The Most Expensive Seats in College Football

The start of the college football season is more than a month away, yet the ticket market is already hopping, with seats at more than a dozen games fetching more than $1,000. Bloomberg Businessweek asked ticket search engine SeatGeek to sort out the most expensive seats at the most in-demand games for the upcoming season. Herewith, the NCAA’s hottest tickets, ranked by price fetched to filter out the overly bullish sellers (and limited to one seat per game).

University of Alabama at Texas A&M, Sept. 14
Seat: Field level sideline, section 105, row 27
Price: $2,500
Game average: $604.15
Because: Last November, the Aggies visited Alabama for the first time and upset the top-ranked Crimson Tide 29-24 on the strength of two touchdowns and 253 passing yards by freshman quarterback sensation Johnny “Football” Manziel. It was Alabama’s only loss; the team went on to trounce Notre Dame for a second straight national championship. The Tide, and their maniacal faithful, come looking for revenge.