Topline
Resale tickets for Monday’s College Football Playoffs Championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame are proving to be a hot commodity, with most third-party sites having a get-in price around $1,800, and data from SeatGeek showing this year’s tickets are currently higher than tickets to recent championships.
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Key Facts
Data provided to Forbes by ticket resale platform SeatGeek showed the average resale ticket price, with fees, to attend Monday’s game was $3,327, marking a 37% increase from 2024’s championship between Michigan and Washington.
Ohio State and Notre Dame will face off at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. EST on Monday.
While resale ticket price averages will likely change before Monday, as of Thursday this year was trending higher than the three recent championship games, which saw an average resale ticket on SeatGeek go for $2,424 in 2024, $1,549 in 2023 and $1,226 in 2022.
The get-in price on SeatGeek as of Thursday was $1,817 with fees, similar to the $1,809 get-in price on StubHub and $1,789 get-in price on GameTime.
SeatGeek’s director of growth marketing Chris Leyden told Forbes this season’s game is “shaping up to be the most sought-after in SeatGeek history,” likely because “two of the most passionate and dedicated fan bases in college football…are showing up in full force, fueling demand.”
StubHub told Forbes on Wednesday that sales for Monday’s game were tracking 85% higher than last year at the same time, and they had already surpassed final sales of all championship games on the platform from 2019 to 2023.
To be expected, the average price of more than $3,000 to attend the championship on SeatGeek is far higher than either team’s average ticket price throughout the season: The average resale ticket price to attend an away Notre Dame game was $281, and the same for Ohio State was $304.
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What States Are Buying The Most Tickets On Seatgeek?
Data showed the top five states with the highest percentage of fans buying resale tickets were:
- Ohio, accounting for 17% of sales
- Texas, accounting for 9% of sales
- Florida, accounting for 7% of sales
- Georgia, accounting for 6% of sales
- Illinois, accounting for 6% of sales
Contra
SeatGeek advised that prices scale down after the teams are set and as the event approaches, noting ticket prices may drop throughout the week.
Big Number
$14,000. That’s about how much, including fees, one person paid to sit in the front row on the 50-yard line for Monday’s game. It was the highest-sold ticket for the event on SeatGeek as of Thursday.
What Is The Spread In Monday’s Game?
FanDuel Sportsbook shows Ohio State as an 8.5-point favorite over Notre Dame as of Thursday afternoon, as does SportsLine. Both betting platforms had the over/under at 46.5 points.
Key Background
Ohio State finished the regular season with a 7-2 conference record, and beat Tennessee, Oregon and Texas to make it to this year’s championship. Notre Dame was 11-1 heading into the tournament, and beat Indiana, Georgia and Penn State in the postseason. Ohio State hasn’t won the championship since 2014, while the last time Notre Dame took the title was 1988.
Further Reading
2025 College Football National Championship: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State – UPDATED Odds, best bets and trends (NBC Sports)
Ohio State vs. Notre Dame: Big offseason moves keyed CFP title game run for Buckeyes, Fighting Irish (CBS Sports)
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