Season Sales Up 42% Compared to 2023; New Teams to SEC and
Big Ten Reap Sizable Growth
NEW
YORK, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the
2024 college football season, StubHub, the world's leading
marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, has released
its annual College Football Season Preview, revealing the
top-selling teams, conferences, games and trends of the season.
Sales are up 42% compared to last season's start, with the Big Ten
recording the biggest growth this year from the acquisition of four
new teams, making it the largest conference. As defending
champions, Michigan reclaims the
#1 position among in-demand teams on StubHub, and, major growth for
other teams demonstrates the impact of the conference
realignments.
Key highlights include:
- Big Ten Sales Double on StubHub - the biggest sales
growth for a conference
- Wolverines unseat Alabama to
claim #1 for the second time in StubHub history
- The Buckeyes sales on StubHub are up nearly 4x over last
year
- The Michigan-Ohio State matchup is the most in-demand classic
rivalry
- The USC Trojans see the second biggest growth with sales
up 7x
- The Vegas Kickoff Classic featuring the Trojans and LSU Tigers
is the best-selling game on StubHub
- SEC Leads Sales with Most Teams On The Top 10 List - the
SEC outsells #2, the Big Ten, by nearly 30%
- The Longhorns boast their highest ranking ever ahead of the
season with sales up 5x
- Alabama, coming in at #4,
leads legacy SEC teams
- Conference Shakeups Create New Highly-Anticipated Matchups
- Conference realignment creates and reignites historic
rivalries
- Georgia at Texas is the #1 in-demand realignment game,
and has sold 41% more tickets than the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry
matchup
- After a 13-year hiatus, the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry is back
and is already the fifth most in-demand college football game on
StubHub, even though it's late in the season
- The Ducks hosting the Buckeyes in October is driving the most
demand for new conference matchups in the Big Ten, doubling
the sales of the next best-selling new Big Ten matchup, when the
Trojans visit the Wolverines
"This year marks an exciting new era in college football with
conference realignment and an expanded college playoff landscape
sure to bring more high-stakes, late-season matchups," said
Adam Budelli, spokesperson for
StubHub. "Football dynasties like Alabama and Michigan continue to drive big demand, but
schools like Texas and
USC recorded their highest sales in
StubHub history after moving to the SEC and Big Ten."
StubHub's Top In-Demand 2024 College Football Teams
- Michigan Wolverines
- Texas Longhorns
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Georgia Bulldogs
- USC Trojans
- Florida Gators
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Penn State Nittany Lions
Based on cumulative ticket sales on StubHub for the 2024
season, as of August 7,
2024.
StubHub's Top Trending 2024 College Football Teams
- SMU Mustangs | ACC - switch from AAC
- USC Trojans | Big Ten - switch
from Pac-12
- UCLA Bruins | Big Ten - switch from Pac-12
- Texas Longhorns | SEC - switch
from Big 12
- Oklahoma Sooners | SEC - switch from Big 12
- Oregon Ducks | Big Ten - switch from Pac-12
- Washington Huskies | Big Ten -
switch from Pac-12
- Arizona Wildcats | Big 12 - switch from Pac-12
- Pittsburgh Panthers | ACC
- Texas A&M Aggies | SEC
*Based on power conference teams with the highest rate of
increase in cumulative StubHub ticket sales for the 2024 season, as
of August 7, 2024, compared to sales
ahead of the 2023 season.
Full data and insights from the College Football season preview
can be found at stubhub.com/2024collegefootballpreview.
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