Florida college football empire map · after Week 11 · Nov 4–8, 2025

Who owned Florida? California.

California controls 41.4% of Florida's land: 31 of its 67 counties. Wake Forest is next with 15.9% (13 counties, home to 764K people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 7 remain now. Florida, Florida International, Florida State, Miami, South Florida, UCF, Florida Atlantic hold none of it.

Florida, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
California41.4%3111.5M
Wake Forest15.9%13764K
Iowa State14.0%94.67M
Michigan11.3%62.24M
Indiana9.6%33.34M
NC State4.5%3330K
Georgia3.2%2539K

Owners of Florida land, by week

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Largest Florida counties