Alabama – LSU Named Top College Rivalry by TicketCity
October 25, 2013
We here at TicketIQ are always looking to provide interesting and unique information about the sports and ticketing world. We’ve compiled our own Top 25 college football ranking, with teams ranked based on how high the average ticket price is on the secondary market. It’s a tremendous tool in determining which teams are the most expensive and it’s interesting to see where those teams’ corresponding ranks are in the AP Poll.
Recently, we stumbled across another Top 25 ranking that undoubtedly influences a team’s placement on the TicketIQ Top 25. A recent article from the TicketCity Blog ranks the top 25 biggest college football rivalries, based on several individual metrics. Below are the rankings…
| Top 25 Overall Rankings |
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| Overall Rank |
Rivalry |
Overall Score |
| 1 |
Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU Tigers |
100.00 |
| 2 |
Michigan Wolverines vs Ohio State Buckeyes |
99.50 |
| 3 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs USC Trojans |
96.00 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma Sooners vs Texas Longhorns |
93.43 |
| 5 |
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Auburn Tigers |
93.35 |
| 6 |
Michigan State Spartans vs Michigan Wolverines |
93.01 |
| 7 |
Army Black Knights vs Navy Midshipmen |
86.52 |
| 8 |
LSU Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies |
86.23 |
| 9 |
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Tennessee Volunteers |
86.00 |
| 10 |
Michigan Wolverines vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
82.50 |
| 11 |
Florida Gators vs Georgia Bulldogs |
81.03 |
| 12 |
Georgia Bulldogs vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
80.81 |
| 13 |
Auburn Tigers vs Georgia Bulldogs |
80.66 |
| 14 |
LSU Tigers vs Ole Miss Rebels |
79.31 |
| 15 |
Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys |
77.75 |
| 16 |
Oregon Ducks vs Oregon State Beavers |
77.31 |
| 17 |
Florida Gators vs LSU Tigers |
76.32 |
| 18 |
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Ole Miss Rebels |
75.97 |
| 19 |
Michigan State Spartans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
75.14 |
| 20 |
Minnesota Gophers vs Wisconsin Badgers |
74.50 |
| 21 |
Ohio State Buckeyes vs Penn State Nittany Lions |
73.53 |
| 22 |
UCLA Bruins vs USC Trojans |
73.45 |
| 23 |
California Golden Bears vs Stanford Cardinals |
73.06 |
| 24 |
Iowa Hawkeyes vs Minnesota Gophers |
73.03 |
| 25 |
Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Ole Miss Rebels |
72.93 |
The individual metrics included recent popularity, notoriety, history, and competition. Each of these metrics was determined by several subcategories (for example, recent popularity is based off of attendance, stadium capacity filled, and ticket demand.) As you can see, Alabama and LSU take the top spot as the biggest college football rivalry in the land. The two have squared off in a recent national championship and many regular season contests (one which has been dubbed the “Game of the Century.”) That game had the highest average ticket price in 2012, with an average price of $467.39. Bama and LSU have also combined for 19 total national championships, a number that only trails the combinations of Michigan and Notre Dame, Notre Dame and USC, and Alabama and Tennessee.
Alabama has three of the top-9 rivalries (Bama vs. Auburn is 5th, and the Crimson Tide and Volunteers of Tennessee are 9th) while LSU also ranks 8th against Texas A&M and 14th against Ole Miss. The only rivalry to not include a team from the SEC, Big-12, Big-10, Pac-12, or Notre Dame is the number 6th ranked rivalry, Army vs. Navy. The military academies have long held their place in college football lore as one of the most intense rivalries in sports, and despite the gradual fall from national championship contention back in the early 20th century, the rivalry has remained as competitive as ever.
TicketCity provided a fascinating ranking, and it will surely provide great pride for the fans of Alabama and LSU to know their teams play in the greatest rivalry in college football. Make sure to check out the full report and also make sure to check out TicketCity’s Blog for frequent reports similar to this top 25 ranking. They are releasing phenomenal sports and ticket content on a daily basis, so it’s a must-read for any sports fan.
