DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) &#8212 Iowa State’s new restrictions on single-game ticket sales for its home game against Iowa has forced even one of the state’s most powerful politicians to look elsewhere for seats.

House Speaker Pat Murphy, D-Dubuque, wanted 175 tickets for the game. Iowa State is offering them only as part of a season-ticket package, so it told Murphy to buy season tickets like everyone else.

Murphy eventually did get his tickets for the game &#8212 through Iowa.

He said he bought 175 single-game tickets for Iowa State’s marquee home matchup from the rival Hawkeyes, using a joint House and Senate account used for fundraisers. Murphy and 174 of his closest friends will be in the stands when the Cyclones host Iowa at Jack Trice Stadium on Sept. 15.

Tickets for the Iowa game are the only ones Iowa State isn’t selling on a single-game basis.

“They’re treating everybody the same at Iowa State,” Murphy said. “We were treated just like anyone on the street trying to buy tickets for the game.”

Iowa State’s new plan, which is designed to raise revenue by capitalizing on the buzz surrounding new coach Gene Chizik and a strong home schedule, appears to be working. The school has sold a record 33,530 public season tickets as of Tuesday. Prices for those packages range from $150 to $350.

Iowa was allotted 4,000 tickets for the game. The host school sets those ticket prices, which is $90 for the Iowa-Iowa State game. Single-game tickets for Iowa State’s six other home games range from $40 for low-profile contests against Kent State and Northern Iowa to $60 for games against national powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma.

Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said the school won’t be flexible on this issue, no matter who wants tickets to the state’s biggest sporting event.

“They’ll have to do what everyone else does if they want to sit in the stands,” Pollard said. “No exceptions.”

Fans hoping to follow Murphy’s lead might not have much time left to do so. Iowa associate athletic director Mark Jennings said Tuesday that the school anticipates that most, if not all, of its allotted tickets for the Iowa-Iowa State game will soon be sold out.