What it costs to get into Tennessee's first round playoff game against Ohio State

The Tennessee Volunteers are officially in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff as the No.9 seed. The Vols are set to go on the road to Columbus, Ohio to take on the No.8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes.

Immediately following the release, ticket prices to the December 21st Saturday night matchup shot up , and elow is a look at costs to get into the Vols’ first-round matchup up against the Buckey based on tickets available on various resell sites.At this time, tickets are not listed for sale on Ticket Master.

StubHub

At the time of this writing, the lowest get in price on StubHub for two seats to watch Tennessee is $337 each not including fees. The lowest price for a single ticket to watch Tennessee and Ohio State is currently $315 excluding fees. These Tickets are in the upper section of the stadium.

The cheapest tickets to sit in the lower bowl is currently at $447 at the time of this writing. The most expensive ticket currently is a club level seat going for $3,583.

TickPick

At the time of this writing, the cheapest get in price for two tickets is $451 in Section 11C Row40 to watch Tennessee And Ohio State . The most expensive price to get in is $1,933 in Section 20AA Row 10.

Tennessee in the College Football Playoff: How To Watch

Start Time: Saturday, December 21, 8 p.m. Eastern Time

TV: ABC/ESPN

Streaming: ESPN App

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville (Bob Kesling, Pat Ryan, Brent Hubbs, Jayson Swain). The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.

Tennessee Football against the spread this season

Tennessee went 7-5 against the spread during the regular season. The Vols 3-5 against the spread over the final eight games, winning outright as a 3.5-point underdog against Alabama and covering a 41-point line against UTEP and a 10-point spread at Vanderbilt 

The season started with four straight covers, against Chattanooga (-39.5), North Carolina State (-8.5), Kent State (-49) and Oklahoma (-5.5). Tennessee failed to cover against Arkansas (-14), Florida (-14), Kentucky (-17.5), Mississippi State (-9) and Georgia (+9).

Ohio State went 6-6 against the spread, ending the regular season with the 13-10 home loss to Michigan as a 19.5-point favorite.

The Buckeyes covered against Western Michigan (-37.5), Michigan State (-23.5), Iowa (-17), Penn State (-3), Purdue (-37.5) and Indiana (-10.5). They failed to cover against Akron (-48.5), Marshall (-40), Oregon (-3.5), Nebraska (-25) and Northwestern (-28), before the loss to Michigan. 

Dates, locations for the 12-team College Football Playoff

The first playoff game will be played on Friday, December 20, ahead of a tripleheader the following day. 

The quarterfinals will be played on Tuesday, December 31 and Wednesday, January 1. The semifinals will be played on Thursday, January 9 and Friday, January 10. 

There is no re-seeding once the bracket is set. Winners from the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl and Sugar Bowl will advance to play in the Orange Bowl or Cotton Bowl.

The 2025 national championship game will be played on Monday, January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

What Josh Heupel said leading into the CFP Bracket Reveal

“There’s a lot of football to be played yet,” Heupel said during his National Signing Day press conference on Monday. “But if you’re not of the mindset going into this thing, anyone, anywhere, anytime, then you’re just there to have a cup of coffee anyway. If you’re not of the mindset going into this thing, anyone, anywhere, anytime, then you’re just there to have a cup of coffee anyway. We control what we control, right? We don’t have a game before the final rankings come out.This is a highly competitive group. We’ll play where we play. We’ll play who we play, and it’s going to be put the ball down (and play).”