The Bucket List: What's it going to cost to follow Oregon through the CFP?

So the minute the bracket came out, you thought about pulling up the travel website and your go-to ticket broker to find out what it would set you back to live the College Football Playoff dream with the Oregon Ducks.

A trip to three of college football's iconic venues (Autzen Stadium, Mercedes Benz Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium) to see premier college football programs pursuing the national championship is a fan experience like nothing else. It's a particularly tempting prospect this year because the Ducks have the draw and the talent to make a deep run, beginning with a home game against James Madison, Saturday December 20 at Autzen, 4:30 p.m. PT. It's televised on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max if you decide to stay at home.

It's the trip of a lifetime, but also a daunting challenge, because it involves three cross-country road trips if Oregon stays alive, to the Orange Bowl in Miami, the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, and the National Championship Game at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19, again in Miami.

Round 1: Dukes at Ducks

These are estimates only, based on current prices at StubHub and Expedia. Costs may go up or down as gametime gets closer, but these are the values for Wednesday December 10, 10 days until Oregon's first-round game.

James Madison at Oregon, at Autzen Stadium Saturday December 20, 4:30 p.m. PT. (TV on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max)

Get-in price, end zone: $197

Charter box row 1: $1032

Midfield seats lower level: $432

Current gas prices in Albany, Oregon: $3.19 for regular unleaded, roughly $40 for a fill-up, plus $8 for an energy drink and a road snack.

Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Saturday night: $116

Dinner for two at Tacovore: $30 to $60, depending on drinks

Round 2: College Football Playoff Quarterfinals

Oregon (if they advance) versus No. 4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl, 9 a.m. PT on January 1st, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. TV on ESPN.

Get-in price, end zone: $231

Midfield, section 119: $732

Primo view, 50-yard line: $3,497

Hampton Inn, 8 miles from Stadium: $237 a night, few rooms left

Vrbo, two miles from Stadium: $299

Altair Bay Harbor, 8 miles from the Orange Bowl: $778

Cost of an Uber ride from Miami airport to Hard Rock Stadium: About $42

Airfare: Cheapest flights December 31 Portland to Miami $642 December 30 $492

Return Miami to Portland January 1 $350 January 2 $623

At Hard Rock Stadium, a domestic draft beer is $10.75 and a nacho is $12-$15. Food prices near the stadium soar for big events.

Round 3: College Football Playoff Semifinal

Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia, Mercedes Benz Stadium, Friday January 9, 4:30 p.m. PT, televised on ESPN, Oregon versus Rose Bowl winner, No. 1 seed Indiana versus winner of first-round game between Alabama and Oklahoma.

Standing Room Only: $211

Get-in, seated, end zones: $294

Prime mid-field seats: $2,058

Airfare: Portland to Atlanta January 8th: $232- $469

Atlanta to Portland January 10: $289- $438

Hilton Garden Inn: $335 per night, a half mile from the stadium

Embassy Suites: $319 per night

Suprisingly, Mercedes Benz Stadium is normally affordable for ballpark food, $2 hot dogs and $5 beers. Nearby, a casual sit-down restaurant like Molly B's has a lobster roll on the menu for $22. There are 16 Chipotles in Atlanta, one in the airport on Concourse D.

Maybe you have airline miles, a conveniently scheduled business trip to the Southeast or a rich aunt in Alpharetta. If, after three games in 20 days, the Ducks are still alive and you have vacation time, airline miles and energy left, the National Championship Game will take Duck fans back to Miami, which isn't a miserable place to be in the middle of January, especially to witness the sporting experience of a lifetime.