December 3, 2014
This season, for the first time in college football history, there will be a playoff to determine the national champion. After years of the BCS system and the top two ranked schools automatically facing each other in the BCS National Championship Game, a four team playoff has been implemented starting this season. The College Football Playoffs will be played in some of the biggest bowl games with six bowl games participating in a three-year rotation as the College Football Playoff Semifinals. For the 2014 season, those bowl games will be the Sugar and Rose Bowls with the winner of each meeting in a separate College Football Championship Game.
The bowls which will be the semifinal games this year are the Sugar and Rose Bowls. The Sugar Bowl will host the No. 1 and No. 4 schools in the College Football Playoff rankings. The current average price for the Sugar Bowl is $456.92 with a get-in price of $87 on the secondary market. With the Sugar Bowl not being one of the main bowls in the BCS over the past few years, making it a semifinal has caused secondary market prices to be the most expensive for the game since at least 2010.
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| DATE | MATCHUP | VENUE | AVG | GET IN |
| 1/1/2010 | Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $158.40 | $65.00 |
| 1/4/2011 | Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $158.48 | $33.00 |
| 1/3/2012 | Michigan Wolverines vs Virginia Tech Hokies | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $142.70 | $18.00 |
| 1/2/2013 | Louisville Cardinals vs Florida Gators | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $126.73 | $8.00 |
| 1/2/2014 | Oklahoma Sooners vs Alabama Crimson Tide | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $281.56 | $87.00 |
| 1/1/2015 | TBD | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | $456.92 | $214.00 |
| DATE | MATCHUP | VENUE | AVG | GET IN |
| 1/1/2011 | TCU Horned Frogs vs. Wisconsin Badgers | Rose Bowl - Pasadena | $398.17 | $145.00 |
| 1/2/2012 | Wisconsin Badgers vs Oregon Ducks | Rose Bowl - Pasadena | $237.14 | $73.00 |
| 1/1/2013 | Stanford Cardinal vs. Wisconsin Badgers | Rose Bowl - Pasadena | $228.04 | $79.00 |
| 1/1/2014 | Stanford Cardinal vs. Michigan State Spartans | Rose Bowl - Pasadena | $678.01 | $324.00 |
| 1/1/2015 | CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl - Pasadena | $465.52 | $162.00 |
| Year | Avg Price | High Ticket Price | Get-In Price |
| 2015 | $1,734.35 | $4,460 | $828 |
| 2014 | $907.48 | $4,871 | $410 |
| 2013 | $2,047.66 | $4,988 | $1,000 |
| 2012 | $2,128.51 | $5,000 | $1,216 |
| 2011 | $5,086.55 | $7,954 | $2,750 |
