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Alabama vs. LSU is the Hottest Ticket in College Football

By C.J. Schexnayder
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The Alabama vs. LSU tilt on Nov. 5 is currently the hottest ticket of the 2011 football season. According to FanSnap, a search engine that collects data from various online ticket resale websites, the average price for the game in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Nov. 5 is now $694. That's up from $675 earlier this week and about $425 at the end of September. All for a ticket that has a $70 face value.

Last year's LSU vs Bama contest in Baton Rouge had an average price of $385.

The next hottest ticket for 2011 is, unsurprisingly, the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State tilt on Dec. 3. FanSnap says the average price for the game in Stillwater is currently $629. Obviously the ticket prices for both of these games are expected to increase as kickoff gets closer.

Michael Janes, the CEO of FanSnap, told Roll Bama Roll the demand for tickets this season is unusually high.

"It is not typical to see six college football games in a season with $400+ average ticket market prices," he said.

After the jump, you'll find the list of the Top 20 average ticket resale prices for college football games this season through Oct. 17 as tallied by FanSnap.

Top 20 Average Ticket Resale Prices in College Football as of 10/18/11
Date Game Price Stadium City Attnd
Nov. 5 LSU vs Alabama $694 Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL n/a
Dec. 3 Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State $629 Boon Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK n/a
Sept. 10 Notre Dame vs Michigan $475 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 111,106
Oct. 8 Oklahoma vs Texas $456 The Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 96,009
Oct. 1 Nebraska vs Wisconsin $440 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI 81,384
Oct. 8 Ohio State vs Nebraska $425 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE 85,426
Sept. 10 Alabama vs Penn State $385 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA 107,846
Nov. 26 Alabama vs Auburn $382 Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL n/a
Oct. 22 USC vs Notre Dame $357 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN n/a
Sept. 3 LSU vs Oregon $355 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX 87,711
Nov. 26 Ohio State @ Michigan $352 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI n/a
Nov. 25 Iowa vs Nebraska $330 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE n/a
Dec. 10 Navy vs Army $318 FedEx Field Washington, DC n/a
Oct.  1 Alabama vs Florida $288 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL 90,888
Oct. 22 Auburn vs LSU $275 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA n/a
Nov. 12 Auburn vs Georgia $253 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA n/a
Nov. 12 Nebraska vs Penn State $248 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA n/a
Nov. 26 Florida State vs Florida $243 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL n/a
Oct. 29 Florida vs Georgia $241 EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL n/a
Oct. 29 Michigan State vs Nebraska $173 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE n/a

Games listed in italics have already been played.

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