Ticket prices soar for Indiana-Miami College Football Playoff national championship game

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The good news: There are tickets out there for the Indiana-Miami matchup in the College Football Playoff national championship game.

The bad news: They'll cost you. A lot. A whole lot.

In the moments after Indiana finished rolling past Oregon on Friday to win the Peach Bowl 56-22, clinching a spot in the CFP title game on Jan. 19 against Miami — on Miami's home field, no less — ticket prices for the matchup soared.

The cheapest tickets available entering Friday on the secondary markets were around $2,800. After Friday's game, those in-the-door prices soared to around $3,800 — and that was for seats in the final rows of the upper deck of Hard Rock Stadium.

By Saturday afternoon, TicketData — which tracks activity across a number of sites — said the lowest get-in price was just under $3,600 per ticket, including fees.

Some seats available on sites like StubHub, TickPick and Ticketmaster were offered for more than $10,000 on Saturday. Numbers like those will fluctuate considerably in the coming days, but it's already clear that this matchup will be a pricey one. It's a perfect formula for wild demand: Miami playing a home game and seeking its sixth national title (albeit as the “visiting” team, technically) against an Indiana team on this stage for the first time.

“To see Miami galvanizing like it is right now, it’s awesome,” Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said Friday after he and his team arrived home from Thursday night's win in the Fiesta Bowl over Mississippi. “And we need everybody in that stadium going absolutely bananas.”

Miami sold more than 500,000 tickets this season for its eight home regular-season games, the most in program history. And Indiana fans showed once again in the Peach Bowl that they'll travel to support their Hoosiers; the stadium in Atlanta was overwhelmingly crimson, swallowing up whatever Oregon green was in the crowd.

“There’s nothing like having a home semifinal game,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said in the on-field celebration on Friday night. “There are no fans like Indiana Hoosier fans.”

Not everyone at the game will have to pay the big, big, big prices. Indiana and Miami both receive an allotment of tickets that they can sell — at face value — to season-ticket holders, donors, students and others.

And it appeared Saturday, based on what was showing online, that most of the early sales were for tickets on the “visitor” sideline — because that's where Miami will be for the game. The CFP predetermined that the Fiesta Bowl winner would be the road team and the Peach Bowl winner would be the home team, meaning Indiana will be on the sideline that the Hurricanes typically occupy.

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An Indiana fan watches during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal against Oregon, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Miami fans celebrate during the second half the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal game against Mississippi, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Miami defensive back Ethan O'Connor (24) celebrates with fans after winning the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal game against Mississippi, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Indiana fans cheer after an interception was returned for a touchdown during the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal against Oregon, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

SYDNEY (AP) — Belinda Bencic rallied from a set down to stun No. 2-ranked Iga Świątek 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 to give Switzerland a surprise lead over Poland in the final of the United Cup on Sunday.

Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka, who will retire at the end of this season, played Hubert Hurkacz later Sunday, with the Polish player needing to win to keep his country in the tie.

Bencic, who had won all four of her singles and four mixed doubles matches this week, came into her match against Świątek having lost her last five matches against the former No. 1-ranked player.

It looked as if that trend was going to continue as Świątek started strongly and claimed the opening set 6-3 at Ken Rosewall Arena.

But the No.11-ranked Bencic shifted the momentum by winning nine consecutive points to open the second, evening the match in a swift 33-minute set.

The decisive third set hinged on a crucial break at 2-1, where Bencic capitalized on a powerful forehand to seize control. While Swiatek fought to save two match points with consecutive aces, her effort was hampered by an uncharacteristic 36 unforced errors, compared to just 10 from Bencic.

Bencic sealed the win with a sublime backhand winner into the open court on her third match point.

“To be honest, I felt I was in the match from the very first point,” Bencic said. “I thought I was going great and I was 0-3 down. I was ‘OK, what do I have to do.’ I think I just tried to keep the level and just wait for some chances.”

“I think the difference today was I played very freely, I was really enjoying myself out on the court and I was just really going for it.”

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Iga Swiatek of Poland hits a forehand to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during their final match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, right, and Iga Swiatek of Poland meet at the net after Bencic won their final match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Iga Swiatek of Poland Belinda reacts after missing a shot to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during their final match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland celebrates defeting Iga Swiatek of Poland in their final match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, left, celebrates with teammate Stan Wawrinka after defeting Iga Swiatek of Poland in their final match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)