TicketCity Reveals the Top 25 Hottest College Football Games for Week 2

AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-August 25, 2009 - As the countdown to kickoff continues, so does the shifting in ticket prices for the hottest college football games of the regular season. The overall average ticket price for the Top 25 games decreased from $386 last week to $368 this week. With 16 of the 25 games considered rivalries, a closer look reveals some games increased in price while others decreased. Which games saw the greatest shifts in price?

“Florida at LSU and Arkansas versus Texas A&M,” answers Randy Cohen, CEO and founder of TicketCity. A ticket to the Florida at LSU increased by $111 and moved in ranking from seventh to third while the greatest drop in average ticket price, with a decrease of $192, was the Arkansas versus Texas A&M game. Formerly ranked as the second most in-demand game, it is now seventh. “The Florida at LSU game involving the two former champions is catching more buzz as the season draws nearer but the Arkansas versus Texas A&M game is experiencing the opposite,” comments Cohen.

Despite the hype around reviving the Razorback and Aggie rivalry in the New Cowboys Stadium, prices are likely to fall. “Though the New Cowboys Stadium is incredible, it’s going to be difficult for the teams to fill all of the seats,” states Rafael Rivas, VP of Sales for TicketCity. However, not all college football games hosted in the new stadium are experiencing the same difficulty. “The BYU versus Oklahoma game set in the New Cowboys Stadium will remain strong as it’s a matchup between two ranked teams versus two unranked teams.”

The USC at Ohio State game held its number one spot despite a decrease in price by $135. “Prices and rankings will continue to fluctuate as we get closer to kickoff and especially once the season starts,” says Randy Cohen, CEO and founder of TicketCity. “In the instance of a non-conference matchup like USC at Ohio State, both teams will likely enter the matchup as undefeated which will keep demand up and prices high.” The average ticket price for the game fell from $842 to $707.

Three games were bumped from this week’s list including Florida at South Carolina, Georgia at Oklahoma State and Nevada at Notre Dame. This left room for Iowa at Penn State, Auburn at LSU and Tennessee at Alabama to move up onto the list.

Though several other high demand games didn’t make it to this list, they will likely appear in the coming weeks. “If Oklahoma State can stay undefeated and hold a solid ranking, the Georgia at OSU and OSU at Texas will both be strong games,” stated Rivas. “Another game to watch as ticket prices fluctuate is the Alabama at Ole Miss game on October 10. Bama fans travel well and with Oxford only three hours from Birmingham, tickets will be in high demand.”

TicketCity releases this week's list of the top 25 hottest games of the 2009 regular college football season based on average ticket price. The list was accumulated by compiling a majority of the available tickets on the secondary market throughout the entire country. The secondary market is comprised of over 800 established ticket brokers, and every fan who is listing extra tickets to sell.

Prices will continue to fluctuate throughout the 2009 season and TicketCity will continue to update the hottest games list from week to week. View the top 25 games list below or visit the TicketCity.com web site and search for Top 25.

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TicketCity sells tickets for all sports, concerts and theatre event but specializes in tickets for all college sports and championship events, including the college football and college bowl games. Founded in 1990, TicketCity is a trusted source for secondary market tickets to events around the world. TicketCity partners include NBC Sports, Scout and RootZoo. TicketCity has been named to Inc Magazine's prestigious Inc 5000 list in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Week 2 Rank	Week 1 Rank	Game	Date	Location	Average Price	TicketCity Starting Price
1	1	USC at Ohio State	9/12/2009	Columbus, OH	$707.30	$425.00
2	3	USC at Notre Dame	10/17/2009	South Bend, IN	$532.03	$265.00
3	7	Florida at LSU	10/10/2009	Baton Rouge, LA	$530.88	$275.00
4	4	Georgia at Florida	10/31/2009	Jacksonville, FL	$464.86	$250.00
5	5	Oklahoma at Texas	10/17/2009	Dallas, TX	$433.92	$350.00
6	2	Arkansas at Texas A&M	10/3/2009	Arlington, TX	$428.00	$145.00
7	10	BYU at Oklahoma	9/5/2009	Arlington, TX	$421.65	$195.00
8	9	Florida State at Florida	11/28/2009	Gainesville, FL	$373.26	$165.00
9	11	Virginia Tech vs Alabama	9/5/2009	Atlanta, GA	$367.99	$159.00
10	20	LSU at Alabama	11/7/2009	Tuscaloosa, AL	$367.96	$275.00
11	14	Nebraska at Virginia Tech	9/19/2009	Blacksburg, VA	$348.81	$280.00
12	15	Oklahoma at Nebraska	11/7/2009	Lincoln, NE	$341.22	$225.00
13	13	Tennessee at Florida	9/19/2009	Gainesville, FL	$339.30	$325.00
14	12	Michigan State at Notre Dame	9/19/2009	South Bend, IN	$334.81	$310.00
15	17	Arkansas at Florida	10/17/2009	Gainesville, FL	$333.98	$205.00
16	16	LSU at Georgia	10/3/2009	Athens, GA	$319.31	$195.00
17	6	Alabama at Auburn	11/27/2009	Auburn, AL	$309.86	$235.00
18	8	Ohio State at Penn State	11/7/2009	University Park, PA	$308.27	$275.00
19	24	Ohio State at Michigan	11/21/2009	Ann Arbor, MI	$290.90	$195.00
20	—	Iowa at Penn State	9/26/2009	University Park, PA	$283.71	$150.00
21	19	Clemson at South Carolina	11/28/2009	Columbia, SC	$281.36	$295.00
22	18	North Carolina at North Carolina State	11/28/2009	Raleigh, NC	$277.02	$125.00
23	25	Texas at Texas A&M	11/26/2009	College Station, TX	$275.15	$150.00
24	—	Auburn at LSU	10/24/2009	Baton Rouge, LA	$268.35	$195.00
25	—	Tennessee at Alabama	10/24/2009	Tuscaloosa, AL	$264.48	$210.00
> Data is from Week of August 24th, 2009
> Average Price is generated from all Secondary Market tickets listed on TicketCity.com (approx. 800 ticket brokers)
> All prices are per ticket.
> Prices are subject to change.