Auburn Tigers' Football Ticket Revenue Drops

0:00It's April 29th. Welcome in. This is Birmingham News Today, where local news meets AI. Auburn Tigers stand out as the only public SEC school with a drop in football ticket revenue, going from $31.2 million in. Fiscal Year 2024, down to $30.7 million in 2025. That puts them 10th out of 15 public programs in the conference for football tickets alone. Most everyone else saw gains. These numbers come from NCAA financial reports that AL.com grabbed through open records requests from all public SEC schools. Vanderbilt's private, so they sat it out. Texas crushed it at the top with $62.8 million, and Texas A&M was the lone other over $50 million at $53.9 million. Lower down only Missouri and Mississippi State dip below $20 million in football tickets, with Auburn just under $16 million, and the bulldogs at $13.5 million. Fans might wonder, what's up with the dip? Could be attendance vibes or pricing tweaks hitting home amid bigger SEC crowds?

1:07Shifting to total athletics ticket revenue across all sports, Auburn climbed to 10th with $35.1 million. Kentucky Lee passed Auburn, Georgia, and Florida to snag a higher spot at $48.8 million, while Texas held first overall at $70. $8.9 million. South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri, and Mississippi State trailed Auburn there too, with state the only under $20 million at $18.7 million. As SEC arms race heats up, watch if Auburn flips the script next fiscal year.