Penn State’s first Big Ten win of the Matt Campbell era came against Purdue, but it doesn’t appear to have changed the appetite for the next road trip all that much. The Nittany Lions head to Washington in Week 10, and while the ticket market is a little pricier than it was for Purdue, the numbers still point to a modest turnout.
The get-in range for Penn State’s game against the Huskies sits between $53 and $75. That lines up with Washington’s stronger record - the Huskies have back-to-back Big Ten wins - and with the fact that the game is being played in Seattle. Even so, the location is working against a big Penn State crowd, and a small turnout looks like the likeliest outcome.
There is at least some context for why the prices are holding up. Washington’s final home game of the season against No.
3 Indiana is in a similar range, and Penn State’s name still carries weight. Add in how uncommon it is for the Nittany Lions to travel to Seattle, and the market starts to make sense.
Penn State-Washington tickets are listed at $75 on StubHub, $63 on Vivid Seats and $53 on SeatGeek.
Penn State football 2026 schedule
Sept. 5 vs. Marshall, W 45-0
Sept 12 at Temple, W, 27-9
Sept. 19 vs. Buffalo, W, 55-13
Sept. 26 vs. Wisconsin, L, 24-20
Oct. 2 at Northwestern, L, 34-13
Oct. 10 vs. USC, L, 31-23
Oct. 17 at Michigan, L, 21-18
Oct. 31 vs. Purdue, W, 31-17
Nov. 7 at Washington
Nov. 14 vs. Minnesota
Nov. 21 vs. Rutgers
Nov. 28 at Maryland
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