Florida college football empire map · after Week 16 · Dec 12–13, 2025

Who owned Florida? Notre Dame.

Notre Dame controls 41.4% of Florida's land: 31 of its 67 counties. Indiana is next with 20.9% (9 counties, home to 5.58M people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 6 remain now. Florida, Florida International, Florida State, South Florida, UCF, Florida Atlantic hold none of it.

Florida, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Notre Dame41.4%3111.5M
Indiana20.9%95.58M
Duke15.9%13764K
Iowa State14.0%94.67M
Miami4.5%3330K
Georgia3.2%2539K

Owners of Florida land, by week

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Largest Florida counties