TiqIQ releases top 25-Michigan is #3
Nebraska #1, four other B1G teams ranked.
Their rankings are based on the average price of a team's home games, also shows AP ranking.
The complete list:
August 26th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
Michigan State isn't in that top25 because they sell their tickets to a national market.
August 26th, 2011 at 1:57 PM ^
Never gets old. Still laugh as hard as I did now as I did when it first started.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
If anybody is looking for a Notre Dame ticket, I have a great seat in the first 15 rows section 20.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Avnckx2kNv9GdGVPQXB…
August 26th, 2011 at 3:36 PM ^
Let me guess, you inherited them from a dead Arabian prince who you didn't know was your grandfather, but you can't make the game because you're out of the country, so you want to give the tickets to me because you heard that I am an up-standing and moral citizen, and all you need is my bank account and social security number?
You got it!
August 26th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
What the heck is the TiqIQ rating? A little explanation in the OP would have been nice.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
you were one of those guys who paid to have your laundry done in college, huh?
August 26th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
Based loosely on the number of sales of the team's jersey in Ohio
August 26th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
"their rankings are based on the average price of a team's home games"? Pretty self-explanatory I thought, sorry you got sucked into having to read past the subject title
August 26th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
It's a fair question, and I'm confused about this, too. Is this based on resale tickets found on StubHub or something, or is it based on ticket office sales? If it's ticket office sales, does it include that initial contribution that schools like Michigan require?
On top of that, consider that stadiums have very different capacities (i.e. supply differences), and it's very hard to know what to make of this.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
This article puts the rankings in a bit of context. OP, to be fair to those who were mildly confused (myself included), I believe we saw "rankings based on average price of a team's home games" & did not immediately recognize what broader quality this metric was meant to reflect.
And after reading the article, I'm still not sure. Popularity is the most intuitive answer that jumps to mind, but the authors remark on the preseason AP poll's inaccuracy in predicting the #1 ranked team at the end of the season, which implies that they think this ranking could somehow be more dependable at predicting on-field success.
At the end of the day, I'm not sure I see the point. We have expensive tickets ... ok.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
... doesn't surprise me at all. When they played UW at the beginning of last year, I swear there were more people in Seattle rooting for Nebraska then there were people in Nebraska. The city was a sea of red. It was really surprising, but shows the loyalty of their fan base and their willingness to shell out bucks to support the team.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
YES!
oh wait its just ticket sales
nvm.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:08 PM ^
Thanks for posting. Its actually a very interesting ranking - Nebraska's ranking surprised me but Michigan's surprised me more, if only because the Big House seats more than anywhere else in the nation (more seats = more supply).
August 26th, 2011 at 7:15 PM ^
A mouthful.
August 26th, 2011 at 2:14 PM ^
Shocked to see Texas not in the top ten.
August 26th, 2011 at 4:55 PM ^
And there was much rejoicing.
August 26th, 2011 at 10:03 PM ^
Hoke sell jerseys in Lincoln ?