Outrageous ticket prices for the College Football National Championship game: Ohio State vs Notre Dame

Ohio State and Notre Dame bring the College Football season to a close in Atlanta on Monday. It’s been an exhilarating run for both programs - the eighth-seeded Buckeyes clinched the Cotton Bowl with a 28-14 victory over Texas; No.7 seeds the Fighting Irish, emerged victorious in the Orange Bowl, edging Penn State 28-24.

This will be the ninth meeting between the two programs - Notre Dame won the first two (18-13 in 1935 and 7-2 the following year), but in the six encounters since then, they have failed to beat Ohio State. The most recent meeting last year ended 17-14 with the Buckeyes scoring a touchdown in the dying seconds.

Who are the favorites?

And the bookmakers have the Buckeyes as the favorites to take this year’s title. Ryan Day’s men are at -350 while the Fighting Irish have been given odds of +280.

There hasn’t been a dull moment during the postseason and unsurprisingly, demand for tickets to the National Championship game is high - which has caused prices to surge.

College Football National Championship game ticket prices

With just four days to go, there are no available tickets for under $1,000.

On Vividseats, the cheapest seat, in row 19 of the upper bowl at Mercedes Benz stadium is priced at $1,382 with the majority of remaining tickets around the $1,500 mark, pitchside seats ranging from $3,500 to $4,500 and the most expensive seat, a front row suite, costing a whopping $103,206.

It’s a similar story on the other secondary ticketing sites. The cheapest ticket on stubhub in the penultimate row of section 301 is yours for $1,433. Seatgeek is offering tickets in the same section starting from $1,533 while the best seat on offer, in the first row of Club 109 will set you back $8,599.

The 2025 College Football National Championship Game between Ohio State and Notre Dame will be played at Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta on Monday 20 January with kick-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN.

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