California college football empire map · after Week 1 · Aug 28–Sep 1, 2025

Who owned California? Penn State.

Penn State controls 19.2% of California's land: 14 of its 58 counties. UNLV is next with 19.2% (2 counties, home to 2.23M people). 10 schools split the state at kickoff; 10 remain now. Fresno State, Sacramento State, San José State, Stanford, UCLA hold none of it.

California, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Penn State19.2%141.39M
UNLV19.2%22.23M
Kansas16.8%92.49M
California12.4%156.42M
San Diego State10.1%36.01M
Utah7.8%210.7M
Central Michigan5.7%63.3M
Oregon4.6%270K
USC3.4%34.45M
Arizona0.8%22.39M

Owners of California land, by week

1010

Largest California counties