If there was any question on the buzz for the upcoming season for Ohio State football, consider the demand for tickets according to the popular secondary ticket-selling website StubHub.
For the first time since StubHub has been keeping track, Ohio State is the No. 1 in-demand ticket on the secondary market before the start of the season. The Buckeyes dethroned last year’s leader in ticket demand, Alabama, by enjoying a 500% increase in ticket sales over the 2021 preseason.
A big part of the increase in demand can be attributed to the season-opening, top-five titanic tussle between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish on September 3. According to data provided from StubHub, OSU vs. Notre Dame is the second most in-demand game for the season and the top in-demand game for Week 1.
“Anticipation to see Heisman favorite C.J. Stroud has Ohio State’s strong fanbase fired up,” said Adam Budelli, spokesperson for StubHub. “The Buckeyes top StubHub’s list of the most in-demand teams, seeing six times the ticket sales compared to last year, which also makes them the team garnering the biggest jump in demand from the start of last season. Their epic matchup with Notre Dame is our best-selling Week 1 game by a wide margin and represents the second-highest sales of any game of the season.”
But what other teams are in-demand so far this year according to StubHub secondary ticket sales? We list the top ten for you.
10
LSU Tigers
9
Auburn Tigers
8
Penn State Nittany Lions
7
Michigan Wolverines
6
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5
Texas A&M Aggies
4
Georgia Bulldogs
3
Texas Longhorns
2
Alabama Crimson Tide
1
Ohio State Buckeyes
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