Orange Watch: The best bargain in college sports is 2021 Syracuse football

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The Syracuse football team, led by head coach Dino Babers, gets ready to enter the Carrier Dome. Mandatory Photo Credit: Kicia Sears, The Juice Online.

Item: Season tickets for $17.85 a game? When compared to NCAA football ticket prices for other ACC and Power 5 conference schools, Syracuse fans can take advantage of the best seven game entertainment value in the country.

To give you an idea of just how economical season tickets are for all seven Syracuse home games (first season SU has hosted seven Dome games since 2017), an individual game ticket to see Clemson play on Oct. 15 costs $64.

There’s simply no other better seven game deal than SU football, especially when you consider the eye-opening prices some of the sport’s traditional big-name programs (check out Ohio State) charge.

Here’s a comparison of the ACC teams and select other Power 5 schools.

ACC SCHOOL  HOME GAMES  LEAST EXPENSIVE RESERVED SEAT/GENERAL PUBLIC
Boston College 6 $99
Clemson 6 $380 (Plus minimum $160 donation to IPTAY)
Duke 7 $223
Florida State 7 $250
Louisville 7 $175
Miami 7 $190
North Carolina 7 $195
North Carolina State 7 $399
Syracuse 7 $125
Virginia 7 $149
Virginia Tech 7 $270  (For fans within a 75 mile radius of Blacksburg)
Wake Forest 6 $120
BIG TEN SCHOOL
Maryland 7 $150
Michigan 7 $527 (Plus $160 donation to the MGoBlue Fund)
Ohio State 7 $702 (Plus $750 donation to the Buckeye Club)
Penn State 7 $385 (Limited availability)
Rutgers 6 $235
BIG 12 SCHOOL
Baylor 7 $385 (Plus $100 donation to the Bear Foundation)
Kansas 6 $155
Oklahoma 6 $440
Texas 6 $330
West Virginia 6 $365
PAC-12 SCHOOL
Arizona 6 $225
Stanford 6 $195
UCLA 7 $299
USC 7 $330
Washington 7 $515
SEC SCHOOL
Alabama 7 $552
Auburn 7 $495
Florida 6 $380 (Plus minimum $100 donation to Gator Boosters)
Georgia 6 $275
Tennessee 8 $300
INDEPENDENT
Notre Dame 7 $600

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