It all comes down to this. The Montreal Alouettes meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Grey Cup on Sunday.
The pregame narrative: Saskatchewan finished with the best record in the league, while Montreal has won seven of eight games ahead of Sunday's contest. This has the makings of an electric final in which the Roughriders are 3.5-point betting favourites.
Check out my 2025 Grey Cup predictions and the betting odds for the Alouettes vs. Roughriders CFL final on Nov. 16.
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2025 Grey Cup predictions: Game lines
| Alouettes vs. Roughriders markets | Betting odds |
| Alouettes moneyline | +165 |
| Roughriders moneyline | -200 |
| Alouettes +3.5 | -110 |
| Roughriders -3.5 | -110 |
| Over 49 points | -110 |
| Under 49 points | -110 |
Alouettes vs. Roughriders odds as of 3:22 p.m. ET on 11/13/2025.
CFL Alouettes vs. Roughriders best bet
Alouettes +3.5 (-110): I've been siding with Montreal whenever quarterback Davis Alexander is healthy and good for good reason.
- Alexander set a CFL record this season, winning his 11th straight regular-season game to begin his career as a starter.
- He followed that success by leading the Als to consecutive playoff wins.
He picked up a hamstring injury in the East final, but was seen at practice with the starting unit on Wednesday.
To put his greatness into perspective, take a look at Montreal's splits with and without its starting quarterback in the lineup during the regular season:
- With Alexander: 7-0 (34.0 PPG)
- Without Alexander: 3-8 (18.8 PPG)
He's literally never lost a game as a CFL starter, so I immediately jumped on this underdog spread.
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Plus, the Roughriders haven't been very good over recent weeks. They started the season 10-2 but saw a steep decline.
Since then, Saskatchewan has gone 3-4 with two of the wins coming over the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Elks, the two worst teams in the CFL.
The third win was in the West final last week. In that game, the Riders needed to score 10 points in the final three minutes to complete a 24-21 comeback win over the BC Lions.
Montreal is the best team in the CFL when healthy, and I haven't seen anything lately from the Riders that warrants their status as favourites.
I'm officially putting the Grey Cup on upset watch. However, I'll choose to play it safe and take the Alouettes to cover a field goal.
Key stat: The Als are 1-1 against the Roughriders this season, but Alexander missed both those games.
2025 Grey Cup predictions made at 3:54 p.m. on 11/13/2025.
