubleheader on Saturday, Nov. 7, beginning with the Eastern Final as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers continue their crossover march from BMO Field to Percival Molson Stadium to take on the Montreal Alouettes.

Then, the Western Final takes place across the country at Commonwealth Stadium, where the Edmonton Elks host the BC Lions.

Blue Bombers vs. Alouettes

The weekend begins in Montreal as the Alouettes and Blue Bombers clash.

Watch the Blue Bombers battle the Alouettes LIVE at 3 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT across the TSN Network, streaming on TSN.ca and the TSN App.

This pair of teams will match up in the postseason for the third time in four years. Round one went to the Alouettes in the 110th Grey Cup in 2023. In that one, now-Elks’ pivot Cody Fajardo found Tyson Philpot in the end zone with 13 seconds remaining to give the Alouettes the advantage and the win.

Round two also went in Montreal’s favour, with the clash happening in last year’s Eastern Semifinal. In a game where 75 points were scored and featured nearly 900 yards of combined net offence, the Als snuffed out the Bombers’ crossover progression immediately.

Now, in the final year of the crossover, Winnipeg is trying to make history. There have been 13 previous instances of a team moving over for the postseason. All 13 times, it’s been a team from the West Division crossing over to the East Division, and all 13 times, the crossover team has failed to win the Grey Cup. In fact, no team has even made the big game from a crossover position, as the Blue Bombers only became the sixth team to even manage a postseason win.

That win came stunningly over the Toronto Argonauts in last week’s Eastern Semifinal. With Winnipeg down five and forced to punt with 1:42 remaining in the final frame, a fumble by Argos and former Bombers’ returner Janarion Grant set up a 23-yard touchdown pass from Dru Brown to Nic Demski to give Winnipeg the win.

Now they turn their attention to the Montreal Alouettes, who have two Most Outstanding Player of the Year finalists in quarterback Davis Alexander and receiver Tyson Philpot. The pair have been in sync all year, as they both put up historical seasons.

Alexander’s numbers are in rare company; his 328.6 passing yards per game led the CFL, while his 35-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio and his 122.7 passing rate were the best and second-best marks among qualified pivots since 2016 (no later year is available on the CFL’s website). Alexander also led the league in adjusted completion percentage (78.6 per cent), throws of 30 or more yards (37), and posted a CFL-low 2.2 turnover-worthy play percentage in 2026, which are also some of the best marks for a season since 2022, according to Pro Football Focus.

If you look at any receiving stat category, you’ll probably see Tyson Philpot’s name at the top. The 26-year-old finished with the triple crown, leading the CFL in yards (1,809), receptions (124), and touchdowns (13). To put those numbers into historical context, Philpot put up the most receiving yards in a season since Geroy Simon’s MOP 2006 season, the most catches since Derrell Mitchell’s 1998 year, and the second-most receiving touchdowns since Romby Bryant in 2010.

Now both players begin their journey for their second Grey Cup win.

Lions vs. Elks

The division final doubleheader concludes in Alberta as the Elks welcome the Lions to Commonwealth.

Watch the Lions take on the Elks LIVE at 6:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT across the TSN Network, streaming on TSN.ca and the TSN App.

For the first time since 2019, the Elks will play in a playoff game, and for the first time since 2015, Edmonton will host a playoff game. The last time the Elks welcomed someone to their building, they punched their ticket to the Grey Cup with a 45-31 victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the 2015 Western Division Final.

They’ll look to do it again in 2026, this time against the BC Lions.

BC earned their way to the Western Final following a 33-26 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders last week. The air attack was great in that one, with Nathan Rourke going for 366 yards, three touchdowns, and zero interceptions, while four wideouts finished with 50 yards or more.

The Lions now will look to continue to vanquish their playoff demons, as they’ll look to get back to the big game for the first time since their win in 2011. The team is 0-5 in the Western Final and has a 5-11 record overall in the playoffs across the last decade and a half.

The teams will square off for the first time since the pair split a home-and-home back in early July, where Rourke didn’t play in one of the games. BC will look to remain hot, before resting their starters over the final two weeks of the regular season, the Lions had won nine of their final 10 games and were firing on all cylinders.

They have a big challenge, however, trying to get through the Elks and their No.1-ranked defence.

All three levels of Edmonton’s defence feature a fantastic intersection of talent and physicality, as the unit finished top two in turnovers, points allowed per game, net offence allowed per game, passing yards allowed per game, and rushing yards allowed per game.

It’s a defence that turns the ball over and limits the points being put up against them. Combine that with an offence led by Fajardo that doesn’t cough it up, while also being able to break off an explosive play at any given moment, thanks to back Justin Rankin or wideout Austin Mack, and it’s a recipe for success.

It’s a big-time matchup where both teams will be trying to get back to the big dance for the first time in more than a decade.