California college football empire map · after Week 6 · Oct 2–4, 2025

Who owned California? Oregon.

Oregon controls 23.9% of California's land: 16 of its 58 counties. UNLV is next with 19.2% (2 counties, home to 2.23M people). 10 schools split the state at kickoff; 8 remain now. California, Fresno State, Sacramento State, San José State, Stanford, UCLA, USC hold none of it.

California, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Oregon23.9%161.46M
UNLV19.2%22.23M
Missouri16.8%92.49M
San Diego State12.4%156.42M
North Texas10.1%36.01M
Texas Tech7.8%210.7M
Cincinnati6.5%85.69M
Illinois3.4%34.45M

Owners of California land, by week

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Largest California counties