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.
IU was selling tickets before they won the game so it wasn't just the 2 participating schools because they had no idea who was going to win.
@hurryinghoosiers Do your homework! A certain Hoosier website, has a certain Hoosier podcast and they had the President of the Peach Bowl on. He said IU and OR both got 13,000 tix!
Stumpin' for you Sammy!
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.
IU was selling tickets before they won the game so it wasn't just the 2 participating schools because they had no idea who was going to win.
IU took orders for tickets, they weren't selling them. If we had lost, no IU fan was getting charged for the tickets they put in for. C'mon now, this isn't that hard and the emails IU sends out even say "As a reminder, ticket requests will only be considered if IU advances..."
Ticketmaster is fantastic. I love buying a $300 ticket and getting nailed with $40,000 in surcharges.
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.
IU was selling tickets before they won the game so it wasn't just the 2 participating schools because they had no idea who was going to win.
IU took orders for tickets, they weren't selling them. If we had lost, no IU fan was getting charged for the tickets they put in for. C'mon now, this isn't that hard and the emails IU sends out even say "As a reminder, ticket requests will only be considered if IU advances..."
I am not the one that gets the email. So sorry I didn't know the wording
No IU was not selling tickets before they won the RB game. They did allow us to get on a list if interested so that when the game was over they had the list complete and then they ran the sale. If IU had not won then nothing would have happened.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.
IU was selling tickets before they won the game so it wasn't just the 2 participating schools because they had no idea who was going to win.
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@gthomas TicketBastard. I believe a majority share is owned by Lou Cifer. I thought they'd get broken up when Congressmen's daughters couldn't get Taylor Swift tix, but alas, it was not to be.
That Peach Bowl was a disappointing loss to Auburn. If Ernie Jones wasn't dinged and out for our final drive, I think we would've won. They could not stop him the previous couple drives.
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That Peach Bowl was a disappointing loss to Auburn. If Ernie Jones wasn't dinged and out for our final drive, I think we would've won. They could not stop him the previous couple drives.
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I was on campus from 86-90. Mallory had it rolling back then. I wish we would have been able to win a couple more of the bowl games he took us to.
Diligence is the mother of good luck. Plough deep while sluggards sleep and you shall have corn to sell and keep. Work as if you were to live 100 years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. All progress springs from work. Work has laid the foundation of every fortune in America. – Benjamin Franklin
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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.
We have six through IU split 4 and 2 between 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:
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.
IU was selling tickets before they won the game so it wasn't just the 2 participating schools because they had no idea who was going to win.
This is true but with a caveat. We’ve already been told we have at least four seats in Miami if we win Friday, but we don’t yet have anything in hand / inbox, and we don’t know the location of the seats.
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