BYU’s showdown with Notre Dame is drawing some of the priciest tickets in college football this weekend, and the number only underscores how much is packed into Saturday night in Provo.
As of Wednesday, the cheapest available seat for No. 8 BYU against No.
2 Notre Dame at LaVell Edwards Stadium was listed at $429, including fees, on TicketData. That made it the second-most expensive game on the Week 7 schedule, trailing only No.
4 Ohio State’s visit to No. 5 Indiana, which had a get-in price of $474.
Ticket prices for BYU-Notre Dame have already fallen 13% over the past three days, though they figures are expected to keep moving as kickoff gets closer. The weather should help the scene, too: forecasts call for sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s at kickoff after the stretch of weather Utahns have seen recently.
The game is set for 5:30 p.m. MT on ABC.
The market says plenty about the matchup itself. Both teams are unbeaten, with BYU sitting at 5-0 and Notre Dame at 6-0, and the Cougars have a chance to strengthen their College Football Playoff case against one of the sport’s most recognizable programs. It will also be the first time BYU has hosted a game between two top-10 teams.
Notre Dame arrives with a No. 1-ranked defense and impact talent on both sides of the ball, which puts the spotlight on a BYU defense that also ranks in the top 10. The Cougars will have to create problems for the Irish by forcing turnovers, generating plays behind the line and getting pressure on the quarterback.
Saturday brings another milestone for the program, too. ESPN’s “College GameDay” will be on BYU’s campus for the first time in 17 years before kickoff, adding a national stage to a game already carrying major attention.
For BYU, the stakes go beyond the buzz. A win over Notre Dame would give the Cougars a major lift in the playoff conversation after they were left out of the CFP last year, and it would put the program in front of a national audience on ABC.
The weekend’s schedule is loaded with ranked matchups elsewhere, including No. 6 Alabama against No.
14 Tennessee, No. 9 Ole Miss against No.
13 Missouri and No. 16 Mississippi State against No.
22 LSU. Alabama-Tennessee at Neyland Stadium sits just behind BYU-Notre Dame and Ohio State-Indiana on the price list, with a get-in price of $337.
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