Florida college football empire map · after Week 2 · Sep 5–6, 2025

Who owned Florida? South Florida.

South Florida controls 39.3% of Florida's land: 30 of its 67 counties. Florida State is next with 15.9% (13 counties, home to 764K people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 8 remain now. Florida, Florida International, Florida Atlantic hold none of it.

Florida, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
South Florida39.3%309.46M
Florida State15.9%13764K
UCF14.0%94.67M
Maryland11.3%62.24M
Penn State9.6%33.34M
Clemson4.5%3330K
Tulane3.2%2539K
Miami2.1%12.04M

Owners of Florida land, by week

998

Largest Florida counties