The Edmonton Elks are a win away from booking their ticket to the playoffs for the first time since 2019.
Fresh off a comeback victory over the Calgary Stampeders, the Elks will punch their ticket to the postseason with a win when the two teams meet again Saturday.
Edmonton enters the home game with a 9-3 record to sit atop the West Division, just ahead of the 8-4 Saskatchewan Roughriders. The fight is on for playoff spots lower in the division with both the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers owning 6-6 records and the Stampeders lurking at 5-7.
With the Hamilton Tiger-Cats owning a 4-9 record, four West teams are currently slated to make the postseason as a result of the crossover.
The Elks have won three straight games and have surged to hold the third-best odds to win the Grey Cup at FanDuel at +460. The Roughriders are just ahead of Edmonton at +450, while the Alouettes remain the favourites at +190.
Edmonton last won the Grey Cup in 2015, with the Lions, who won in 2011, and the long-suffering Tiger-Cats, who last won in 1999, currently owning longer title droughts.
Elks quarterback Cody Fajardo is also third in the FanDuel odds for Most Outstanding Player, currently listed at +850 behind the Alouettes duo of Davis Alexander (-195) and Tyson Philpot (+410).
