The Colorado Buffaloes’ next home date at Folsom Field is shaping up to be one of the cheapest tickets on their 2026 slate, and the market keeps drifting lower as kickoff gets closer.
Houston is the opponent, and while Colorado is coming off a loss, there is still some hope looming from its Halloween performance against Kansas State. For fans hoping to be in the building, the resale market is offering a far friendlier entry point than some of the Buffaloes’ other home games this season.
Right now, resale tickets for Colorado-Houston are showing up in the $28 to $38 range depending on the marketplace and what inventory is available. TicketData lists the cheapest pair at about $18 per ticket. StubHub’s starting point is around $35 per ticket, with fees attached and multiple options in the upper levels of Folsom Field.
Those bargain prices sit well below the broader market picture. TickPick shows average prices above $200, while other resale estimates have placed typical tickets anywhere from $11 to $167. That spread reflects the mix of seats still on the board, from lower-level sections to sideline spots and premium locations.
Compared with Colorado’s other home games, Houston stands out immediately. The Buffaloes’ season opener against Weber State opened around $62 through the university ticket office.
Conference matchups climbed fast from there, with Texas Tech starting at $131 and Utah reaching $158. Kansas State tickets began at $88, and the university’s original starting price for Houston was listed at $78.
The secondary market has followed the same pattern. Arizona State resale tickets opened between $84 and $99, while Utah entry-level resale prices moved into the $125 to $140 range. Houston’s current numbers are well below both, giving fans a shot at tickets for less than half the price of some earlier conference home games.
What makes this one especially notable is the direction of the market. TicketData’s historical tracker shows the cheapest available tickets were first listed at about $220 when tracking began in December 2025.
By October, that number had fallen to roughly $52 to $58, then dropped to $40 on Nov. 1 and about $34 on Nov. 5.
The lowest tracked listing reached around $28, an 87 percent drop from the original tracked high. Over the last 30 days, prices have also fallen by about 50 percent.
That late slide is the unusual part. Instead of a rush upward as game day nears, the market has kept slipping.
For fans thinking about going, that could mean the best deals are still ahead of kickoff. Still, the cheapest ticket is not always the best value once seat location and fees enter the picture.
StubHub, TickPick, Vivid Seats and SeatGeek are all worth checking before buying, and the University of Colorado’s official ticket office may still have primary-market inventory available.
For fans waiting for a more affordable chance to get into Folsom Field, Houston looks like the one.
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