Ryan Day says Buckeyes ‘fired up’ to host first round in playoffs
Ohio State football’s coach, Ryan Day says his team is fired up to host the first playoff game in Ohio.
Looking for some last-minute tickets to Saturday’s College Football Playoff Game at Ohio Stadium? Now you can snag one for less.
Resale ticket prices for the first-round playoff game between the No. 8 seed Buckeyes and the No. 9 seed Tennessee Volunteers have dropped as the game approaches.
The Buckeyes game against the Vols was the second-most expensive first-round playoff game behind the Indiana-Notre Dame game, according to previous ticket resale data from StubHub.
Kickoff is at 8 p.m. The winner will face No. 1 Oregon in a quarterfinal game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
Ohio State vs. Tennessee ticket prices
As of Friday morning, ticket prices for a single seat to the Ohio State vs. Tennessee game were as low as $79 in the south end student section on Ticketmaster.
Seats started at $85 on VividSeats, $59 on StubHub, $76 on Gametime and $85 on Seat Geek.
See Ohio State tickets prices for playoff game
To see a full list of ticket prices, visit StubHub, Ticketmaster, VividSeats, Gametime and Seat Geek.
Who is buying more resale tickets for the Ohio State vs. Tennessee game?
Tennessee residents are snapping up a higher percentage of secondary-market tickets for Saturday’s Ohio State vs. Tennessee College Football Playoff game than Ohioans are on at least two platforms, according to data from SeatGeek and StubHub.
According to SeatGeek, 42% of tickets resold on the platform have gone to Tennessee residents, while only 23% have gone to Ohioans. On StubHub, 37% of tickets have gone to Tennessee residents while 34% have gone to Ohioans.
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Sheridan Hendrix is a higher education reporter for The Columbus Dispatch. Sign up for Extra Credit, her education newsletter, here.
