BYU’s showdown with Notre Dame is commanding the biggest ticket prices of any college football game this weekend, and it’s not especially close.
As of Monday evening on SeatGeek, the get-in price for BYU-Notre Dame sat at $450. That makes it the priciest entry point among a loaded slate that features six top 25 matchups and four top 15 games.
Ohio State-Indiana is the only other contest even in the same neighborhood at the gate, with a get-in price of $406. The top five matchup does feature the weekend’s highest listed ticket at $5,799, but that still falls short of the biggest prices attached to BYU-Notre Dame. Alabama-Tennessee checks in third among the weekend’s most expensive games and is also the only other matchup with a get-in price above $300.
The pricing fits the moment in Provo. BYU-Notre Dame is the first top 10 matchup ever held at LaVell Edwards Stadium, and plenty of fans have pointed to it as the biggest home game for the Cougars since they beat no.
1 Miami in 1990. There’s also a broader layer here: the playoff implications and the chance for BYU to make a statement for itself and the Big 12.
That’s the backdrop for a program that has been kept out of the College Football Playoff even after winning 23 games in 2024 and 2025. After two blowout losses to Texas Tech last season, BYU took on the image of a team that couldn’t hang with the sport’s best.
Saturday gives the Cougars a shot to change that story. A win over Notre Dame could push BYU into the top five and, for the first time in its playoff pursuit, give the Cougars some wiggle room.
The demand has also pushed secondary-market prices into rare territory. Multiple tickets on both the east and west sides are listed at more than $13,000 apiece, the highest prices on SeatGeek.
One row of seats on the west side, even though it’s near the very top, is listed at just under $8,800 per ticket. The priciest end zone seat is on the southwest side and comes in at just under $6,600.
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