TicketCity Reveals Top 25 Hottest Games to Kickoff the 2010 College Football Season

With Less Than One Week before Kickoff, Demand for the Hottest Games is High

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the countdown to college football season well underway, much anticipation is surrounding the first weekend of games. Recent conference changes and the crop of new talent making their debut ensure that the 2010 football season will have some unpredictable, yet exciting surprises. TicketCity highlights some teams not to be missed and counts down the most popular games of the season based on ticket sales, prices, customer inquiries, and searches on TicketCity.com.

“I just love the buzz around our office these days, because we’re just as excited for the season to get underway.”

TicketCity CEO Randy Cohen describes the excitement around the kickoff weekend: “College football fans are some of the most passionate sports fans around and this weekend kicks off arguably the most exciting time of the year. We can hear it in their voices when we’re talking to them and our entire staff is working our hardest to ensure great experiences for fans at the games, wherever they might be headed,” say Cohen. “I just love the buzz around our office these days, because we’re just as excited for the season to get underway.”

The beginning of the season presents some great matchups but there is a lot of buzz about Miami at Ohio State on September 11^th, which could very well end up being one of the best games of the year. These teams have not met since the 2003 BCS Championship game and both have possible Heisman-hopeful quarterbacks. This game is in high demand with the average price on the secondary market at $427. TicketCity currently offers tickets starting at $215.

Number one ranked Alabama in pre-season polls will definitely be looking to come out strong and defend their national championship title. The recently expanded Bryant-Denny stadium pushes capacity to 101,000 and should be worth the new experience. Two great Alabama games not to be missed in September include the September 11^th Penn State at Alabama game and the September 25^th Alabama at Arkansas game.

Additional must see games include:

Rank	Game	Game Date	Average Price	TicketCity.com Starting Price
1	Oklahoma at Texas	10/2	$532	$254
2	Michigan at Ohio State	11/27	$551	$250
3	Penn State at Alabama	9/11	$541	$240
4	Georgia vs Florida	10/30	$481	$209
5	Texas at Nebraska	10/16	$469	$260
6	Alabama at LSU	11/6	$452	$223
7	Auburn at Alabama	11/26	$443	$222
8	Miami at Ohio State	9/11	$427	$215
9	Florida at Alabama	10/2	$413	$209
10	Penn State at Ohio State	11/13	$394	$185
11	Texas Tech vs Baylor	10/9	$195	$47
12	Navy vs Army	12/11	$255	$80
13	Michigan at Notre Dame	9/11	$318	$179
14	USC at UCLA	12/4	$312	$122
15	LSU at Florida	10/9	$307	$111
16	Florida at Florida State	11/27	$260	$105
17	Ohio State at Iowa	11/20	$296	$185
18	Nebraska at Washington	9/18	$280	$175
19	Florida State at Oklahoma	9/11	$280	$140
20	Northwestern vs Illinois	11/20	$275	$129
21	Oklahoma at Oklahoma State	11/27	$271	$151
22	Penn State at Iowa	10/2	$263	$120
23	Notre Dame at Boston College	10/2	$262	$150
24	Texas at Texas Tech	9/18	$262	$159
25	West Virginia at LSU	9/25	$206	$105

-Data is as of August 31, 2010. Average Price is generated from secondary market tickets listed on TicketCity.com (approximately 800 brokers). All prices are per ticket. Prices are subject to change.

There are also many games being played on neutral territory drawing a traveling crowd in September including the Chick-fil-A Classic on September 4^th in Atlanta with LSU vs. North Carolina. This is a big game to attend with both teams hoping to kick-off the season with a big non-conference win. Atlanta is great neutral ground for fans to attend the first matchup of the season and ESPN Game Day will hold its first broadcast at this game. Lower-level tickets are still available at Ticketcity.com for as low as $28 while supplies last.

Another key neutral territory game is TCU vs. Oregon State at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on September 4^th. With TCU arguably fighting for a solid chance at a BCS championship, this first game for TCU will set the tone for their season. Tickets are still available starting at $55 a ticket. More great neutral territory games are ahead in October and November.

Each week, TicketCity counts down the most popular games of the season, as evidenced by ticket sales, prices, customer inquiries, and search on TicketCity.com. TicketCity will continue to update the hottest games list each Monday. View the comprehensive Top 25 list by visiting the TicketCity.com web site and searching for Top 25.

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