Tennessee sent emails to season-ticket holders and students on Sunday to prepare them to buy tickets to the Vols’ College Football Playoff game.
Tennessee will make the College Football Playoff, but the only question is whether it will play at home or on the road in the first round. The updated College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), and the final bracket will be announced on Sunday.
There will be one first-round playoff game on Dec. 20 and three games on Dec. 21 at campus sites. Matchups will announced on Sunday.
Ticket prices, which are determined by the College Football Playoff, will be announced at a later date. But UT already has general guidelines for its season-ticket holders and students to purchase playoff tickets.
Here’s the breakdown to request tickets.
Tickets if Tennessee hosts first-round playoff game
UT season-ticket holders will get the first opportunity to purchase their seat for a first-round home playoff game.
“If Tennessee is selected to host a first round (playoff game), 2024 football season ticket holders will receive an invoice for tickets in their current seat location after the selection show on Dec. 8. Any remaining tickets will be offered in donor rank order, with additional details provided after the game is announced,” the UT email to season-ticket holders said.
Credit cards will not be charged until Tennessee’s game is announced. All sales will be final and refunds will not be issued.
Students were sent an email for instructions to purchase tickets for a potential home playoff game.
UT will hold a request window for student tickets from 9 a.m. Monday to noon Tuesday in a similar format to buying regular-season tickets.
Students with the highest T-credit average will be selected for student tickets available, so being first or last to request will have no weight on a student’s chance to be selected to purchase a ticket. T-credit measures the number of athletic events that students attend during the year.
For the rest of the fan base, expect single-game tickets to sell quickly after the 12-team bracket is announced on Sunday.
Tickets if Tennessee plays first-round playoff game on road
If UT plays on the road in the first round, season-ticket holders and donors will have an opportunity to submit ticket requests. That window will open after the game is announced on Dec. 8.
However, tickets to a UT playoff road game would be very limited. Visiting teams in the playoff receive only 3,500 tickets compared to 5,000 tickets for SEC road games.
UT will accommodate Tennessee Fund donors according to donor rank with an opportunity to purchase road playoff tickets. However, UT anticipates only 1,000 tickets being available to donors after institutional needs are met.
A very limited number of student tickets will be available if UT plays a road game in the first round.
So most UT fans planning to attend a first-round road game likely would rely on the secondary ticket market.
Tickets for Tennessee games if Vols advance in playoff
UT is also hosting an exclusive window for season-ticket holders to submit ticket requests for quarterfinal, semifinal and national championship games if the Vols advance past the first-round game.
Details about that window were included in UT’s email to season-ticket holders. The window will remain open through Dec. 11. Season-ticket holders can request as many as six tickets to those games.
Students will receive an email after the bracket is announced on Dec. 8 with instructions on purchasing tickets to quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games.
Quarterfinals will be played at bowl sites: Fiesta Bowl (Dec. 31), Peach Bowl (Jan. 1), Rose Bowl (Jan. 1), Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1). Semifinals will be played at the Orange Bowl (Jan. 9) and Cotton Bowl (Jan. 10).
The national championship game will be on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.
Credit cards will not be charged until Tennessee is announced in the game that was requested. All sales will be final and refunds will not be issued.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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