Penn State Jump Into Top 10 In TicketIQ Top 25

Every week we update our TicketIQ Top 25, which ranks the nations college football teams based on home average ticket price. For the first two weeks of the season, Ohio State football tickets have held strong at number 1. Notre Dame, Georgia, UCLA and Texas A&M round out the top 5.

One surprise in the top ten is Penn State. Here's some of a breakdown of Penn State football tickets that we put together for Forbes:

With an average price on the secondary market of $150, Penn State football tickets at Beaver Stadium hold the 10th spot in TicketIQ’s annual ranking of the 25 most college football programs in the country after week one. That’s a position amongst the most in-demand college football tickets in the nation. In 2011, before the program was engulfed in controversy, the average price for a ticket to see the Nittany Lions at Beaver stadium was $187, which was good for 7th in the nation. That year, the Nebraska Football Schedule was the most expensive in the nation, with an average price of $251. The LSU football schedule was next closest to Penn State with an average price of $190. While LSU remains a perennial threat in the SEC, along with UGA, Nebraska isn’t likely to make a run in the inaugural college football playoffs. Like Penn State, Nebraska remains amongst the most expensive tickets in the nation, with an average price that is $1 more expensive than Penn State. With title aspiration, UGA Football tickets are just one of three teams with an average price above $200.

 
.... While the secondary market is more active this year than any of the last three, the primary market also has availability. For those willing to commit to an entire season, they’ll be rewarded with an average ticket price of only $40 for each game. That ends up being about $15 cheaper than getting tickets to all the games through the secondary market. It’s also the only way you can get Ohio State Football tickets for the game in October. More than saving money, though, those fans are committing to the future of a program that seems to be rebounding much quicker than anyone could have expected.

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