You're next, Oregon.
Right now, the worst seats at the place are going for $2,500. And I'm pretty sure those "cheap" seats are actually on the roof.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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that’s not true at all brother. Upper bowls are in the high $200’s…Right now, the worst seats at the place are going for $2,500. And I'm pretty sure those "cheap" seats are actually on the roof.
GOAT SHITPOSTER
That's what the Hoosiers did at the end of the last 2 games we traveled to. Thanks Woody!
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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Oops, that's for the title game in Miami.that’s not true at all brother. Upper bowls are in the high $200’s…
You know what’s wild? IU could win two bowl games in one year.
I’m in section 205. Unless you want to drop $2,300 per ticket for prime seats, it’s pretty tight.
Anyone know of any good things to do before the game on Friday and/or good tailgating options?
In reading this thread I see that IU is In 300 section. Where else, for those who got tickets from IU? I know it’s basically going to be the whole stadium again!
In reading this thread I see that IU is In 300 section. Where else, for those who got tickets from IU? I know it’s basically going to be the whole stadium again!
They gave each of the 4 schools only 5000 tickets. Not sure what happened to tickets that went to the schools that lost. But IU's measly allotment would have been split between the 3 levels. And only donors had access to the 100 and 200 sections.
In reading this thread I see that IU is In 300 section. Where else, for those who got tickets from IU? I know it’s basically going to be the whole stadium again!
They gave each of the 4 schools only 5000 tickets. Not sure what happened to tickets that went to the schools that lost. But IU's measly allotment would have been split between the 3 levels. And only donors had access to the 100 and 200 sections.
I'm not really sure this is accurate. If IU only got 5000 tickets, I likely would not have been able to get my two and I know someone with far fewer points than me that got 4.
From Gemini:
For the 2026 College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinals, the ticket allotment for participating schools follows the standard set by the CFP for these high-stakes games.
Standard Ticket Allotments
Each school participating in a CFP Semifinal game (which includes both the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl this year) typically receives an allotment of 12,500 tickets.
This number was established to balance the needs of passionate fanbases with the financial risk to the universities, as schools are required to purchase their entire allotment.
Bowl-Specific Matchups & Details
Since you are looking at the 2026 games, here are the current matchups and details for those specific bowls:
| Bowl Game | Date | Matchup | Team Allotment |
| Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | Jan. 8, 2026 | Miami vs. Ole Miss | 12,500 per school |
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl | Jan. 9, 2026 | Indiana vs. Oregon | 12,500 per school |
How the Tickets are Distributed
The schools do not just put these 12,500 tickets on a general public site. They are usually distributed through a tiered priority system:
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Season Ticket Holders: The vast majority go to long-time donors and season ticket holders based on "priority points."
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Students: Most schools reserve a dedicated block for students, which is often around 500 to 1,000 tickets (roughly 5–10% of the total allotment).
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Staff & Faculty: A smaller percentage is reserved for university employees and athletic department staff.
What if the Allotment Sells Out?
If you aren't a season ticket holder or student, you likely won't get a ticket through the school's direct allotment. For the 2026 Peach Bowl, for instance, Oregon has already announced their allotment is sold out.1 In these cases, fans must turn to:
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The Secondary Market: Sites like Ticketmaster (the official exchange), StubHub, or SeatGeek.2
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Bowl Public Sales: The bowl committees (e.g., Peach Bowl, Inc.) sell their own separate inventory directly to the public before the matchups are even set.
Would you like me to look up the current "get-in" prices for either of these games on the secondary market?
In reading this thread I see that IU is In 300 section. Where else, for those who got tickets from IU? I know it’s basically going to be the whole stadium again!
They gave each of the 4 schools only 5000 tickets. Not sure what happened to tickets that went to the schools that lost. But IU's measly allotment would have been split between the 3 levels. And only donors had access to the 100 and 200 sections.
I'm not really sure this is accurate. If IU only got 5000 tickets, I likely would not have been able to get my two and I know someone with far fewer points than me that got 4.
From Gemini:
For the 2026 College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinals, the ticket allotment for participating schools follows the standard set by the CFP for these high-stakes games.
Standard Ticket Allotments
Each school participating in a CFP Semifinal game (which includes both the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl this year) typically receives an allotment of 12,500 tickets.
This number was established to balance the needs of passionate fanbases with the financial risk to the universities, as schools are required to purchase their entire allotment.
Bowl-Specific Matchups & Details
Since you are looking at the 2026 games, here are the current matchups and details for those specific bowls:
Bowl Game Date Matchup Team Allotment Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Jan. 8, 2026 Miami vs. Ole Miss 12,500 per school Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 9, 2026 Indiana vs. Oregon 12,500 per school How the Tickets are Distributed
The schools do not just put these 12,500 tickets on a general public site. They are usually distributed through a tiered priority system:
Season Ticket Holders: The vast majority go to long-time donors and season ticket holders based on "priority points."
Students: Most schools reserve a dedicated block for students, which is often around 500 to 1,000 tickets (roughly 5–10% of the total allotment).
Staff & Faculty: A smaller percentage is reserved for university employees and athletic department staff.
What if the Allotment Sells Out?
If you aren't a season ticket holder or student, you likely won't get a ticket through the school's direct allotment. For the 2026 Peach Bowl, for instance, Oregon has already announced their allotment is sold out.1 In these cases, fans must turn to:
The Secondary Market: Sites like Ticketmaster (the official exchange), StubHub, or SeatGeek.2
Bowl Public Sales: The bowl committees (e.g., Peach Bowl, Inc.) sell their own separate inventory directly to the public before the matchups are even set.
Would you like me to look up the current "get-in" prices for either of these games on the secondary market?
My dad was told it was around 5000 tickets and when you looked at ticketmaster last week, only sections in 2 corners were completely unavailable (presumably because those sections were the ones that were given to the school). They also lined up with some of the sections people posted that they were in after getting tickets from IU. A rough estimate based on total capacity and how many sections were grayed out would suggest approximately 20,000 were given to the schools. Divided among 4 schools that could have made it to the Peach Bowl would mean 5000 tickets to each school. Maybe the losing schools gave their allotment to the winning schools and thus made it 10,000 each after the last round of playoffs.
Maybe people were rounding and giving rough estimates and it was really 6250 per school (and the losing schools transferred their shares over to make it 12,500). Not all sections get the same number of seats so my rough estimating could obviously be off by a few thousand.
A pathetic money grab that ticketmaster gets most of the tickets and all of the tickets that would garner the highest prices.
In reading this thread I see that IU is In 300 section. Where else, for those who got tickets from IU? I know it’s basically going to be the whole stadium again!
They gave each of the 4 schools only 5000 tickets. Not sure what happened to tickets that went to the schools that lost. But IU's measly allotment would have been split between the 3 levels. And only donors had access to the 100 and 200 sections.
I'm not really sure this is accurate. If IU only got 5000 tickets, I likely would not have been able to get my two and I know someone with far fewer points than me that got 4.
From Gemini:
For the 2026 College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinals, the ticket allotment for participating schools follows the standard set by the CFP for these high-stakes games.
Standard Ticket Allotments
Each school participating in a CFP Semifinal game (which includes both the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl this year) typically receives an allotment of 12,500 tickets.
This number was established to balance the needs of passionate fanbases with the financial risk to the universities, as schools are required to purchase their entire allotment.
Bowl-Specific Matchups & Details
Since you are looking at the 2026 games, here are the current matchups and details for those specific bowls:
Bowl Game Date Matchup Team Allotment Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Jan. 8, 2026 Miami vs. Ole Miss 12,500 per school Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Jan. 9, 2026 Indiana vs. Oregon 12,500 per school How the Tickets are Distributed
The schools do not just put these 12,500 tickets on a general public site. They are usually distributed through a tiered priority system:
Season Ticket Holders: The vast majority go to long-time donors and season ticket holders based on "priority points."
Students: Most schools reserve a dedicated block for students, which is often around 500 to 1,000 tickets (roughly 5–10% of the total allotment).
Staff & Faculty: A smaller percentage is reserved for university employees and athletic department staff.
What if the Allotment Sells Out?
If you aren't a season ticket holder or student, you likely won't get a ticket through the school's direct allotment. For the 2026 Peach Bowl, for instance, Oregon has already announced their allotment is sold out.1 In these cases, fans must turn to:
The Secondary Market: Sites like Ticketmaster (the official exchange), StubHub, or SeatGeek.2
Bowl Public Sales: The bowl committees (e.g., Peach Bowl, Inc.) sell their own separate inventory directly to the public before the matchups are even set.
Would you like me to look up the current "get-in" prices for either of these games on the secondary market?
My dad was told it was around 5000 tickets and when you looked at ticketmaster last week, only sections in 2 corners were completely unavailable (presumably because those sections were the ones that were given to the school). They also lined up with some of the sections people posted that they were in after getting tickets from IU. A rough estimate based on total capacity and how many sections were grayed out would suggest approximately 20,000 were given to the schools. Divided among 4 schools that could have made it to the Peach Bowl would mean 5000 tickets to each school. Maybe the losing schools gave their allotment to the winning schools and thus made it 10,000 each after the last round of playoffs.
Maybe people were rounding and giving rough estimates and it was really 6250 per school (and the losing schools transferred their shares over to make it 12,500). Not all sections get the same number of seats so my rough estimating could obviously be off by a few thousand.
A pathetic money grab that ticketmaster gets most of the tickets and all of the tickets that would garner the highest prices.
They allocate xx,xxx number of seats for the two participating schools. Nothing is allocated for schools that MIGHT make it. Once the matchup is set, those two schools get their allotment.
Additionally, Ticketmaster is simply the ticketing partner. All of these tickets don't go to Ticketmaster and then they get to sell them. It's just who Mercedes Benz Stadium has partnered with to do their ticketing, just like IU works with Paciolan.