RIDER NATION NAMED CANADA’S SECOND-BEST FANBASE

There’s both good news and bad news for the Rider Nation on Sunday.

The good news: The Saskatchewan Roughriders were voted to have the #2 best fanbase of all professional sports teams in Canada by legendary sports magazine The Sporting News in the USA.

The bad news: Fans of Toronto F-C were voted #1.

(i.e. How seriously can this poll be taken?)

Regardless, here’s the list which was published this weekend. It’s startlingly accurate in a lot of ways:

21. Toronto Argonauts
20. BC Lions
19. Ottawa Senators
18. Montreal Alouettes
17. Winnipeg Blue Bombers
16. Edmonton Eskimos
15. Vancouver Canucks
14. Calgary Stampeders
13. Vancouver Whitecaps
12. Edmonton Oilers
11. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
10. Calgary Flames
9. Montreal Impact
8. Toronto Maple Leafs
7. Ottawa Redblacks
6. Winnipeg Jets
5. Toronto Raptors
4. Montreal Canadiens
3. Toronto Blue Jays
2. Saskatchewan Roughriders
1. Toronto FC