California college football empire map · after Week 2 · Sep 5–6, 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 Diego State, San José State, Stanford, UCLA hold none of it.
California, by empire
| Empire | Land | Counties | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State | 19.2% | 14 | 1.39M |
| UNLV | 19.2% | 2 | 2.23M |
| Missouri | 16.8% | 9 | 2.49M |
| California | 12.4% | 15 | 6.42M |
| Washington State | 10.1% | 3 | 6.01M |
| Utah | 7.8% | 2 | 10.7M |
| Pittsburgh | 5.7% | 6 | 3.3M |
| Oregon | 4.6% | 2 | 70K |
| USC | 3.4% | 3 | 4.45M |
| Arizona | 0.8% | 2 | 2.39M |
Owners of California land, by week
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