After much back and forth over the past few seasons about a flawed BCS Championship system, college football fans got their wish when the College Football Playoff was created and installed for the first time last season. Not without controversy, the playoff pinned the four best teams in the sport and created two national semifinal games with the winners proceeding to the national championship game.
No one could argue the entertainment factor. The first national semifinal featured an Ohio State Buckeyes team upsetting the No. 1-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide while the second national semifinal featured the last two Heisman Trophy winners against each other, resulting in Florida State’s 29-game win streak being snapped. The Buckeyes eventually prevailed over Oregon in the national championship game to win it all.
But since that’s over with, there’s no reason not to do the “way-too-early” look at secondary market prices for some of college football’s most important games. Planning for these major events takes time, and whether it’s booking Dallas flights for the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium, or planning a weekend away booking Miami hotels for the Orange Bowl, Hipmunk.com is any college football fans No. 1 travel resource.
Below are the average ticket prices to the three aforementioned games with information provided by TiqIQ.com.
National Semifinal | 12/31/2015 | Orange Bowl | Sun Life Stadium | Average Price: $786.15 | Get-in Price: $503
National Semifinal | 12/31/2015 | Cotton Bowl | AT&T Stadium | Average Price: $698.69 | Get-in Price: $219
Tickets to the college football National Semifinals do not come cheap, as expected, with both having average ticket prices at the $700 mark and up. Six bowl games rotate for hosting duties of these games: Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Peach Bowl. Last season’s national semifinal between Oregon and Florida State (Rose Bowl) finished with an average ticket price of $259.14, and a get-in price of $93. The second national semifinal between Alabama and Ohio State (Sugar Bowl) finished with a get-in price of $364.30 and a get-in price of $154. Expect the average ticket prices to trend down as the game approaches.
