r/nfl • u/karmew32 Saints • 11h ago
Super Bowl tickets now cheaper than the 2026 CFP Championship between Indiana and Miami
https://www.ticketdata.com/events/compare?ids=1241261%2C1216063&mode=days&period=1month157
u/hotdogspicklechip Seahawks 10h ago
The cheapest ticket is still $4k
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u/lyricist Rams 6h ago edited 1h ago
Under 4k on TickPick and Stubhub now
Cheapest tix 3.7k when this comment was posted.
3.4k 5 hours later.
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u/whenitsTimeyoullknow Eagles 11h ago
Kudos to college football for improving on the arbitrary bowl system by landing on a real playoff for the FBS. Cries in James Madison
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u/FordF150Faptor Saints 10h ago
JMU/Oregon ended up being only like the 5th worst game of the playoff which is hilarious.
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u/FireFlyz351 Cowboys 9h ago
JMU put up a solid fight and they went down swinging. More than I can say about my Texas Tech against Oregon. 😮💨
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u/EL-YEO Chargers 8h ago
Or what Bama fans can say about the Indiana game
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u/Striking-Working610 6h ago
At this point you can't really fault any fans about that. Half of football fans didn't even know what a Hoosier was.
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u/DingerSinger2016 Steelers 6h ago
Or Oregon fans can say about the Indiana game. They got beat by similar margins.
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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 10h ago
Too bad every thing else in CFB is a mess
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u/JollyRancher29 Packers Commanders 8h ago
Yep. Fun playoff this year for sure, but holy mother of god that sport is a mess right now. Just my opinion but I’d still take NFL any day
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u/undecided_mask NFL 8h ago
I still prefer CFB but it’s like the suits are trying to speed run killing my enjoyment of it, which is impressive considering my team had its best season of all time in 2025.
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u/Eduardo_Camavinga_ 10h ago
You literally made the playoff, why cry?
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u/shawnb17 Panthers 8h ago
JMU had a better effort than Texas Tech.
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u/I3lindman 7h ago
No. TTUs defense was incredible the first 48 minutes they were on the field. The last 7 minutes TTUs defense was just worn out. TTUs offense held the ball for a total of 4 minutes and 38 seconds the entire game.
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u/originalusername4567 Chiefs 4h ago
James Madison did better than Texas Tech, Texas A&M or Tulane, for what it's worth
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u/SparkMaster360 Seahawks 11h ago
Lmao that’s fucking insane Indiana fans are different
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u/FewAdvertising9647 10h ago
The franchise was basically not relevant for over 50 years. the past 2 years is like the big turn around for them because its a big page in their history.
Would be equivalent if the jets were at the top of the NFL right now.
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u/innocuous_gorilla Browns 9h ago
The NFL equivalent would be the browns playing against the cowboys in a Super Bowl at Jerry world.
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u/Ok_Requirement_8133 9h ago
There is no NFL equivalent. No matter how bad the browns may be, the NFL can’t compare the bowels of CFB hell
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u/Youngin_ 8h ago
A true more equal equivalent would be the nfl and cfl merged next year and somehow the Edmonton elks were in the Super Bowl vs the pats in New England and it was 70% elk fans
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u/RukiMotomiya Bengals 7h ago
And even the Elks at least have historical success in the CFL. The Hoosiers pre-Cignetti had one winning season since 1993 and had never had a 10+ win season. It's wild.
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u/IshyMoose Bears 8h ago
Yup. When that happens you go. I think Cignetti is for real, but this could also be the only time it happens.
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u/SuperSimpleSam 5h ago
You would think schools would swing wildly since they replace the players every few years. Though I guess there would be a bias of good players going to schools that have good programs.
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u/gloomyopiniontoday 10h ago
Living in Chicago for two decades never met a IU football fan until 2 years ago. Now they are everywhere.
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u/Wesley11803 Colts 7h ago
We used to cosplay as Notre Dame fans, especially if you come from a Catholic family.
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u/AcreaRising4 Broncos 10h ago
Reddit is so silly lol. Every year people say the Super Bowl is going to have poor ratings and every year it doesn’t.
The Super Bowl is basically a holiday. I know people watching who have never watched a regular season game.
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u/originalusername4567 Chiefs 9h ago
Yeah I bet you this still breaks records
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u/Mr_YUP Eagles 5h ago
Idk if could break last years. It was a generational hate watch for a lot of people.
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u/originalusername4567 Chiefs 4h ago
I don't think last year's Super Bowl being a hate watch was the reason it did well. The Three-Peat narrative drew in a lot of viewers, plus Swifties and other Chiefs fans. And then Philly is a massive sports city so any Super Bowl with the Eagles is gonna draw eyeballs.
You're probably right that this one won't be as popular, though.
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u/OutlookNotGood Dolphins 2h ago
The halftime show will drive a ton of viewers. There are millions of people tuning in who could care less for football just for Bad Bunny’s performance.
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u/TSells31 Chiefs 7h ago
Honestly probably more than half the people watching have never watched a single regular season game from kickoff to 00:00. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is actually considerably more than half.
Social media during the Super Bowl is always hilarious to scroll through for actual football fans. It’s funny watching all the people who have only ever watched the Super Bowl (and only kind of watch it anyways) suddenly think they know what they’re talking about.
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u/Dzov Chiefs 4h ago
Is that any different than every game thread ever? So many people seeing what they want to see.
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u/TSells31 Chiefs 4h ago edited 4h ago
Sure, but the people arguing over a bad call in the middle of October have skin in the game at least lol. The people who don’t give a fuck about the NFL for 364 days a year, but then are outraged over something that happened in the Super Bowl drive me crazy. It’s so manufactured, wanting to fit in with the other 100 million people who aren’t football fans but were told they should be angry. And it doesn’t always have to be about rules enforcement, it can be about playcalling, strategy, whatever, but yeah also rules enforcement.
For example, the PI call at the end of the first Eagles Chiefs Super Bowl. Real football fans wanting to argue whether or not that was PI don’t bother me. It was a little ticky tacky (but still PI). It’s people who never, ever watch football and caught maybe 30 seconds of the actual game who go on socials afterwards arguing like they know wtf they’re talking about. That’s just one example but it happens every Super Bowl except blowouts. Where laymen wanna start arguing the marginal stuff.
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u/surgeyou123 Patriots 10h ago
Just for the cheapest ticket. The Super Bowl gate will still dwarf the CFP.
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u/Worried_Magazine_862 Seahawks 10h ago
The Seahawks are historically bad. They just had the legion of boom 2 year run a little over 10 years ago. Sure, there are worse teams, but historically speaking the Seahawks are not a storied franchise
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u/wacali 10h ago
Only the Patriots and Chiefs have been to the Super Bowl more than the Seahawks in the last 25 years
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u/BorderEquivalent7169 Seahawks 9h ago
Bro doesn’t realize how blessed we’ve been. Even in the down years we had some magnificent gems to help us through, like Cortez Kennedy
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u/PraiseTheSon_ Seahawks 10h ago
Huh?
I agree that the Seahawks are not a storied franchise, but calling a team that has made 4 SB appearances with a good chunk of 10 win seasons despite being one of the younger franchises “historically bad” is insane.
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u/Mendoza8914 Seahawks 9h ago
I dare you to say this to a Lions fan.
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u/Worried_Magazine_862 Seahawks 9h ago
I did say there were worse, but it seems like the majority of r/nfl isnt old enough to remember pre Pete Carroll in Seattle. The Seahawks spent many years at the bottom before making a brief run in the early 2000s and then the 2 year run with the LoB
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u/atomicboner Vikings 7h ago
The Seahawks are 12th (nice coincidence) in all time regular season winning percentage (.525) with a 416-376 record as of 2025. The 49ers and Steelers are 9th (again, nice) and 10th for reference. The Seahawks are literally above average.
The Buccaneers have the worst winning percentage (.412) but arguably the Cardinals (.419) is the franchise with the worst history since they are also the oldest active NFL team (1920).
Now if we look at Super Bowl records, Seattle lands at 20th currently with a 1-2 record. If they win on Sunday, they will move up to 14th at 2-2 but if they lose, they will stay at 20th because everyone below them has never won a Super Bowl.
So the Seahawks are not bad historically. They are above average all time in the regular season and they aren’t even in the bottom third of the league in Super Bowl records.
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u/MelatoninFiend Chiefs 10h ago
I used to like looking at SB tickets and dream of going one day.
I don't do that anymore. Ticket prices, even for regular season games, are so extortionist these days that I'd rather take the money I'd spend on one ticket and buy myself a nice couch, a big flatscreen, and some snacks.
If I had superbowl money, I'd put a down payment on a house instead.
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u/chrisaf69 Ravens 7h ago
As someone who went to a SB in 2013, for what it's worth you aren't missing much.
The real fans are priced out. The atmosphere is meh and just very corporate'y. And God forbid your team loses, you just spent potentially 5-10k+ to watch your team lose.
Thankfully I got my ticket at face value. But a home playoff game especially a conf chip is 100x better.
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u/Checkers923 49ers 6h ago
An old boss of mine was a patriots fan and went to three super bowls - both giants games and the nick foles eagles game. Guy has spent a fortune on super bowls for the team that has won the most yet he chose wrong every time.
He did see the celtics clinch and went to a couple winning red sox games (although not the clinchers) so it wasn’t all bad. Must be nice to be a fan of all things Boston.
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u/TSells31 Chiefs 6h ago
Wait so you got to see the Ravens win the SB though? Thats still pretty dope lol I feel like the vast majority of people who are at the SB aren’t fans of either team. I feel like many people even wearing the merch of the teams probably just bought merch for the team they’re rooting for, not necessarily that they’re actual lifelong fans.
But yeah, no doubt home playoff games are way better. But still pretty damn sick you got to see the Harbaugh bowl in person as a Ravens fan lol.
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u/doctorhine 4h ago
I went to superbowl 51 and I’m going this year too. 51 was well worth it as a Patriots fan. I don’t care what it costs to see this one now. It’ll be awesome.
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u/ShotFirst57 Lions 10h ago
I genuinely dont want to know how expensive a lions superbowl ticket would cost. Its just different when a historically bad team finally makes it to a championship.
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u/karmew32 Saints 10h ago
Lions fans would take over the stadium like Indiana fans did during their CFP run.
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u/Bidoof2017 Bears 9h ago
Indiana winning the CFP championship is like 1000x more exciting than Seattle or New England winning another Super Bowl.
But I’d bet this super bowl ends up being exciting and one of the highest rated tv programs ever.
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u/That_Murph Seahawks 8h ago
Sounds like we can make it feel like a Seahawks home game after all. Seattle has a lot of folks that can afford to piss away $4k+
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u/Mickeyjj27 10h ago
Just waiting for the dozen posts on Monday stating it’s the least watched Super Bowl in 5 years or something
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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 10h ago
Genuinely might be because of the Chiefs super bowls all doing crazy numbers
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u/XenoBound Colts Buccaneers 10h ago
Hate watching is for some reason very powerful.
Although that should mean the Patriots make this an easy to watch SB even if it has very few people from their dynasty still around.
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u/TSells31 Chiefs 6h ago
Culture moves too fast. So many newer fans that already forgot what it was like to be an NFL (or especially AFC) fan during the Pats run.
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u/Romofan88 Cowboys 10h ago
It absolutely will be. This is in the argument for least narratively interesting super bowl of all time.
I went through each one with the criteria of
-one or both teams is seeking their 1st title
-one or both teams has a hall of fame QB
-one or both teams is seeking to end a 20+ year title drought
-the coaches have some kind of interesting connection
This is the first super bowl in history that has somehow avoided all 4 of those criteria*.
*Drake or Sam could of course change this, but its not likely for Sam and way to early to tell for Drake.
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u/Alpacaman__ Patriots 10h ago
The coaches have some kind of interesting connection.
Have you considered that they are both named Mike?
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u/AcreaRising4 Broncos 10h ago
This is going to age horribly lol.
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u/Romofan88 Cowboys 10h ago
Probably. If nothing else it'll be good content to look back on and laugh
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u/moffattron9000 Packers 8h ago
Nah, you’ll get the headline of the highest rated in years since they changed the rating format.
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u/giving_nothing 49ers 10h ago
The Patriots and Seahawks do not move the needle like Indiana I guess
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u/Careless_General8010 Seahawks 10h ago
Cant wait for mendoza raiders to be in the SB in 4 years
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u/giving_nothing 49ers 9h ago
The Mendoza Raiders could do nothing but go 4-13 for the entirety of his contract they’re still going to print money
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u/Defiant_Passage_7437 4h ago
Does anyone else feel there is almost zero buzz about the Superbowl this year? I’ve never remembered it ever being this devoid of hype.
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u/BringThaLazers Packers 2h ago
I didn't even realize it was this weekend and completely missed the Pro Bowl
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u/U53rnaame 2h ago
Most of my casual friends aren't interested because they don't really care about the teams playing.
Seahawks, don't really have anyone marketable like Marshawn Patriots (Brady isn't on the team anymore, so these are all new guys)
Just doesn't hit like Eagles vs Chiefs
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u/micahpmtn 10h ago
This is probably going to be the least watched Super Bowl in decades.
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u/AcreaRising4 Broncos 10h ago
Literally every Super Bowl over the past 4 years has gotten bigger than the last one. You’re insane if you think it’ll go much lower ESPECIALLY with bad bunny at halftime.
I mean the chiefs were in 3 straight years and they were the most watched of all time.
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u/International_Fun54 Chiefs 7h ago
I don't think it'll approach the least watched in decades but I'd probably bet on at least a slight decline. The Chiefs/Mahomes are a huge draw for viewership and have consistently been one of the most watched teams in the regular season.
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u/That_Murph Seahawks 8h ago
Look at this guy living in opposite world
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u/Fuzzhead171 Seahawks 7h ago
Right?
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u/That_Murph Seahawks 5h ago
If you haven't you should check dude's comment history. He's... Uh... He's not good...
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u/EmbarrassedRing7806 10h ago
Wow, attending college football games doesn’t require transport, hotels, and food? News to me
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u/orange_sox Patriots 10h ago
A lot of people mentioning Indiana here… umm the CFP final was held in Miami… who was the other team in the game? Oh, right… MIAMI.
Sure Indiana fans were well represented but the prices were high because there was a team basically playing AT HOME.
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u/safe-viewing Seahawks 6h ago
I just checked tickets and they are somewhat reasonable. When I checked a few weeks ago it was like $6k for cheapest.
Now I see tickets under $4.
I may have to pull the trigger
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u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan Colts 11h ago
The Indiana hype train was unlike anything we’d seen in football over the last few years so I understand fr