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Storylines abound for the fast-approaching bowl season. The BCS National Championship Game is the hottest ticket this year. The Bama-Texas matchup will be the first meeting in more than 30 years for two of the most storied programs in college football history. The Crimson Tide boasts Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram in the backfield. Longhorn QB Colt McCoy came in a close third in Heisman voting. Bama and Texas are undefeated going into the National Championship game.

Rose Bowl tickets are the second hottest ticket this bowl season. Oregon fans dominate ticket searches 3:1 over fans searching from Ohio. Look for lots of green in Pasadena.

The Gator Bowl isn’t a BCS bowl, but still ranks as the #3 most searched game. look for Florida State fans to bid head coach Bobby Bowden a fond farewell. The Gator Bowl will be Bobby Bowden’s curtain call as the Seminoles take on the Mountaineers in the last game of Bowden’s 34-year run at FSU.

Here’s the top 25 hottest college bowl tickets:

1. Citi BCS National Championship Game tickets: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Texas Longhorns
Average ticket price = $1,000 (get-in price = $600)

2. Rose Bowl tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
Average ticket price = $409 (get-in price = $225)

3. Konica Minolta Gator Bowl tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
Average ticket price = $169 (get-in price = $77)

4. Allstate Sugar Bowl tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
Average ticket price = $146 (get-in price = $45)

5. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
Average ticket price = $130 (get-in price = $40)

6. AT&T Cotton Bowl tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Mississippi Rebels
Average ticket price = $215 (get-in price = $77)

7. FedEx Orange Bowl tickets: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
Average ticket price = $219 (get-in price = $60)

8. Capital One Bowl tickets: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
Average ticket price = $83 (get-in price = $25)

9. Chick-fil-A Bowl (Peach Bowl) tickets: Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Tennessee Volunteers
Average ticket price = $125 (get-in price = $37)

10. Pacific Life Holiday Bowl tickets: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Arizona Wildcats
Average ticket price = $190 (get-in price = $55)

11. Valero Alamo Bowl tickets: Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
Average ticket price = $170 (get-in price = $30)

12. Maaco Las Vegas Bowl tickets: Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars

13. Emerald Bowl tickets: Boston College Eagles vs. USC Trojans

14. Champs Sports Bowl tickets: Miami Hurricanes vs. Wisconsin Badgers
Average ticket price = $142 (get-in price = $92)

15. AutoZone Liberty Bowl tickets: East Carolina Pirates vs. Arkansas Razorbacks
Average ticket price = $95 (get-in price = $54)

16. AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl tickets: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Georgia Bulldogs

17. Gaylords Hotels Music City Bowl tickets: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Clemson Tigers

18. Brut Sun Bowl tickets: Stanford Cardinal vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Average ticket price = $157 (get-in price = $92)

19. Meineke Car Care Bowl tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers

20. Texas Bowl tickets: Navy Midshipmen vs. Missouri Tigers
Average ticket price = $66 (get-in price = $4)

21. Outback Bowl tickets: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Auburn Tigers
Average ticket price = $94 (get-in price = $72)

22. GMAC Bowl tickets: Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Troy Trojans
Average ticket price = $60 (get-in price = $42)

23. 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl tickets: UCF vs. Rutgers

24. EagleBank Bowl tickets: Temple Owls vs. Army or UCLA
Average ticket price = $82 (get-in price = $66)

25. Insight Bowl tickets: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
Average ticket price = $56 (get-in price = $20)

Other Bowls

• Little Caesars Pizza Bowl tickets: Ohio Bobcats vs. Marshall Thundering Herd
• PapaJohns.com Bowl tickets: Connecticut Huskies vs. South Carolina Gamecocks
• Roadys Humanitarian Bowl tickets: Idaho Vandals vs. Bowling Green Falcons
• New Mexico Bowl tickets: Wyoming Cowboys vs Fresno State Bulldogs
• San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl tickets: Utah Utes vs. California Bears
• Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl tickets: Air Force Falcons vs. Houston Cougars
• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl tickets: Middle Tennessee State vs. Southern Miss
• Sheraton Hawaii Bowl tickets: Nevada Wolfpack vs. SMU Mustangs
• International Bowl tickets: South Florida Bulls vs Northern Illinois Huskies

Find bowl tickets and schedules here.

Happy  bowling,

Christian

For those of you keeping track at home, that is double the number of permanent members to the UN Security Council. Fans from 44 U.S. States, three Canadian provinces, and as far away as India, Pakistan, UK,  Japan, and Cyprus are searching for BCS  tickets and the chance to see the Alabama Crimson Tide battle the Texas Longhorns for the National Championship.

BCS National Championship Tickets are currently averaging upwards of $1,300 with the lowest price ticket listed for $800.

We currently show more than 5,000 listings from 16 of 50+ ticket providers with whom we have live ticket data integration.

Compare that to the Rose Bowl here.

See also:

BCS National Championship Tickets Hottest on List of Top 25 College Bowl Tickets

Christian

Fans from 45 states, the District of Columbia, Mexico, Canada and the Philippines are searching FanSnap for tickets to the 96th Rose Bowl on January 1, 2010 in Pasadena, California. Representing the Pac 10 Conference is the Oregon Ducks. The Ohio State Buckeyes are representing the Big 12 Conference. Ducks fans are hungry for a Rose Bowl win — something that hasn’t happened since 1917.

Fans from Oregon are outsearching fans from Ohio nearly 5:1. The location of the Rose Bowl notwithstanding, fans in states with a Pac-10 school are outsearching Big-12 states more than 10:1.

Rose Bowl tickets are currently averaging $460 with the lowest price tickets listed at $300.

FanSnap currently shows more than 1,500 Rose Bowl tickets listings from 11 of the 50+ providers for whom we have live data streams.

States with the most searches for Rose Bowl ticekts:

• California
• Oregon
• Ohio
• Washington
• Nevada
• Arizona
• Kentucky
• Texas
• Minnesota

Compare that to the BCS National Championship here.

See also:

BCS National Championship Tickets Hottest on List of Top 25 College Bowl Tickets

Christian

The AT&T Cotton Bowl will host the Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels at Cowboys Stadium  in Arlington, Texas Saturday, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Nearly 6,000 Cotton Bowl tickets can currently be found with FanSnap.com for the Rebels vs. Cowboys.

Cotton Bowl ticket prices are currently averaging $195 and are among the hottest Bowl tickets on FanSnap. Fans from 22 states and as far away as China are searching for tickets to see the Rebels battle the Cowboys. Fans from Oklahoma are currently outsearching Mississippi fans more than 2:1.

Tickets start at $66 and average $199 each.

Click on the link to search and compare Cotton Bowl tickets.

See also:

• Texas vs Alabama Tickets to the BCS Championship Top College Bowl Tickets
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

The Allstate Sugar Bowl will host the Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday, Jan 1, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Fans can find 3,000+ tickets with FanSnap.

Tickets start at $110 and average $205 each.

Fans from 20 states and four countries are searching for Sugar Bowl tickets. Searches from Florida are virtually even with searches from Ohio suggesting a pretty event split of Bearcats fans and Gators fans in New Orleans on New Years Day.

Click on the link to search and compare Sugar Bowl tickets.

FanSnap Tickets Map of the Superdome for the Sugar Bowl

See also:

• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels
• Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
• Gator Bowl Tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

Christian

The National Championship game is set and it is huge. Alabama and Texas face off in this year’s BCS National Championship game (BCS National Championship Game: Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Texas Longhorns tickets. Tickets for the January 7 game are averaging $1,376. The get-in price (lowest price ticket) is currently $800.

Here’s how the major bowl ticket picture is looking right now. BCS National Championship tickets average =1,376 (get-in = $800)
Orange Bowl tickets average = $233 (get-in = $63)
Fiesta Bowl tickets average =   $285 (get-in = $110)
Rose Bowl tickets average =     $455 (get-in =  $238)
Sugar Bowl tickets average =  $206 (get-in = $107)

For BCS National Championship tickets, Texans are outsearching Alabamans more than 2:1. People from 36 states and five countries have already searched for National Championship tickets.

Here are the states with the most BCS National Championship tickets searches:

Texas
California
Alabama
New York
Florida
Georgia
New Jersey
Tennessee
Connecticut
South Carolina

See also:

• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels
• Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
• Gator Bowl Tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

Christian

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will host the Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Monday, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Fans can find 7,000+ tickets with FanSnap.

Tickets start at $110 and average $285 each.

Click on the link to search and compare Fiesta Bowl tickets.

FanSnap map of the Fiesta Bowl tickets by row. Searching for tickets to see TCU take on Boise State? Find and compare tickets with FanSnap

See also:

• Texas vs Alabama Tickets to the BCS Championship Top College Bowl Tickets
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels
• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
• Gator Bowl Tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

Christian

We here at FanSnap pride ourselves on our knowledge of sports trivia. We know how many seats are in Yankee Stadium. We know what “single-game onsales” means.  We know how to find the best values on tickets. But, for some reason, we have trouble matching the sponsor to the bowl game. No more.

This handy match game will get us on track. Draw a line between the sponsor and the game. We got 10 right the first time through. Can you do better? Click here to check your answers. Leave your score in the comments or @ messages us @fansnap on Twitter.

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See also:

• Texas vs Alabama Tickets to the BCS Championship Top College Bowl Tickets
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Mississippi Bulldogs
• Gator Bowl Tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

The Rose Bowl presented by Citi will host the Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Fans can find 1,000+ tickets with FanSnap.

Tickets start at $238 and average $455 each.

Click on the link to search and compare Rose Bowl tickets.

FanSnap Ticket Map of the Rose Bowl where the Oregon Ducks will play the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 1 -- compare tickets by row

See also:

• Texas vs Alabama Tickets to the BCS Championship Top College Bowl Tickets
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels
• Meineke Car Care Bowl Tickets: North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

Christian

The Meineke Car Care Bowl will host the North Carolina Tarheels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, Dec 26 at 4:30 p.m. Fans can currently find 3,000+ tickets with FanSnap.

Tickets start at $66 and average $157 each.

Click on the link to search and compare Meineke Car Care Bowl tickets.

See also:

• Texas vs Alabama Tickets to the BCS Championship Top College Bowl Tickets
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets: Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs
• Orange Bowl Tickets: Georgia Tech vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
• Rose Bowl Tickets: Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
• Sugar Bowl Tickets: Florida Gators vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cotton Bowl Tickets: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Ole Miss Rebels
• Gator Bowl Tickets: West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Florida State Seminoles
• The Capital One Bowl Tickets Available: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. LSU Tigers
• Alamo Bowl Tickets Available for Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Michigan State Spartans
• Las Vegas Bowl Tickets now Available for Oregon State Beavers vs. BYU Cougars
• Other Bowl tickets

Christian