TORONTO \u2014 The playoff picture is still unclear heading in Week 21.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s still not decided who will handle hosting duties, what the matchups will be, or which team will cross over into the East Division.<\/p>\n
The following scenarios are in play this week.<\/p>\n
EAST DIVISION<\/p>\n
Scenarios resulting in Hamilton hosting the Eastern Final; Montreal hosting Eastern Semi-Final:<\/p>\n
Scenarios resulting in Montreal hosting the Eastern Final; Hamilton hosting Eastern Semi-Final:<\/p>\n
HAM TIE and MTL WIN
\nHAM LOSS and MTL WIN\/TIE<\/p>\n
WEST DIVISION<\/p>\n
Scenarios resulting in Calgary hosting BC in the Western Semi-Final; Winnipeg crossing over:<\/p>\n
CGY WIN and WPG WIN and BC TIE
\nCGY WIN and WPG LOSS and BC TIE\/LOSS
\nCGY TIE and WPG LOSS and BC LOSS
\nCGY LOSS and WPG WIN and BC LOSS<\/p>\n
Scenarios resulting in BC hosting Calgary in the Western Semi-Final; Winnipeg crossing over:<\/p>\n
CGY TIE and BC TIE
\nCGY LOSS and WPG WIN and BC TIE
\nCGY LOSS and WPG LOSS and BC TIE\/LOSS
\nBC WIN<\/p>\n
Scenarios resulting in Calgary hosting Winnipeg in the Western Semi-Final; BC crossing over:<\/p>\n
CGY WIN\/TIE and WPG WIN and BC LOSS<\/p>\n
PLAYOFF PICTURE<\/p>\n
In Week 15, Saskatchewan booked its ticket to the Grey Cup Playoffs for a second straight season.
\nIn Week 16, Hamilton secured a postseason berth and a home playoff date.
\nIn Week 18, Montreal locked down its sixth consecutive postseason spot, while earning a home playoff date.
\nIn Week 18, BC clinched a playoff spot for a fourth straight season.
\nIn Week 18, a West-to-East crossover was confirmed, marking the 13th crossover since the rule was introduced in 1996, and the first since 2019.
\nIn Week 19, Saskatchewan claimed the West Division title, earning the right to host the Western Final on November 8.
\nIn Week 20, Winnipeg clinched a postseason berth for a ninth consecutive season.
\nIn Week 20, Calgary secured a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
CROSSOVER RULE<\/p>\n
If the fourth-place team in Division A \u2013 A4 \u2013 has more points than the third-place team in Division B \u2013 B3 (they cannot be tied), A4 will cross over and take the place of B3 in terms of playoff seeding. A4 will then compete against B2 in the Division B Semi-Final.<\/p>\n
WEEK 21 SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
Fri., Oct. 24 at 7:00 p.m. ET | OTT at HAM
\nFri., Oct. 24 at 9:30 p.m. ET | CGY at EDM
\nSat., Oct. 25 at 3:00 p.m. ET | MTL at WPG
\nSat., Oct. 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET | BC at SSK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The playoff picture is still unclear heading in Week 21. It\u2019s still not decided who will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-236847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}